Install

npm install --save-dev png-alpha-loader

Options

alphaOnly: Whether to return the image alpha, width, and size or just an array of alpha values.

Usage

Use the loader either via your webpack config, CLI or inline.

Via webpack config (recommended)

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.mask\.png$/,
        use: 'png-alpha-loader',
        options: {
          alphaOnly: false
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

In your application

var mask = require('./image.mask.png');

CLI

webpack --module-bind 'mask.png=png-alpha-loader'

In your application

var mask = require('./image.mask.png');

Inline

In your application

var mask = require('raw-loader!./image.mask.png')