Transparent background

[Egg Bramhill]

Gary, the op posted

I like to work on a transparent checkered background like in photoshop so when I export as photoshop there is no white in the file for the background.

So the white page background was his problem. I suggested setting the page background to transparent. This appears to work.

[handrawn]

if you [import] open a psd into photoshop you will not get a white background unless it is in the file you [import] open - you do not get a default photoshop background layer - you get what is in the file

[handrawn]

if you mean do this in xara why not just hide the background, or even better not include it in the export ?

[Acorn]

I am probably dense around this but if you make the Pasteboard patterned with a suitable Shape and the Page background 100% transparent, do you not get what you need?

Any export still has to be PNG > Full Colour plus Alpha.

Chequered Pasteboard.xar

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

@ HD

if you mean do this in Xara why not just hide the background, or even better not include it in the export ?

As I stated earlier I don't have Photoshop but surely the page background sets the page size. If I use A4 Landscape this sets the page size within PS Yes/No?

[handrawn]

@Egg

in photoshop there is only the image, there is no page background

the default layer of a new document is called 'background' and cannot have transparency - but once you have added a new layer which is transparent by default you can delete the 'background layer if you wish - similarly if you open a single layer image and you want to work on it with transparency you need to right click and select 'make layer from background' which effectively copies all to a new layer and deletes the original

[gwpriester]

When you export to PSD you have four options. If you have set your page up in layers, you can select export each layer as a PSD layer. And export visible objects or entire page area.

I used these options and each layer and layer name imported into Photoshop just as they are in Designer Pro.

[handrawn]

yes

[Egg Bramhill]

So to recap, if Behzad wants to send a Xara file as a .psd to his client without a white background he has two options:

1: To export at the size of the document in Xara, set the page background to transparent and set export to 'Whole Page'.

2: To export just the page content without a background, make the page background layer to not visible and select 'Export just Visible Object's.

I'm confused but getting there ?

So all the png options are unnecessary as are fake chequered pasteboards?

[gwpriester]

Egg - This applies to Photoshop. If the page background is the default white, all objects will export with not background. I tried this with all the options and this is the case. If you add a color to the page, and export all objects on different layers, then the colored page exports as well but on a layer that can be deleted or made invisible.