Material Opacity in viewport?

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I'd like to do motion graphics type work in blender and it would be really helpful if I could see the results of keyframing material opacity to cut items in and out of view.

Blender internal is sufficient, using shadeless materials. I could have swore there used to be something in view options. Any ideas?

Ray Mairlot · Answer 1 · 2014-11-25T16:01:03.213

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Object panel > Display > Transparency Checkbox.

This works for Blender Internal but not Cycles.

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answered Jun 14 '13 at 15:00

Ray Mairlot

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thanks for the quick response. I discovered why ! didn't find it, this doesn't work for text objects only meshes. too bad:( – comeinandburn Jun 14 '13 at 15:15
You can convert text to a mesh with alt + C then selecting mesh from curve. – Owen Patterson Jun 14 '13 at 15:36
great solution:) – comeinandburn Jun 14 '13 at 15:51
@comeinandburn - You may want to check out this BA thread about suggesting improvements for the text system. – Ray Mairlot Jun 14 '13 at 15:54
will do. I didn't know this thread existed. thanks! – comeinandburn Jun 14 '13 at 16:35
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@comeinandburn if your question has been answered satisfactorily, you could consider accepting an answer. – gandalf3 Aug 03 '13 at 01:10
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@RayMairlot I just wanted to let you know that this now does work in Cycles in the 3D Viewport. Thanks again! – Shady Puck Jul 01 '17 at 22:58
@ShadyPuck - How to achive transparency in Cycles 3D Viewport? – Prag Jan 10 '18 at 10:00
This for me only works when selecting GLSL in the Viewport's Shading options. Doesnàt work with Multitexture. – Steak Overflow Oct 15 '19 at 17:33
I don't see this option in Blender 2.91. – legends2k Dec 22 '20 at 17:32

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 05 '21 at 15:25

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One way to do it in Blender 2.8 is to adjust the Alpha value of the diffuse color of the material:

Material > Viewport Display > Color > Alpha --> to a value between 0--1

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:13

For cycles use the alpha box under Viewport in the material menu. When set to zero it will make the transparency work in the viewport in material view mode.

The transparency box in display pannel in the object menu will make the object itself have transparency when un selected.

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 08 '20 at 07:47

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In the latest Blender (2.90) along with selecting an alpha for the material, I also needed to select Blend Mode as Alpha Blend from the settings at the bottom.

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answered Oct 08 '20 at 05:10

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Thank you! It's insane how some basic capabilities are buried within submenus of submenus... Imagine whether it's be as simple as just assigning the alpha property of the material it'self. – Reahreic Mar 31 '22 at 13:33
@Reahreic I second that :) – Anurag Srivastava Apr 01 '22 at 08:07

Cody toys · Answer 5 · 2022-09-08T00:17:20.260

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My Blender version v2.81.16 (menu items may differ in other versions) thank all, very helped.

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answered Sep 06 '22 at 22:42

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