# Transparency Mask upgrade **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** for-layers\ **Created:** [January 5, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/transparency-mask-upgrade/111478 "2025-01-05T08:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![TheTwo](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/thetwo/32/32836_2.png) [@TheTwo](https://krita-artists.org/u/TheTwo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/transparency-mask-upgrade/111478/11 "2025-01-07T07:08:17Z")
> [@EyeOdin](#): > > “after effects” Speaking of this, I remember mentioning something similar before > [@Potential improvements to Inherit Alpha in Krita](https://krita-artists.org/t/potential-improvements-to-inherit-alpha-in-krita/28969/62): > > I am envisioning a new possibility: “clone transparency mask”. It is first a kind of “transparency mask”. Then it can clone the alpha of the specified layer. (No, if you directly inherit alpha, it will cause nesting. It will transform according to the original pixels in the layer.) In this way, we can say that we can inherit the alpha of any layer. When exporting, it can be compatible as a normal “transparency mask”. An additional option is “invert” so that we can erase instead of inherit And… --- _[View the full topic](https://krita-artists.org/t/transparency-mask-upgrade/111478)._