diff --git a/kanimal/Reader/ScmlReader.cs b/kanimal/Reader/ScmlReader.cs
index 26c14ba..f034667 100644
--- a/kanimal/Reader/ScmlReader.cs
+++ b/kanimal/Reader/ScmlReader.cs
@@ -374,9 +374,13 @@ private void PackAnim()
 
                         var element = new Element();
                         element.Flags = 0;
+                        // Spriter does support setting alpha per keyframe, so we grab that value for the alpha channel of the kanim element
+                        if (object_ref.HasAttribute("a"))
+                            element.A = float.Parse(object_ref.Attributes["a"].Value);
+                        else
+                            element.A = 1.0f;
                         // spriter does not support changing colors of components
                         // through animation so this can be safely set to 0
-                        element.A = 1.0f;
                         element.B = 1.0f;
                         element.G = 1.0f;
                         element.R = 1.0f;
diff --git a/kanimal/Writer/ScmlWriter.cs b/kanimal/Writer/ScmlWriter.cs
index 41598ee..63190e0 100644
--- a/kanimal/Writer/ScmlWriter.cs
+++ b/kanimal/Writer/ScmlWriter.cs
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ protected virtual void AddTimelineInfo(XmlElement parent, int animIndex)
                     object_def.SetAttribute("angle", trans.Angle.ToStringInvariant());
                     object_def.SetAttribute("scale_x", trans.ScaleX.ToStringInvariant());
                     object_def.SetAttribute("scale_y", trans.ScaleY.ToStringInvariant());
+                    object_def.SetAttribute("a", element.A.ToStringInvariant());
 
                     keyframe.AppendChild(object_def);
                     timelineMap[idMap[name]].AppendChild(keyframe);