white box around imported image

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:21 pm

When I import a PNG image in MOHO, there is a large rectangular white box around it! I have made the background transparent, and in "windows picture and fax viewer", the background is transparent! Yet when I import it into Moho, there is still a large white box!

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:48 pm

first, never trust in windows.
second, try to give the transparency to the image with another software.*
or third, try to give the transparency again with the same software.

*recommended

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:22 am

What other software could I use? I used "Irfanview" to make it transparent. Thanks for the help!

myles · Post by **myles** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:24 am

Any chance you could upload a sample PNG somewhere that exhibits the problem?

Regards, Myles.

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:42 am

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:42 am

Im not sure how to upload a picture...

myles · Post by **myles** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:01 am

You'll need to upload it to a web site.

If you don't have your own site, you can use a free service such as http://imageshack.us/

Regards, Myles.

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:20 am

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Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:38 am

That image isn't transparent. Transparency wasn't even turned on in the PNG.

Here is your image with transparency:

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:48 am

Thanks for all your help, but I have some questions.
1) How did you find if the image had transparacy turned on or off?
2) What program did you use to make transparacy?

Again, thanks for all the help.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:16 am

i use corel photopaint 11. wich is very similar to photoshop and wich comes inside corel draw.

there you have two option of transparency: using a mask or selecting a color.

but must be freeware that make the same thing, i don't know wich, but you can ask in "other software" section.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:17 am

selgin wrote:but you can ask in "other software" section.

or maybe rasheed could help you. he always does.

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:52 am

I use The Gimp, an open source program (and freeware) for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. If you're looking for a Windows installer, see here.

In The Gimp, I used the Layer menu and saw that "Add Transparency" was not greyed out, which means the image didn't have an alpha channel. After I added transparency to the layer, I selected all white pixels ("select regions by color" tool) and cleared the selected region. And presto, a transparent background.

If you have Photoshop on your system, you can do the same in a somewhat different way (I guess, I don't have Photoshop on my system).

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:57 pm

Photoshop export of PNG files with transparent effects is very easy. All you need to do is "export for web", and make sure that you have chosen 24bit PNG with transparency.

Avalanche941 · Post by **Avalanche941** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:04 am

I tried installing Gimp, but it froze on the clock thing when it got to "fonts"....
Edit:it worked after a few tries!

Thanks everybody!