madlan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hi All, I'm trying to make the attached icons have a transparent background. Tried just selecting the white space but this causes the edges to look awful on dark backgrounds. I've also tried the Grim Color Reaper but cannot find a setting that keeps the icon as it is, only making the edge semi transparent. Any advice would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 See if this makes them look OK: Set Magic Wand tolerance to zero. Click on white > Delete. Apply AA's Assistant plugin effect at default settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 the format you save on will have an effect- .png will support transparency, .jpg does not(if i remember correctly) and .gif is limited on its transparency , sooo.. png would be best if nothing else says you have to use a dif file format SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The icon file format *.ICO will also preserve transparency. You'll need to download and install the Icon, Cursor, and Animated Cursor Format filetype plugin to get *.ico file support in Paint.Net. ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlan Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 AA's Assistant plugin did the trick - Many thanks Sarkut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 See if this makes them look OK: Set Magic Wand tolerance to zero. Click on white > Delete. Apply AA's Assistant plugin effect at default settings. I'm new to Paint.NET, started off looking for the Magic Want in vanilla paint... So, having set Magic Wand Tolerance to zero, where do I find "white" and "Delete" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Click on a white pixel, then hit the Delete key on your keyboard. Welcome aboard Swifty. Here on the forum we discourage replying to old posts. This thread is four years old. If you wish to restart a discussion, please just start a new thread. Thanks. ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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