How to make a Metal fragment shader change alpha transparency
To make a Metal fragment shader show alpha transparency, update the settings of the MTLPipelineDescriptor's first color attachment.
Written by Oscar de la Hera Gomez
First published on 10/11/2023 at 09:44
Last Updated on 10/11/2023 at 10:03
To make a Metal fragment shader show alpha transparency, update the settings of the MTLPipelineDescriptor's first color attachment.
SubscribeCheck out our Apple Metal Resources GuideWithin the Apple Ecosystem, a Metal render pipeline state isn't initially set to make a fragment shader show alpha as expected.
To make the alpha channel work as expected, update the color attachment to the settings found below.
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