Check out ID3D11Device::CreateBlendState
. For standard alpha blending with preserved alpha, use the following parameters:
AlphaToCoverageEnable = FALSE;
IndependentBlendEnable = FALSE;
BlendEnable[0] = TRUE;
SrcBlend[0] = D3D11_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA;
DestBlend[0] = D3D11_BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA;
BlendOp[0] = D3D11_BLEND_OP_ADD;
SrcBlendAlpha[0] = D3D11_BLEND_ONE;
DestBlendAlpha[0] = D3D11_BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA;
BlendOpAlpha[0] = D3D11_BLEND_OP_ADD;
RenderTargetWriteMask[0] = D3D11_COLOR_WRITE_ENABLE_ALL;
And don't forget to call ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetBlendState
.