Transparency and PNG format

[Sarah Reichelt]

Yes, I had this problem with pictures that I converted to PNGs using
GraphicConverter, while newly created PNGs worked fine. However I
didn't know the trick that Ken has just told us all about, so I will
knwo what to do next time.

Cheers,
Sarah


On 11/30/05, Judy Perry <jperryl at ecs.fullerton.edu> wrote:
> And, I might be going daft (might well be there already, for all I know),
> but I have a dim recollection of Sarah having this problem iwth PNGs
> prepared using GraphicConverter.
>
> Sarah??

> > >
> > > I've now started to using PNGs rather than GIFS, and I can give
> > > them transparent backgrounds in exactly the same way as the GIFs
> > > (GraphicConverter on the Mac is really good for this - a lot
> > > simpler than Photoshop Elements... but I digress). However when I
> > > import a PNG as an image, the transparency disappears and the
> > > figure therefore appears in a white rectangle. I can fix this with
> > > inks, but only on the Mac, and this app is destined for PC users
> > > mostly.