XaraX1 Transparent .tiff - am i missing something?

[coldfuel]

Hi all,

Im not sure if im missing something here, but isn't .tiff supposed to support transparency?

Exporting to .tiff format we cant make the background transparent ?!

[Soquili]

A transparent tiff file requires an Alpha channel. As far as I know, Xara X¹ does not support alpha channels in tiff files. Not all graphics programs support alpha channel tiffs, older versions in particular.

[coldfuel]

Thanks for the reply Bill.

Does XaraXPro support Alpha channel in tiff files ?

[Soquili]

I just now checked Xtreme Pro to see if it supported transparent tiff and from the export dialog box, it does not. No colour depth option that has alpha channel.

[WolfMoonHP]

Bill...am I right that currently transparency is supported only in GIF and PNG, among those commonly used on web pages?
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Will

[Soquili]

Yes Will, that is correct.

There is a Jpeg2000 image format that supports transparency, but I don't know of a program that currently supports it. There are probably some out there, but I don't know of them.

[WolfMoonHP]

Yes Will, that is correct.

There is a Jpeg2000 image format that supports transparency, but I don't know of a program that currently supports it. There are probably some out there, but I don't know of them.

PSP XI supports JPEG 2000, but I tried it on our web site and neither IE or FF would show the image, so I dropped these. Newest is not alwas best...
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Will

[coldfuel]

Thanks Guys,

Thats a real shame...i know Serif's Drawplus7 supports alpha channel transparency in .tiff and hoped XaraX did too..one for the wants list.

[Wizzard]

Whats wrong with PNG?

[jclements]

Whats wrong with PNG?

People's ignorance.