davarm

I am exporting the file from inkscape as a .png (ping) bitmap, then opening it directly with Paint.net. When I export from paint to a jpeg, the image that was originally lightened in inkscape (via opaque setting) is converted back to it's original state. When I do the same sequence using Gimp instead of Paint, it works fine. The only difference is that Gimp warns the transparency will be lost because jpeg cannot translate it. Gimp offers to export the file first, to which I choose "yes". The resulting jpeg comes out fine. BTW - Inkscape only exports to .png. Otherwise I would export directly to jpeg and skip the Gimp or Paint conversion.

Let me back up and explain a little better.... I've been working on sleeve for a CD in Inkscape, which is a freeware vector-based drawing tool. I am placing text on top of a graphic, so I have to make the graphic about 50% opaque so the text can be seen. With inkscape, I can only save as a native file, or import to a bitmap. When I import to a bitmap and open the file, the graphic remains light, and the text is still readable. Now, when I open the bitmap in The Gimp and save as a jpeg, I get the same result as above. When I open the bitmap in Paint.net and save as a jpeg, the graphic returns to it's original state (i.e. darker), and the text cannot be read.

I had a portion of an image transparent. When I saved the image to a jpeg, the transparent/opaque portion was flattened and as dark as the original....no transparency whatsoever. I've been using The Gimp for the last few years. When I save to Jpeg, it warns that the Jpeg format does not translate transparency, then queries if I want to export the project prior to saving to Jpeg. When I do this, the final image comes out as I expect it to. Does Paint.net have a similar export tool or setting that will allow the opaque setting of an image to carry over to a saved jpeg?