diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14684450..3073f4cc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1174,6 +1174,7 @@ list(APPEND PROJECT_DATA
 	"data/effects/color_conversion_rgb_yuv.effect"
 	"data/effects/mipgen.effect"
 	"data/effects/pack-unpack.effect"
+	"data/effects/standard.effect"
 	"data/effects/shared.effect"
 	"data/locale/en-US.ini"
 )
diff --git a/data/effects/shared.effect b/data/effects/shared.effect
index eed2a740..e47a331e 100644
--- a/data/effects/shared.effect
+++ b/data/effects/shared.effect
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ uniform float4x4 ViewProj;
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Samplers
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sampler_state BlankSampler {
+};
+
 sampler_state PointRepeatSampler {
 	Filter = Point;
 	AddressU = Repeat;
diff --git a/data/effects/standard.effect b/data/effects/standard.effect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6ad5050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/effects/standard.effect
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "shared.effect"
+
+uniform texture2D Channel0;
+uniform texture2D Channel1;
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Technique: Restore Alpha
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Parameters:
+// - Channel0: RGBX Texture
+// - Channel1: XXXA Texture
+
+float4 PSRestoreAlpha(VertexData vtx) : TARGET {
+	float4 rgbx = Channel0.Sample(BlankSampler, vtx.uv);
+	float4 xxxa = Channel1.Sample(BlankSampler, vtx.uv);
+	rgbx.a = xxxa.a;
+	return rgbx;
+};
+
+technique RestoreAlpha
+{
+	pass
+	{
+		vertex_shader = DefaultVertexShader(vtx);
+		pixel_shader = PSRestoreAlpha(vtx);
+	};
+};