I have a cpt image that has a single object with transparency applied as a gradient from 100 to 0 via the interactive transparency tool. I would like to export this as a transparent png for web use. However, photopaint x4 doesn't seem to allow me to do this - I get a message that object(s) will be merged, and then no option to maintain the transparency.
My workaround is to save it as a psd from photopaint, open in photoshop, and then use photoshop's export for the web. But there must be a direct way to do it in x4, right?
From my experience, merging with background is not necessary, but either way, the quality of the export is poor. If I feather the edges of a square, create mask from layer, then export to transparent png, it works, but there's an ugly white haze in the feathered area which makes this unusable in Photopaint. The result is the same flattened or left as layer before export.
Is PHOTO-PAINT X4 SP2, Corel's all-purpose professional bitmap editing application, incapable of saving transparent bitmaps as PNGs? (Question posted on 11/2/2009)
Ahmad Ajlouny said:Is PHOTO-PAINT X4 SP2, Corel's all-purpose professional bitmap editing application, incapable of saving transparent bitmaps as PNGs? (Question posted on 11/2/2009)
FosterCoburn said:Not at all, I do it every day.
Concept211 said:That was sarcasm...and yes it does export to PNG, but not correctly.
The image illustrates a 10x10 px transparent blue bitmap on PHOTO-PAINT Transparency Grid ( ).
Foster,
This is not new, this is what Jeff and the others were talking about. I posted the question to conclude the discussion without more fuss or kidding ourselves; Corel's all-purpose professional bitmap editing application is incapable of encoding transparent bitmaps into PNG.*
Concept211,
You can describe my conclusion question as love, care, loyalty, honesty, responsibility, sincerity… but not "sarcasm". I don't know why you wanted to describe it in the first place.
* PHOTO-PAINT can encode transparent white pixels only into PNG without changing their color.
Ahmad Ajlouny said: Concept211, You can describe my conclusion question as love, care, loyalty, honesty, responsibility, sincerity… but not "sarcasm". I don't know why you wanted to describe it in the first place.
Ahmad,
Sorry about that, I wasn't arguing with you at all...quite the opposite...I COMPLETELY agree with you and appreciate your full understanding of the same frustration I have when exporting PNGs from PP. I suppose stating it as "sarcasm" wasn't the correct word. I was just letting Foster know that you weren't saying PP couldn't export to PNG...it just can't do it correctly.
Now let's keep our fingers crossed that at least one single person from Corel actually reads these threads and makes an attempt to fix this issue in X5.
Concept211 said: Ahmad, Sorry about that, I wasn't arguing with you at all...quite the opposite...I COMPLETELY agree with you and appreciate your full understanding of the same frustration I have when exporting PNGs from PP. I suppose stating it as "sarcasm" wasn't the correct word.
Sorry about that, I wasn't arguing with you at all...quite the opposite...I COMPLETELY agree with you and appreciate your full understanding of the same frustration I have when exporting PNGs from PP. I suppose stating it as "sarcasm" wasn't the correct word.
I apologize, concept211; I definitely over-reacted. Thank you for your appreciation.
I recorded an "action" to "save for web as PNG" in Photoshop. Now, I can export TIFFs from PHOTO-PAINT, and batch save them as PNGs from Photoshop.