[Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-27 Thread stefanped
I want to make a transparent background, so first I go layer - transparency - add alpha channel. I select around my image and then go select - invert selection. Then I delete the background I am left with the image I want and the transparent checkerboard background just like how I've done it for

[Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread stefanped
Hi, here is what things look like from my end. Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/563/original/layers.PNG -- stefanped (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org Lis

[Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-05-02 Thread rich2005
>Hi, here is what things look like from my end. Question, does this happen when the png file is re-opened in Gimp or Are you using a separate viewing application. Not all will 'honour' transparency. example: http://i.imgur.com/F4F8ry4.jpg -- rich2005 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___

[Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-05-04 Thread stefanped
>Things look alright on GIMP side from yur screenshot, but for the fact >your image filename lists it as a ".jpg". > >The jpg file format has no support for transparency, and the >"simptons" of trying to save transparency to such a file would be >exactly waht you describe. > >Are you sure you are r

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-27 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/27/17 17:46, stefanped wrote: I want to make a transparent background, so first I go layer - transparency - add alpha channel. I select around my image and then go select - invert selection. Then I delete the background I am left with the image I want and the transparent checkerboard back

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread Pat David
When you export the image to PNG, did you check the box to "Save color values from transparent pixels"? http://i.imgur.com/1mnIJO6.png On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 3:07 AM stefanped wrote: > Hi, here is what things look like from my end. > > Attachments: > * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachment

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Things look alright on GIMP side from yur screenshot, but for the fact your image filename lists it as a ".jpg". The jpg file format has no support for transparency, and the "simptons" of trying to save transparency to such a file would be exactly waht you describe. Are you sure you are really ma

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 28 April 2017 at 12:24, Pat David wrote: > When you export the image to PNG, did you check the box to "Save color > values from transparent pixels"? > http://i.imgur.com/1mnIJO6.png Even with this checked, transparency will still be transparency. It should be checked depending of the intended

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/28/17 03:49, stefanped wrote: Hi, here is what things look like from my end. Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/563/original/layers.PNG Exporting such an image as a PNG works for me, but for a similar-sized image, the PNG is 32MB, slow to export, and slow to load.

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-05-04 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/04/2017 04:53 AM, stefanped wrote: > The issue was, even though i selected PNG from the drop down on the right, it > was exporting as jpeg. I hit the + select file type (by extension) on the left > and a box popped up and from there i selected PNG and that fixed it. Nothing broken there - t