Transparent PNG

[suew]

I am unable to get a clean transparent image.  As you can see by attached image, there is a darker transparency surrounding image.  It is definitely not clear.  What am I doing wrong? The background was white and I used the remove white paper filter then exported.  When I tried to export as a gif instead of png,  it was not a good image, but dark transparency was gone.  

[Wosven]

There's colour in your background. Try using a Curves or a Levels adjustement layer to get it tranparent, or osing the selection tools or options.

[suew]

That is not the background, that is the transparency pasted on a white background. If you click on the image, you will see.

Edited May 10, 2020 by suew

[Wosven]

Hu, it's a JPG, why didn't you post a PNG?

In your export options, the Matte should be void (white slashed by a red line),as when there's no colour in the Colour panel).

[suew]

I know it’s a jpg to show how the transparency is filled with color.  I will attach the png now if that helps.

[suew]

You can see the image is transparent but it is surrounded by a box.  When I used Photoshop Touch (no longer available) or Paintshop Pro years ago, I have never encountered this problem.

[Paul Mudditt]

11 minutes ago, suew said:

You can see the image is transparent but it is surrounded by a box.  When I used Photoshop Touch (no longer available) or Paintshop Pro years ago, I have never encountered this problem.

Here you go, use “selection from layer, duplicate selection removes the strange background.

[suew]

Perfect!  Thank you ❤️

[Nina D]

Hello,

I think I have a similar problem. I try to export an image with a transparent background. The affinity file looks perfect. But it always has a white or even a grey background after the export. I tried to export a PNG, GIF and TIF, it does not work. Can anybody help me?

 

thanks & cheers, Nina

[suew]

Follow the same directions Paul gave me and then export.  Your png should work.  I am not sure why the gif and tif do not work though.  I never had the coloration box from transparent images in other programs but Paul’s direction is a good workaround for images with layers.