Unable to export to PNG with transparent background in 2.1.0

[Pag]

Hello,

I'm a newbie trying out Affinity Designer so I'm probably missing something simple, but I can't seem to export my image with a transparent background as a PNG.

I've read some other threads, which said to tick the Transparent Background checkbox in the Document Setup screen, which I did. Here's that pop-up, you can see that my document does actually show the checkboard pattern in the background.

But when I go to export in PNG, it insists on putting a background. I can change the background's color (using the Matte button) but I can't make it transparent.

Oddly enough it works for GIF exports:

So what am I missing? This is using Affinity Designer 2.1.0.

Edited May 31, 2023 by Pag

[firstdefence]

Have you tried this...

[Pag]

I tried that, but the color stays white.

[_Th]

Does it work if you change Area to Selection Only?

[NotMyFault]

Known bug + workaround 

 

[Pag]

Thanks NotMyFault. As described in the discussion in that thread, choosing a preset in the export dialog solves the issue for me.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "PNG with Selection Only shows white background after toggling Embed ICC profiles" (REF: AFP-6164) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.1.1.1847".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

[Affinity Info Bot]

 Build 2.1.1 (build 1847) is now available as a Customer Beta

We would appreciate you trying the beta build for yourself to check that the fix listed by Serif Info Bot above has been fixed for you. If it has NOT been fixed please post into the announcement post rather than here.