refraction with color+alpha by default

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1

Why is it set to color only by default?
And not as color+alpha?
Will there be times I don’t want it as color+alpha?
I can’t think of such a situation.​

2

Sometimes one can find it useful, as currently I have a client that needs bottle products rendered against white but the bkg alpha’d
so they can stick them on arbitrary bkg colours :slight_smile:

3

So if I understood correctly, you second what I’m saying - that you don’t need color only

4

I assume it is slower with + alpha. But I never actually tested.

5

I meant in that case that I want the bottle/contents to be correctly rendered against a white bkg for example, but I do not want the alpha of the bottle…I want it solid so it can sit on any colour bkg and not pick up the colour from it.