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I would like to ask for help figuring this one out.

I have a grayscale image with a black background, and I have the same image but colorized and with transparent background.

I need a mixed shader so that the black is gradually transformed into transparent, while the grayscale is transformed to a color scale.

I tried with a ColorRamp but the alpha becomes black in the render even if I have a blend mode to "alpha blend".

It would be nice if I could symply use the grayscale image texture for it, but I could also use on where I load the two images and mix them.

Thanks for any help

Edit: I add the real RGBa if you want to try it with this images

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    $\begingroup$ Hello :). By 'gradually transform' you mean animation? Why not just use a mix shader? $\endgroup$
    – jachym michal
    May 8, 2020 at 18:15
  • $\begingroup$ Hello :) I do have it, and I can mix them but as I say, the alpha from the RGBa becomes black and I have not been able to change that ¯_(ツ)_/¯ $\endgroup$
    – lesolorzanov
    May 8, 2020 at 18:17

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Works just fine with the provided images.
Perhaps you forgot to connect the alpha channel?

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    $\begingroup$ That was exactly it! Silly me, I was using Diffuse BSDF instead of principled. Can't believe I spent like 30 min trying to figure it out. Thank you! $\endgroup$
    – lesolorzanov
    May 8, 2020 at 18:30
  • $\begingroup$ Happy to help :). I'd reccomend Images as Planes addon shipped with blender - it connects alpha channel automatically $\endgroup$
    – jachym michal
    May 8, 2020 at 18:49
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    $\begingroup$ Oh yes I use it. Indeed I just load the image as a plane and it comes with a nice shader to begin with. I am super new at this. You've helped me a lot. I am doing a video to explain my scientific paper, and it is coming along nicely now! $\endgroup$
    – lesolorzanov
    May 8, 2020 at 18:51
  • $\begingroup$ Good luck with your paper! You don't need to use Principled necessarily, you can use the Diffuse BSDF and a Transparent BSDF, and use the alpha to mix between the two with Mix Shader. It doesn't hurt to use Principled, though! Especially if you prefer the more realistic results. $\endgroup$
    – Kroltan
    May 9, 2020 at 2:50

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