Reference
3 point lighting tutorial: http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/Jenns3pt_tut/3ptlighting.asp
INDISPENSIBLE FORUM THREAD
http://forum.onmac.net/archive/index.php/t-965.html
that Material ID business

Units
- Customize/ Units Setup
- Metric checkbox/ Meters
- System Unit Setup/ 1.0 Meters
- check Respect System Units in Files
- save/ reopen/ check and make sure
How to get the alpha texture to show
- Put the same image into the opacity slot, then be sure to check:
- Mono channel output: alpha
- RGB Channel output: alpha as gray
- Alpha source: Image Alpha