Designer doesn't output transparency in PNG?

[Manu R]

I'm pretty sure that in the past I exported PNGs from Designer with a functional alpha. Using the latest version, that doesn't seem to work anymore. Any ideas?

[mvg]

I am pretty sure i saw something in the tutorials about the background color of your document, it should be set to transparent. At least when working with slices etc. maybe that is the case here as well?

[MEB]

Hi Manu R,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

This changed in version 1.5. You have to tick Transparent background (colour section) in the Document Setup dialog to export a transparent PNG as @mvg pointed out.

[Manu R]

I see, thanks.

 

But really, when adding a new feature like that, shouldn't it default to the old behaviour? It's very disruptive when you open an old file and it suddenly outputs differently.

[MEB]

Hi Manu R

Yes, i agree with you it's a little disruptive but it's the only way to make the program better. It's not really a new feature but a correction to something that should have been working like this since the beginning.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this is causing you. Fortunately changes like this shouldn't happen often, and moving forward without making compromises while the program is still in its infancy will help us to achieve an overall better software in the end.