Re: COW Tutorials: 3ds Max Flying Through Clouds

This is an awesome tutorial that would be very useful. But I am stuck early on. I am using 3DMAX6 and when I get to creating a new material for using the image file created in a paint program, I get stuck. I cannot seem to create ANYTHING that resembles the finished material. In the tutorial it looks like a square material with the "popcorn" clouds surrounding it. The only way I could seem to use the image file was to click on "bitmap" in the map window but I still end up with a ball. The instructions are kinda vague. It makes it harder for beginners to learn this stuff. Can you elaborate for the "dummies?" How do you make a "solid white color" material and then use the image file for the opacity map? Thanks!