I notice that if I make pictures with transparent backgrounds in Photoshop,
and save them for web as png, they open in Photo Editor with a grey and
white chequered background instead of transparent. Can't see how I might
turn off this presentation of the 'transparent' area?

For me this is not a terrible problem, as I just change the file associate
to Picture and Fax Viewer, but how can I make the pictures so that they open
without the background squares, whoever I might send them too?

Regards,

S

"Michael J. Mahon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> spamlet wrote:
>> I notice that if I make pictures with transparent backgrounds in
>> Photoshop, and save them for web as png, they open in Photo Editor with a
>> grey and white chequered background instead of transparent. Can't see
>> how I might turn off this presentation of the 'transparent' area?
>
> That's how "transparent" is represented.
>
> If you want a white background behind it, you'll have to put it there
> yourself.
>
>> For me this is not a terrible problem, as I just change the file
>> associate to Picture and Fax Viewer, but how can I make the pictures so
>> that they open without the background squares, whoever I might send them
>> too?
>
> Don't send them with transparent background--make it white.
>
> -michael
>

So why do they call it transparent?

I recall I had this problem before when trying to make icons: when it came
to putting them in say Google Earth, the 'transparent' background just made
a square round the icon.
Tinkered with it for a while, but gave up in the end.

The, 'use white' idea will be fine for sending pics that are not meant for
icons or avatars though.

Cheers,

S

"Michael J. Mahon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> spamlet wrote:
>> "Michael J. Mahon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>>>spamlet wrote:
>>>
>>>>I notice that if I make pictures with transparent backgrounds in
>>>>Photoshop, and save them for web as png, they open in Photo Editor with
>>>>a grey and white chequered background instead of transparent. Can't see
>>>>how I might turn off this presentation of the 'transparent' area?
>>>
>>>That's how "transparent" is represented.
>>>
>>>If you want a white background behind it, you'll have to put it there
>>>yourself.
>>>
>>>
>>>>For me this is not a terrible problem, as I just change the file
>>>>associate to Picture and Fax Viewer, but how can I make the pictures so
>>>>that they open without the background squares, whoever I might send them
>>>>too?
>>>
>>>Don't send them with transparent background--make it white.
>>>
>>>-michael
>>>
>>
>>
>> So why do they call it transparent?
>
> Because it is rendered as transparent and lets any background show
> through. In an editor/viewer, the area of transparency is often
> represented as checkered, so you can distinguish it from non-transparent
> colors. If there is no "background" image or color layer, that
> checkered area is all you will see.
>
> When an image with transparency is superimposed over another image
> in a viewer or browser, the underlying image will show throug the
> transparent areas.
>
>> I recall I had this problem before when trying to make icons: when it
>> came to putting them in say Google Earth, the 'transparent' background
>> just made a square round the icon.
>> Tinkered with it for a while, but gave up in the end.
>
> Then it was not rendered as transparent in the image file format.
> Usually, one must select whether transparency is to be preserved when
> saving an image (to prevent problems when the image is viewed alone,
> just as you describe).
>
>> The, 'use white' idea will be fine for sending pics that are not meant
>> for icons or avatars though.
>
> Amd where you really want transparency, make sure that when you save
> the file, you have selected a format and option to preserve it.
>
> -michael

Thanks very much Michael.
Those are all helpful tips.

Cheers,
S