Transparent Background

[tokyojim]

I know this is a very old post, but perhaps someone will still notice this message. My problem is the transparent background thing. I want the 3D image, but I want to paste it on top of a picture so I don't want a background saved with the image.

Do I need to save it as you mentioned? I can't figure out how to do that. I go to FIle and click on Export. I can then choose what format I want to export the image as, but the options you mention are not there or at least I'm not seeing them. There is no box to check for transparency that I can find. I don't know how to access the Export Options Dialog. Where is that? Can you make your answer even more simple for a newbie like me? Thanks.

tj

[Soquili]

Hi TJ,

Welcome to the forum.

When you select Export from the File Menu, you will see a dialog to choose the type of file you want to save the image. If you want to have a transparent background you must select either GIF or PNG as they are the only formats that support transparency. See attachment.

[tokyojim]

Thank you for your kind reply! You must get tired of novice's asking the same question. Finally, I figured it out this time. Thanks again!

tj

[Infinite]

I have a lil question about this post. I see that yes you can save it as a transparent image. I usually will set the background to the closest color and then save the image as transparent background. Yet when I change my layout on my website from example from white to black I can see traces of the outlined part of whatever default background color I used when creating the graphic. I dont want to have to redo all the graphics everytime I make a new layout. Is there a way to have a transparent background when actually making the image so that when I change backgrounds lil traces around the edges wont show.

[Egg Bramhill]

Infinite

No is the simple answer. The image has to be anti-alisaed to some background. If you change your background, the anti-alias will now be the wrong colour. You will need to redo your animation. But it's not a big problem if you saved the original file, just change the background to the new colour and export again and post to your web site.