I'm starting to need vertex Alpha more and more in the models I'm making, up until now I've made do with hand editing the Alpha for each vertex but with more complicated meshes it's getting harder to do that. I'm hoping someone can give me a run down on getting Alpha painted in 3DS and even if it does export with the Nifscripts?

Any 3DS / Nif / Alpha related tutorials out there?

The vertex painting itself is no trouble it's just getting the Alpha to stick that I'm after.