Imported Jpegs no longer transparent

[edwardus]

For the last 10 years I have been able to scan line drawings in to jpegs

then (via photoshop to remove white backgrounds) import them as jpegs in to VWX. 

Then ... I would give them transparent backgrounds by selecting "none" in VWX fill (drop down menu)

 

But now, March 2021, I get solid white backgrounds each time.

Can anyone explain what to do to get the transparent backgrounds back ???

 

Many thanks in advance

 

[Jeff Prince]

@edwardus are you sure you weren't converting the file to a tiff or png?  AFAIK, jpg doesn't support transparency.

Those formats work great for what you want to do.

[edwardus]

9 hours ago, jeff prince said:

@edwardus are you sure you weren't converting the file to a tiff or png?  AFAIK, jpg doesn't support transparency.

Those formats work great for what you want to do.

Thank you Jeff.... 

I just did a new test and I could get Jpegs, tiff and pngs to import and also go transparent

 

therefore I think it is something I am doing in photoshop that is making them behave stubbornly

back to the drawing board!!!

[AlanW]

@edwardusHi delete the background in Photoshop then export as a .png it will be transparent.

[David B. Vogel]

I'm having the same issue, I believe. I have been making the transparent background in Photoshop for, in my case, a photograph of a woman. and exporting it as a .png. Importing it as an image resources into VW (v2020) and creating an image prop, VW places a white background around the image the size of my Ps crop. Am I missing a step?

[Jeff Prince]

@David B. Vogel looks like you missed the step during image prop creation where you set the mask.

[David B. Vogel]

Thank you for that help. I didn't understand the mask function, but it is clear enough when I explore.