Transparent PNG Export

Hunter said:

wrote in message news:81023@coreldraw.com...
> Im sure there must be something im missing here with the PNG export
> settings. I like the way the new export window appears but I cant figure
> out how to export from Draw to a PNG with a transparent matte of a color
> picked color.
>
> How I did it in X4 was to chose to export to PNG, and when the window
> appeared to select a color for the transparent area, a color picker was
> used. Whatever I do with X5, i cant do it :/
>

Andy, why are you selecting a single color for transparency (like a GIF
transparency) instead of "full transparency?"

Getting a transparent PNG out of Draw is very easy (and I've had great
results from it)... just select your object, hit ctrl-e to export it out,
select the PNG format, check transparent background, and when the dialog
comes up and asks for a color or a mask (which I will admit is misleading),
choose Mask. I always put a "bounding box" of my own around an object but
that's because I hate it when an image with a transparent background butts
up against the file edge - it always makes me wonder if something got cut
off.

I will make a "box" the exact size that I will use online and then place the
object I want to use on top of that box, making sure that I give myself a
bit of breathing room on all sides... then make sure the "box" has no
outline and no fill color, group the items together and export out. Attached
is a sample.

Thanks for that Hunter,

Thats the way I do it, but I cant get the transparent background to work in X5... As I said in my previous reply to Foster, im sure its something im doing wrong with X5 :/