AmateurAffiniter Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I am importing images into Affinity. They have transparent backgrounds, but Affinity is showing the white background instead. When I first purchased Affinity, I searched for this topic and found the "Transparent Background" checkbox in File > Document Setup. But it's not working now (I haven't used the program for a while). The background stays white even when I check the box. First, I tried EPS, and thought it was a problem with EPS images or something. But it's doing the same thing with my PNGs with transparent background. Please help. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Hi, can you upload a Png or eps to see if it happens our end. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateurAffiniter Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Thanks for responding. Sure, here is one layer. It's a png with transparent background. Edited September 14, 2019 by AmateurAffiniter This pic showed transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateurAffiniter Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 Argh. Never mind now it's working with the PNG. Not with my EPS from Inkscape, though. Does this next one have transparent bg for you? postcard-back-guy.eps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Your .eps guy appears to me in three apps (Acrobat Distiller / Mac Preview / Affinity) with a white background, in AfDesigner there are two bottom layers with white page rectangle, called (Curves) and (Image). In this screenshot I have moved them to make their content more obvious: Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateurAffiniter Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 I started with a stock eps. Converted to PNG in Gimp (because that's the program I know how to use best), then converted back to EPS in Inkscape using "Trace Bitmap". Is there any way to take a non-vector image and just convert to smooth vector in Affinity? Thanks, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, AmateurAffiniter said: eps. Converted to PNG (...) then converted back to EPS Doesn't sound healthy, since EPS is a vector format whereas your PNG step between isn't. So, in case your initial eps (stock) contained vectors you destroyed them with the PNG step. No, unfortunately there is no "Trace bitmap" feature in Affinity yet. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateurAffiniter Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 He he, yeah, "not healthy". I need to know how to use affinity better, because it seems more capable than Gimp. But I spent years learning the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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