# Visible reflections despite opacity information in base texture in PBR material

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/visible-reflections-despite-opacity-information-in-base-texture-in-pbr-material/37832>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** material, pbr, environment, alpha\
**Created:** [February 1, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/visible-reflections-despite-opacity-information-in-base-texture-in-pbr-material/37832 "2023-02-01T15:57:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/visible-reflections-despite-opacity-information-in-base-texture-in-pbr-material/37832/2 "2023-02-01T16:29:31Z")

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> [@Gray84](#):
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> The whole thing works but few reflections remain where they shouldn’t exist

It depends 🙂 most surfaces you can see through will retain reflection which is why it is our default mode.

You can prevent them by setting useRadianceOverAlpha and useSpecularOverAlpha to false

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