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Silverone Visitor	PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 00:23 Hi All, 1st - Really enjoy Magiq since purchasing it yesterday but here's my first question after trying to figure it out myself: If I use the advanced image editing features and let's just say created a rounded but custom-shaped, image-filled picture, possibly using the masking utility and I'm happy with what I see and would like that custom shape as a button or PNG with Alpha background to place on a website, how do I Export that. I've tried image/png export but I cannot seem to get it to stop also exporting the white background canvas as part of the PNG. Can I isolate this or change the canvas to Alpha? Thanks guys. Love the GUI though- a nice break from Aqua-Apple appearance.
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Re:PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 00:37 Click on the page and turn off it's fill. Then, when you export, you'll have just your image and a transparent background as large as the page size you've chosen.

Alternately, you could select it, copy, paste into Skitch and apply a transparent background there as well. I think the same is possibe with the Preview app that comes on your computer, but I'll have to double check.

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Re:PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 07:09 Hi Silverone,

We'll definitely look at making that easier in future.

Also you can usually simply copy and paste the object you want from Comic Life Magiq into your graphics editing /web design application of choice. For example, Preview has a 'New from Clipboard' option which will do this.

Hope that helps!

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Re:PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 07:39 Just checked. While Preview can accept the input from a copy out of Comic Life, it currently doesn't have the ability to save as a PNG (or TIFF) with an Alpha Channel when starting with a PDF (the PNG's it creates have white backgrounds unfortunately

). I think the fewest number of steps to a .PNG that hugs your image is either start with a page size that's the right size for your document OR Copy, Paste into Skitch, then make it transparent there.

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Re:PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 08:18 Arg - KeynoteKen you're right. Preview is not handling alpha correctly.

Skitch will happily do it:

1. copy from Comic Life Magiq
2. Paste into Skitch
3. Select the custom color (the round one)
4. Set Opacity to 0% (see-through) in the color picker
5. Shift click on the custom color button

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Silverone Visitor	Re:PNG / Alpha Exports? - 2008/05/10 11:00 Hi Guys, Yeah, I had tried Preview since they added the masking tool there but that's why I was hoping your new App would take over this easily. My big concern with copy/paste with Skitch is I'm authoring for Print at least 300 DPI in Magiq settings for export so how could copy/paste into Skitch carry over these same DPI settings and then make a Alpha layer? Let me know if this is an issue as I expect it would be with a copy/paste before export solution. Thanks!
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