Peaka25 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hi. I am new to using photo editing softwares. Basically what I am trying to do is as described in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eInwlUWtw-w (i'm using the selection brush tool and refine tool, the only difference is i'm trying make an image have a transparent background and then export it). My problem is, when I export an image, the resulting image exported is what I originally had. I tried enabling the "transparent background" mode under "Document". I'm not sure what I am doing incorrectly. I've tried reading previous threads made on this website too, but I did not find a solution. Your help is much appreciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazario Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There are a few ways to do this. The easiest way in my opinion is to select the area you want then click 'layer mask' then go to Export and save as a TIFF. Unfortunately Affinity still shows the preview with a black background which can be confusing but if you import it into another app it does work and the background disappears. This was logged as a bug a while back by myself and a few others I think, while the process now works the icon preview still shows up wrong. Give it a shot. I've attached a little video and a screenshot of the icon with black background. I've also attached a screenshot of the image in InDesign showing its transparency over a red box. alphamask.mov Peaka25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted February 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hi Peaka25, Welcome to the forum. Which file type are you exporting to as some of them do not support a transparent background and will output a white background instead such as with JPG files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 If your intended use for the exported file is as a web page graphic, I suggest exporting it as a png file. That format offers alpha (transparency) support, lossless compression to keep file size small & thus load times low, & widespread browser support. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaka25 Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 There are a few ways to do this. The easiest way in my opinion is to select the area you want then click 'layer mask' then go to Export and save as a TIFF. Unfortunately Affinity still shows the preview with a black background which can be confusing but if you import it into another app it does work and the background disappears. This was logged as a bug a while back by myself and a few others I think, while the process now works the icon preview still shows up wrong. Give it a shot. I've attached a little video and a screenshot of the icon with black background. I've also attached a screenshot of the image in InDesign showing its transparency over a red box. The video was helpful and exporting as TIFF worked. Hi Peaka25, Welcome to the forum. Which file type are you exporting to as some of them do not support a transparent background and will output a white background instead such as with JPG files. I was exporting as PNG and JPEG. Thanks for the help guys :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I don't understand why PNG doesn't work for you to preserve transparency. I routinely use it for that & it works fine for me. Asha 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Whoops, sorry wrong thread.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarashiidesu Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I know I'm late to this thread but I came here searching for the same solution. In Document Setup you need to have the "Transparent background" box checked. Then your exports (in formats that handle transparency) will be fine.Thanks for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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