ArthurFfox Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Hello, so this is a problem I'm having trying to upload a transparent image to my blogger page. I have read the other forum posts but none of them seemed to fix my problem. I've done the following to the image: -separated the image from the white background with the selection tool: it is on one layer. -I have "transparent background" turned on -I exported the image as a PNG, bilinear, and area marked as "selection without background". Yet this is what I get on my blog: I'm at a loss to what I need to do to make it transparent. If needed I uploaded the affinity file in question. 1.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Your document background is white and not transparent. Make a new doc (484 x 589 px sized) and check the "[x] Transparent background" check box there on the panel for that document. Open your 1.aphoto file and copy/paste the layer from there over to the new document. Save your new doc and export as PNG. 1a.afphoto PNG version (on forums white background) Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 hours ago, ArthurFfox said: separated the image from the white background with the selection tool: Try menu Filter, Color, Erase White Paper. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_eraseWhitePaper.html Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Eh! In the 1.afphoto doc just go to Document > Transparent background then export again. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 46 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Try menu Filter, Color, Erase White Paper. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_eraseWhitePaper.html His drawing layer doesn't contain any white, so that does nothing in his case. His problem in this case is more the initial white doc background - Instead what firstdefense mentioned is a quicker way of performing what the OP here needs for fixing. I showed instead the way from ground up. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, v_kyr said: His drawing layer doesn't contain any white 5 hours ago, ArthurFfox said: I've done the following to the image: -separated the image from the white background with the selection tool: Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 @Pšenda Did you downloaded his 1.aphoto file and looked into it? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 The document's colour format is RGB/16 - when outputted to PNG there are 16bit layers If his blog does not support 16bit layer PNGs it may be flattening the image which will give a white background to it. Converting the colour format to RGB/8 (prior to exporting) would be the solution if this is the case Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 52 minutes ago, v_kyr said: @Pšenda Did you downloaded his 1.aphoto file and looked into it? No there is no reason, perhaps OP knows what he writes. This is also because the OP does not say anything about the source of his picture - where he made the selection. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurFfox Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 I apologize, I had the "transparent background" turned off right before I shared the document. I looked into the problem and apparently blogger doesn't take .pngs that well. I've hosted the image on another site and the white did not show up. I'll find another way or just deal I suppose. Thank you all for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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