Appogee Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hi, I recently made the jump across to Affinity Photo from Paintshop Pro. I'd appreciate your advice on how to paste transparent images in Affinity Photo. image1 is a standard (rasterised) image. Image2 is a logo with a transparent background. When I try to past Image2 as a new layer into Image1, the transparent layer of Image2 turns to black. How can I past Image2 as a new layer to Image1, while preserving its transparency? Thanks in anticipation of your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 If you're pasting the images, you must be copying them from somewhere. It might be the copying rather than the pasting which is the source of the problem. You will probably get better results if you can save the images in a standard format such as JPEG, PNG or TIFF and then place the saved images in your document. Appogee 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Since JPEG does not support transparency, it would not be a good choice for image 2. Appogee 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...
Alfred Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Since JPEG does not support transparency, it would not be a good choice for image 2. Agreed (although there are ways around that, such as tweaking the blend options) but it would be fine for image 1. Appogee 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appogee Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Thanks. Do I perhaps need to save and re-open Image1 as a PNG - with a set transparency color - before pasting into it? Maybe that will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Depending on your browser, and perhaps also your operating system, you may find that a PNG image copied from a web page has a black background instead of a transparent one. You can get around that problem by saving image 2 and then placing the saved image in your document, but you shouldn't need to do anything special with image 1. Appogee 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Kauboy Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 This problem is still not solved. Take an image on a webpage with a transparent background. This could for instance be the "Google" logo in the middle of the page of www.google.com. If I right-click this and say copy image it will be in the clipboard with a transparent background. I can check this by pasting it into an application like paint.net - works like a charm, transparency retained. However, if I paste it into PowerPoint, the background becomes black. This is *really* annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Swiss Kauboy said: However, if I paste it into PowerPoint, the background becomes black. Does this have anything to do with any of Serif's Affinity apps? BTW, welcome to the Affinity forums. 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...
Appogee Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, R C-R said: Does this have anything to do with any of Serif's Affinity apps? Yes, it does. If you cut/paste a transparent png into Affinity, the transparency is lost and the background becomes black. This is not an issue with the copying. I can paste the same transparent png from my clipboard into, say, Jasc Paintshop Pro, or other image editing apps, and it retains its transparency. Only when pasting from the clipboard into Affinity Photo is the transparency lost. It is a significant PITA and cost in time. I have to save transparent PNGs as separate files, then load them into Affinity Photo separately, and then cut and paste them from within Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Appogee said: If you cut/paste a transparent png into Affinity, the transparency is lost and the background becomes black. For what very little it is worth, the background does not become black nor is the transparency lost when I try this on my iMac. 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...
Ron P. Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Windows does not maintain the transparency, as pointed out by @Appogee. I tried this in PSP, and the black background is included, BUT in PSP there is the command to Paste as Selection, which removes the black background. I tried to find something similar in AP, but apparently there's not. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 7 hours ago, R C-R said: For what very little it is worth, the background does not become black nor is the transparency lost when I try this on my iMac. Unfortunately, it's different for windows. AFAIK, browsers like Chrome don't copy the image (data type), but only the displayed data without alpha channel. You not only lose transparency but also all metadata and colour profiles of the image. Hence, this behaviour (transparent background in a PNG becomes black or white when pasted into any app) is not connected to Affinity's apps. Saving the image as PNG and importing it into the app you need it in, should maintain transparency and all other data on windows systems. Wosven 1 Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 24 minutes ago, Andy05 said: AFAIK, browsers like Chrome don't copy the image (data type), but only the displayed data without alpha channel. Using the latest version of Chrome on my Mac & copying (for example) the Google logo at www.google.com works fine -- when pasted into an Affinity document (as an Image layer) transparency is preserved. Same with Firefox. So I guess this a Windows only thing? 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...
Move Along People Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, R C-R said: So I guess this a Windows only thing? Yes, it seems so. Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, haakoo said: In aPhoto/aDesigner/aPublisher>place and paste the url/link in the filename field I am not sure what you mean by "filename field." Maybe it is just because I have not yet ingested enough coffee this AM (or possibly more likely that senility is setting in faster than I thought) but I can't find anything like that in AD or AP on my Mac. 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...
Move Along People Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 An additional method for Windows is to drag the transparent web image to your desktop then drag that image into your affinity app Move Along People 1 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...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, haakoo said: When one uses the place command it will show an explorer window where one can choose a file. But it also shows a field where one can enter a filename. I see. Maybe I am still missing something but in the Mac versions I can find no field for the place command that accepts URLs, or for that matter any field that accepts filenames. There is a search field, but it only searches for files that match the search criteria. 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...
lepr Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 21 minutes ago, R C-R said: I see. Maybe I am still missing something but in the Mac versions I can find no field for the place command that accepts URLs, or for that matter any field that accepts filenames. There is a search field, but it only searches for files that match the search criteria. You are using macOS, not Windows, so forget about URL palaver and just drag the image from the browser window to the Affinity canvas, or copy from browser then paste in Affinity. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, anon2 said: You are using macOS, not Windows, so forget about URL palaver and just drag the image from the browser window to the Affinity canvas, or copy from browser then paste in Affinity. Job done. I know what works with the macOS. I am just trying to better understand how that differs from Windows & how that impacts providing help for issues like this one. 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...
lepr Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 23 minutes ago, R C-R said: I know what works with the macOS. I am just trying to better understand how that differs from Windows & how that impacts providing help for issues like this one. You were shown a screenshot from an Affinity app on Windows that highlighted where a URL can be pasted. You have the Affinity apps on macOS. Compare. End of story. R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, anon2 said: You were shown a screenshot from an Affinity app on Windows that highlighted where a URL can be pasted. You have the Affinity apps on macOS. Compare. End of story. To begin with, the screenshot shows the German language interface & from what I could tell from it there was no URL pasted into that field, just a (local?) filename. But more to the point I wanted to make sure I was not missing some obscure way in the macOS to enter a URL into some field in the place dialog window. I thought that would be obvious to everyone from the inclusion of "Maybe I am still missing something ..." in my previous reply & thus the end of that story. You seem to want more, so I hope you will consider this its final chapter. 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...
lepr Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Just now, R C-R said: To begin with, the screenshot shows the German language interface & from what I could tell from it there was no URL pasted into that field, just a (local?) filename. But more to the point I wanted to make sure I was not missing some obscure way in the macOS to enter a URL into some field in the place dialog window. I thought that would be obvious to everyone from the inclusion of "Maybe I am still missing something ..." in my previous reply & thus the end of that story. You seem to want more, so I hope you will consider this its final chapter. German? Looks like Dutch, not Deutsch. Anyway, haakoo told you in English that you could paste a URL in the field which he highlighted in the screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, R C-R said: ..... & from what I could tell from it there was no URL pasted into that field, just a (local?) filename. Haha! It's the link to your own avatar! 😂 (sure, we don't see the .com bits, and he could have downloaded it.......but he did say URL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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