---
title: "Top Alpha"
description: "Demonstrates setting per-vertex alpha values to create a vertical transparency gradient on an image."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/top-alpha
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Top Alpha

Demonstrates setting per-vertex alpha values to create a vertical transparency gradient on an image.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Display / Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/top-alpha.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### top alpha.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('turkey', 'assets/pics/turkey-1985086.jpg');
        this.load.image('face', 'assets/pics/bw-face.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        const face = this.add.image(400, 300, 'face');
        const sea = this.add.image(400, 300, 'turkey');

        //  top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right
        sea.setAlpha(0, 0, 1, 1);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Alpha

- [Bottom Alpha Gradient](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/bottom-alpha.md): Demonstrates how to apply a transparency gradient to an image by setting individual alpha values for its top and bottom corners.
- [Single Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/single-alpha.md): Demonstrates how to set the transparency level of a single image game object using the setAlpha method.
- [Top Left Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/top-left-alpha.md): Demonstrates how to set the alpha transparency value specifically for the top-left corner of an image to create a gradient effect.
- [Tween Corner Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/alpha/view/tween-alpha.md): Demonstrates how to independently animate the alpha transparency of individual image corners to create complex gradient transition effects.

---

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