Alpha Transparency not working for mesh in Cycles Render

Question

I created a text object and then converted it to Mesh (Alt+C).

What I want to do? Achieve a fade-in animation. Insert one keyframe for transparency when it is fully transparent, and another when the object's opaque.

What's the problem?

I am stuck at the first step. I can't seem to make it transparent. Here's a screenshot:

The transparency works in the solid view but not in rendered mode. If it matters, I have some keyframes related to scale attached to that mesh text object.

I had followed one tutorial that led to me the above step. I have also seen this question Alpha transparency not working but it did not work for me.

Question:

Why is my method not working?

It works in viewport because you adjusted alpha transparence only for viewport (Material > Settings > Viewport Color ); for rendering shader should be present — Mr Zak, Jun 18 '16 at 08:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '16 at 08:20

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To render transparency in Cycles you need a transparency shader.

Setup your nodes in this kind of configuration, and set your key frames on the "Fac" value of the "Mix Shader" :

answered Jun 18 '16 at 08:20

lemon

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