Copy and Paste content, out of paint.net

[Olivinism]

I often do very simple edits to images, and want to quickly paste these out of paint into another program without saving the file as it's no longer worth keeping

 

However, whenever I do this with images that have a transparent background, it's automatically filled with whitespace

 

Is there any way to maintain transparency?

[null54]

2 hours ago, Olivinism said:

Is there any way to maintain transparency?

 

Paint.NET places PNG and DIB v5 images on the clipboard that include the transparency information, but some apps do not look for those formats.

[Lemonade]

2 hours ago, Olivinism said:

However, whenever I do this with images that have a transparent background, it's automatically filled with whitespace

 

Is there any way to maintain transparency?

 

Hide background layer (uncheck in layers panel if it is present there)
select all (CTRL+A)
copy flattened (CTRL+SHIFT+C)
paste (CTRL+V) into another program.
As null54 said, depends if it will work with other program you are using.

[Tactilis]

4 hours ago, Olivinism said:

I often do very simple edits to images, and want to quickly paste these out of paint into another program

 

Which program(s) are you pasting to that exhibit this problem please?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

18 hours ago, Lemonade said:

Hide background layer (uncheck in layers panel if it is present there)
select all (CTRL+A)

copy flattened (CTRL+SHIFT+C)
paste (CTRL+V) into another program.

 

^ This.

 

Pro-Tip: You don't need to Select All as Ctrl + Shift + C copies the entire layer if there is no active selection.