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Yes, ta, that's what I would have thought - but it didn't, just got worse.

Thanks for that. Yes I have, and I found that no matter how much I tried, even with the 'refine' tool, it didn't do a very good job of the hair at the top of the head. Any suggestions on how to get that right would be appreciated. The 'Photoscissors' app, however, handled that much better.

Hah!!! That's the answer - it's all in the export from Photos. Selecting the File>Export option from Photos, I was selecting the top option 'Export 1 photo' - which by the way, was 9.9MB - still exporting it as PNG. I just tried File>Export, and selected 'Export Unmodified Original' - still as PNG - this exported file was 15MB When I Place this latter file into AP - no white background - just the cut-out of the silhouette. Excellent. Not sure that I need to, but I'll upload that unmodified export so you can have a look ....

Many thanks.

Okey dokey then. Well, when I import that image to Procreate - it does have a transparent background. All I see in Procreate is the figure, not the white background. To import to AP - I have to export it from Photos first - that is the ONLY difference I can see - so, is there something in the export process?

Here is the PNG, exported from 'Photos' ...

Thank you. it wasn't, but it is now. That didn't seem to change anything.

New user here, and I've had a good read of the FAQs. Big picture - creating an eBook cover - I have already done so in ProCreate on iPad, but want to do the same thing in Affinity Photo desktop (as part of my learning and growth in using AP). In Procreate - I placed a photo as background layer - have done same with same photo in AP. Next - I have a Shutterstock photo - portrait with background - I used an iPad app called Photoscissors which 'cut out' the silhouette of the portrait and saved it to my Photos library (as PNG). In Procreate - I imported that photo in as next layer - worked a treat - I just got the silhouette with no backgound - all good. So, my issue is, that when I place that apparent silhouette into AP - I get a photo with the silhouette AND a white background. I'm wondering why the different result - and particularly, am I doing something wrong, or not doing something I should be doing? I do know that this is not a ProCreate forum - I include that description to just fully explain the issue. MacOS 10.15.7 and AP 1.8.6. Many thanks in advance.