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The '''alpha channel''' is an additional color channel that doesn't define color at all. In image editing generally it is used to give images transparency, but 3D graphics engines put it to all sorts of other uses as well.
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Not all image formats support alpha channels. TGA and PNG are two popular ones that do.
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Alpha]]
 
[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Material System]]

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