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I'm trying to animate flashing text around an object but I do not want to see the text when the emission is off.

It's just an emission node to material output with key frames on emission strength.

How would I make the text invisible while keeping it's animated emission?

Visible black text I'd like to be invisible.

James
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    It depends on the render engine, what node you are using, and how easily you can transfer the existing keyframes. If the keyframes can be transferred easily, I would try using a mix shader node with transparency as the other shader, and animating it’s factor instead. Otherwise, you may be able to emit light from a fully transparent Principled BSDF material. – TheLabCat Jun 13 '21 at 02:12

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EEVEE solution:

Node setup:

By changing the threshold and the value you can determine the pulsing speed/duration.

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Important:

Change the blend mode to this:

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CYCLES:

For cycles it works the same, just add this compositing setup:

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Chris
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