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title: "Cutout Material"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/CUTOUTMATERIAL_13D7FE92_856E_4282_9AE4_EF5E7C23E0A4.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Material > Cutout Material"
element_id: "CUTOUTMATERIAL_13D7FE92_856E_4282_9AE4_EF5E7C23E0A4"
description: "This Node is only available when editing a classic Cinema 4D Node material."
---

# Cutout Material

![Image: 043202.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/043202.jpg)

> **Tip:** Note:
>
> This Node is only available when editing a classic Cinema 4D Node material.

You load a bitmap with alpha channel into this material. Without further action, the alpha channel is taken into account and the texture is cut or punched out accordingly, so that the material becomes visible in the Object Manager of subordinate Material Tags.