QuickTips Blender 2.8 - Transparent Textures from PNG files

Are you tired of long videos to explain simple tasks?
In this video i will explain to you "Quick and Easy", how you can create transparent alpha materials from PNG files, using blender.
Works for both cycles & eevee.

[zaraclara]

I had been looking for tutorials for days! This helped me, but my cloth turned really weird opaque if I use "Alpha blend", I changed to "Alpha hashed" and it works like a

[seriousnorbo]

Finally a tutorial that don't involve making some useless "alpha channel texture". Thank you so much!

[JonelKingas]

bruh, why is it so fucking difficult... this should be the easiest thing ever

[lizzelbizzel]

Great video! Straight to the point. Just remember to change the material blend mode from 'Opaque' to 'Alpha Hashed'. I forgot to do it the second time around lol

[rodneykingston]

Oh that's so easy and intuitive! Why didn't I figure that out myself? - I said sarcastically. Thx for the info.

[missmya]

oh my gooood i was stuck on this for HOURS thank you SO MUCH !!!!

[mumpecydrone]

Amazing and short tutorial, man..wow! Thanks

[Stef-an]

Thanks a lot! Quick and painless video. Cheers

[RidaFaridah]

I also connected the "alpha" from image texture to the mix shader's fac. And it worked for glass material
Also, thanks for the tutorial bro, it helped a lot, I've tried so many tutorials and your tutorial is the most effective

[littlecurrybread]

this is the technique i was looking for, ty!!!

[xyster]

10/10 more quick tips like this please!

[toyama]

straightforward and concise tutorial. great!

[sifonys]

this is really tutorial for glass material, very thanks

[hrabiahoreszko]

hello, I have a problem. I have done as you show, but I placed 9 planes with transparent textures one after another. after 5th the negative space turns black and the light cant reach next planes with textures, or go through. I don't know what to do.

[manasvikale]

Hey, I've been trying to do the same thing with a leaf texture, however its background is not transparent and hence the images gets painted as rectangle with green background. Can you point out what could be the problem and how can I fix it?

[auliabadruzzaman]

brooo u r super genius!! thanks for this tutorial

[diegolista]

Connect alpha to alpha and its done ! why do you use mix shader node?

[DOOZYAnimationStudios]

You can also just plug the Alpha from Image to the Alpha on the Principled.

[caineconlan]

Thank you. Am making a tree this let me use a PNG texture as leafs instead of modelling each one :)

[SuperKoru]

i was not looking or this tutorial and please make a video on how to make textures transperant without losing the geometry veiw with textures