# Image placeholders now support transparency

[date: 2023-04-13T15:00:01.777+02:00]

We're happy to announce that low-quality image placeholders (LQIP) offered by the GraphQL Content Delivery API via the `responsiveImage` and `blurUpThumb` queries, now fully support images with alpha channels!

You can read the [complete announcement](https://www.datocms.com/blog/introducing-thumbhash-the-compact-placeholder-with-alpha-support.md) in our blog post.