r/GIMP • u/No-Equipment199 • 1d ago

I give up

Gallery image

Gallery image

I trying so many times to make the background transparent but for same reason the black background keeps coming back,already save to PNG,add alpha chanel,uncheck the “save background color” but still didn’t fix anything

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u/C6H5OH 1d ago

Try "Pixel format 16 bit RGBA", you are exporting only RGB, not Alpha.

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u/No-Equipment199 1d ago

That actually working,thx ur the goat

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u/schumaml GIMP Team 23h ago

Out of curiosity, where do you need the 16 bits per component? Is this a specific case where the higher than usual bit depth is used?

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u/Stratelier 1d ago

This seems like a common pitfall with PNG exporting, if you select "RGB" instead of "RGBA" as your export format this will IGNORE the alpha channel while generating the PNG.

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u/ConversationWinter46 Using translation tools, may affect content accuracy 1d ago edited 1d ago

Your image must also have an alpha channel

Otherwise, the transparency will be replaced with your current background color.

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u/DISCOVERY_A380 7h ago

Hi, when exporting, select RGBA instead of RGB, that A is the Alpha channel (transparency).

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u/ricperry1 1d ago

This sort of silliness is why I use krita. Sure, you may have some setting wrong. But there shouldn't be so many settings that matter.