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.
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Brian, a Cnews reader, tried my steps and provided this excellent example that shows the difference.
This anomaly has been in PP since at least v. 9, but most wouldn't realize it since the damage is more or less apparent on an image by image basis. The background color that the PNG is placed against later also contributes to the awareness of it or lack thereof.
Note that I tried something similar with TIFF export, no problem in that format.
KuttyJoe said: 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.
Hello Mr. Jeff,
I have no idea what you guy's are doing different, but there is no white haze anywhere to be found in my transparent PNG's, I tryed anyway I knew. Perhaps this issue is system dependant?
The file I included here is the tranparent PNG on a black background.
here is the original transparent PNG file http://www.alfredky.com/pp/test.png
Hmmm here is another idea...
Alfred said: Hello Mr. Jeff, I have no idea what you guy's are doing different, but there is no white haze anywhere to be found in my transparent PNG's, I tryed anyway I knew. Perhaps this issue is system dependant?