# Makie isosurface transparency?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-isosurface-transparency/65214>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-isosurface-transparency/65214 "2021-07-23T23:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-isosurface-transparency/65214/7 "2021-07-25T10:19:00Z")

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I use [this trick](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-volume-animation-froze/43707/21) often(https://), it gives nice results.

```julia
colors = to_colormap(:balance)
n = length(colors)
alpha = [ones(n÷3);zeros(n-2*(n÷3));ones(n÷3)]
cmap_alpha = RGBAf0.(colors, alpha)

```

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