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title: "Checking a file's alpha channel"
description: "How can you detect an opaque background and transparency artifacts in an exported file?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/N45.09/"
topicId: "N45.09"
---

> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you detect an opaque background and transparency artifacts in an exported file?

## What we will work through

Detect an opaque background and transparency artifacts in an exported file.

## Before you begin

Prerequisites are listed below; new concepts are explained in the article.

- [A visual package manifest](/en/articles/topics/N45.08/)