clyall90 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) When copying in png images the image is appearing with a black background. To resolve this I have to save the image and then import it as an image. It would be great if you could just copy in a PNG from the web or another source. Thanks Clyall90 Edited May 29, 2019 by clyall90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 You can simply copy in PNG images. Something is happening to cause that black background, possibly something related to transparency if I had to guess. Can you provide the URL of an image that does that, when you copy it in? Also more details on how you're copying it and getting it into Publisher, please. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted May 29, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 29, 2019 I think it's better practice to save images locally and import, instead of copy pasting directly from the web. Walts guess is correct however, the png will have transparency that is being stripped out. It's fairly common for apps to do this, but I have logged this to see if we can do better. Thanks Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 7 hours ago, walt.farrell said: You can simply copy in PNG images. Something is happening to cause that black background, possibly something related to transparency if I had to guess. Can you provide the URL of an image that does that, when you copy it in? Also more details on how you're copying it and getting it into Publisher, please. I get these once in a while. The black IS transparent in most cases as other programs read it as such. I thought it might be older versions of PSP causing it but I am not so sure. I don't think Photo is the problem either since sometimes I will pick up a black background PNG and if comes into PHOTO as transparent and when saved back out, the background is as we normally expect Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Someone recently asked how to get Affinity Photo (or Designer, perhaps) to save a PNG with a black transparent layer vs a white transparent layer, as it makes a difference when sprites move around in games. That's what made me think it might be a transparency issue in this case. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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