edwardus Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 @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. 2 Quote Link to comment
edwardus Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 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!!! Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 @edwardusHi delete the background in Photoshop then export as a .png it will be transparent. Quote Link to comment
David B. Vogel Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 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? Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 @David B. Vogel looks like you missed the step during image prop creation where you set the mask. 1 Quote Link to comment
David B. Vogel Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Thank you for that help. I didn't understand the mask function, but it is clear enough when I explore. Quote Link to comment
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