# How to get shadow from png image with transparency

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-get-shadow-from-png-image-with-transparency/18672>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** material\
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-get-shadow-from-png-image-with-transparency/18672 "2021-02-25T09:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayakannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@jayakannan](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/jayakannan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-get-shadow-from-png-image-with-transparency/18672/1 "2021-02-25T09:12:03Z")

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Hi all, I am having an image with transparent for fixed shadow. I need to apply it for a shadow plane and Make it transparent to view the shadow. I need to get it with PBR material. How to do this ?

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-get-shadow-from-png-image-with-transparency/18672/2 "2021-02-25T10:56:32Z")

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You must set the `transparencyShadow` property to `true` on the shadow generator: [Shadows | Babylon.js Documentation](https://doc.babylonjs.com/divingDeeper/lights/shadows#transparent-objects--shadows)