Is there anything implemented that allows this to happen? I have some HDRI of umbrellas etc that I want to use, but don’t want to see the black around the image blocking out the scene behind the umbrella. I tried messing with the alpha mapping under Extra Attributes, but didn’t have luck with it.
It depends on what you are expecting It will make the light transparent, yes. But the alpha will not affect the way light is emitted (i.e. the alpha will not multiply the emission color).