# How would I make a plane with transparenct background and text (dynamictexture on it)?

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** material, dynamic-texture\
**Created:** [September 6, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896 "2023-09-06T15:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hatsu\_Kagetsu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hatsu_kagetsu/32/34669_2.png) [@Hatsu\_Kagetsu](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Hatsu_Kagetsu)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896/1 "2023-09-06T15:35:32Z")

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When I put alpha = 0 on the material, the whole thing just disappears

Another thing, how can I simply rotate/flip horizontally a plane relative to its current direction?

thank you u wu

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**Author:** ![Pryme8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pryme8/32/7212_2.png) [@Pryme8](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Pryme8)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896/2 "2023-09-06T15:38:10Z")

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You could tell the material that your diffuse channel has alpha or use an opacity texture that is the same as your text texture.

Not sure about your second part of the question, possibly just billboard mode?

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**Author:** ![Hatsu\_Kagetsu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hatsu_kagetsu/32/34669_2.png) [@Hatsu\_Kagetsu](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Hatsu_Kagetsu)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896/3 "2023-09-06T18:56:25Z")

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Would you have an example of this approach? I am in the learning process of the babylonjs

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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:** [September 7, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-would-i-make-a-plane-with-transparenct-background-and-text-dynamictexture-on-it/43896/4 "2023-09-07T11:09:08Z")

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> [@Hatsu\_Kagetsu](#):
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> When I put alpha = 0 on the material, the whole thing just disappears

Could you provide a PG that reproduces this? It will be easier to start with an example and make it work.

Else, you could also search the forum, I think there are a number of posts regarding dynamic textures with text. For eg:

- [Why Is My Dynamic Text Texture Got Flipped Horizontally? Also How To Make It Transparent?](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/why-is-my-dynamic-text-texture-got-flipped-horizontally-also-how-to-make-it-transparent/11247)
- [Draw Text Dynamic Texture On PBR Material - #6 by JCPalmer](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/draw-text-dynamic-texture-on-pbr-material/12582/6)