Copy & Paste with transparent background

[Rik]

Copying images with transparency should work, where are you copying the image from Rik?

Hi, Rob.

Try this site: wow emoji at DuckDuckGo
I can copy and paste one with a transparent background into DPX11 without any problems.
But, not into or DXP16 or DPX17 or Designer Pro+.

Acorn: That is the setting I changed. And restarted my Laptop and still no difference.

[Acorn]

I have even tried Bhavesh's suggestion at https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...211#post604211.

@Rik & @Rob-Xar - I tried and failed.
If you use File > Import from Web address with https://www.techhunt.co.in/wp-conten.../Imoji-Wow.png, it works.
If you save to a file and drag into the XDA, it works.
If you copy from another application (IrfanView, Windows Snipping Tool, Affinity family), it fails.

Acorn

[rsrsrs]

here it works

Xara Designer Pro X 17.1.0.60486 DL x64 Oct 29 2020

[Rik]

I have even tried Bhavesh's suggestion at https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...211#post604211.

@Rik & @Rob-Xar - I tried and failed.
If you use File > Import from Web address with https://www.techhunt.co.in/wp-conten.../Imoji-Wow.png, it works.
If you save to a file and drag into the XDA, it works.
If you copy from another application (IrfanView, Windows Snipping Tool, Affinity family), it fails.

Acorn

File > Import from Web address?
Well, that doesn't seem to work for me. And I've used the link from my own web browser. And I've used the link from your post.
Neither work. I get an error that says 'There was a problem downloading the URL...'

And why add more and more steps into the workflow.
There should not be a need to save the file first and then have to import it... etc.

Copy & Paste should work,as it used to before.

I'm hoping this can be fixed.

[handrawn]

I went to the image at https://www.techhunt.co.in/wp-conten.../Imoji-Wow.png that acorn posted, right clicked the image and selected copy image and pasted it into pro+ - no problem with transparency [and i have not changed registry key] - this was done in FireFox 83.0, maybe there is a browser issue here?

[gwpriester]

You can set this with XaReg.

[Rik]

I went to the image at https://www.techhunt.co.in/wp-conten.../Imoji-Wow.png that acorn posted, right clicked the image and selected copy image and pasted it into pro+ - no problem with transparency [and i have not changed registry key] - this was done in FireFox 83.0, maybe there is a browser issue here?

I'm using the same browser for XDP11 as I am for the other versions.

Yet, XDP11 works fine and the other versions do not.

UPDATE: If I copy and paste from MS Edge, it does not work. But, if I copy and paste from Firefox, it does work into Designer Pro+.

[handrawn]

progress then... up to a point

it looks to me like in edge the website itself may be the culpret, but i am no expert, acorn would know more

[Acorn]

@Xara...

The only browsers that work for me for transparency copy & paste are Firefox and ToR.

It is a FAIL with XaReg > Paste Bitmaps with Alpha.

It is a FAIL with Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro Sub x64\17\Options\Clipboard\PasteAlpha.

It is a FAIL with a copy from another application (IrfanView, Windows Snipping Tool, Affinity family).

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It works with a file drag from a folder.

It works with an Import from web address.

It works with a Placeholder > Replace with graphic file.

Acorn

P.S. This Thread should be moved to the Dear Xara... Forum

[Acorn]

File > Import from Web address?
Well, that doesn't seem to work for me.

Strip off the Protocol (http// or https://).
Yet another Xara "feature".

Acorn