Preserving transparency when using shaders?

[rougan]

Heya,
I'm not sure why what I'm doing isn't working!

This is my code:

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shaders = {}
    --Grayscale
    shaders.grayscale = love.graphics.newShader[[
        extern number factor;
        vec4 effect( vec4 color, Image texture, vec2 texture_coords, vec2 screen_coords ){
          vec4 pixel = Texel(texture, texture_coords );//This is the current pixel color
          number average = (pixel.r+pixel.b+pixel.g)/3.0;
          pixel.r = pixel.r + (average-pixel.r) * factor;
          pixel.g = pixel.g + (average-pixel.g) * factor;
          pixel.b = pixel.b + (average-pixel.b) * factor;
          pixel.a = pixel.a;
          return pixel;
        }
    ]]
	
function love.load()
	background = love.graphics.newImage("backing.png")
	icon = love.graphics.newImage("icon.png")
	love.window.setMode(background:getDimensions())
	shader = false
end 

function love.draw()
	--Set the shader
	if shader then 
		love.graphics.setShader(shaders.grayscale)
		shaders.grayscale:send("factor",0)
	end
	love.graphics.draw(background)
	love.graphics.setColor(1,1,1,0.2)
	love.graphics.draw(icon,60,60)
	love.graphics.setColor(1,1,1,1)
	
	--Reset the shader
	love.graphics.setShader()
end 

Disabling the shaders the screen looks like this:

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But once I enabled them, the icon transparency disappears:

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I'm at a loss because I don't really understand why the

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pixel.a = pixel.a

line doesn't cut it. I also tried using color.a but to no avail.

Thanks for any help!!

[drunken_munki]

OK a simple one, two things.

1. You don't need to specify in your shader:

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pixel.a = pixel.a;

Unless you want to modify the alpha further. Otherwise remove this line.

2. To use the current love color multiply your shader result with the vec4 color parameter; so replace;

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return pixel;

with

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return pixel * color;

[rougan]

OK a simple one, two things.

1. You don't need to specify in your shader:

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pixel.a = pixel.a;

Unless you want to modify the alpha further. Otherwise remove this line.

2. To use the current love color multiply your shader result with the vec4 color parameter; so replace;

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return pixel;

with

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return pixel * color;

Thanks so much for the help! I didn't think about multiplying anything by the color var.

[yetneverdone]

Also, instead of doing this per draw,

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shaders.grayscale:send("factor",0)

just do this once (after the shader is created)