Alpha from texture

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Hi people i feel like is the most simple thing ever. why cant i seem to delete the alpha from the image? so when i import the png i just get the picture not the transparency as black?

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The .JPG file format does not and can not contain an alpha. That is why you find two images available for the bacon. One supplies diffuse color, the other supplies a black/white mask for the alpha. You can use two attributeFromMap nodes in this case. When fetching a known black/white matte image set the data type to float and map the data into the built-in in Alpha attribute. The follow up attributeWrangle takes the float input from the second input and integrates it into the mesh that contains the Cd color diffuse attribute.
Edited by Enivob - Aug. 26, 2018 09:53:51

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