williamsatoru Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi there, i'm very very new to Paint .NET and not a designer in any way and been trying to do simple stuff using Paint .NET. My problem is that i want to use an image (a logo really) that has white text on it. The original file is completely transparent when i open it in Windows image visualizer or when i use it in Power Point presentations. However, when i Copy that image and try to paste it on Paint .NET, for some reason Paint adds a white background to the image, thus making the white text in it completely disappear. When i try to use the Magic Wand tool to make the background transparent, since it added white to the background as soon as i pasted the image, the Magic Wand makes everything disappear, including the white text part. What should i do if i want to use an Image, a logo, that has white text in it in Paint .NET? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Have you tried pasting the image on a new layer? Then delete the white background layer and save as png or gif. Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamsatoru Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi Cc4FuzzyHuggles. Yes i tried. I tried to create a new layer, completely remove any backgrounds (leaving the layer only with the squares) but when i paste the image, Paint.NET makes its background white. Only the background inside the image area, of course. But when that happens, all the white text in the image just disappears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I just reproduced this problem. I made a button with a transparent background and saved it as a png file. I inserted it to Powerpoint (The background is still transparent). Then I selected the image and copied to paint.net and the transparent area came back white. I think that the problem comes from Powerpoint. The same thing with Word. Edited July 23, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Found a solution. In Powerpoint, select the image and click the right button of your mouse. Now, you can "Save as Picture". Make sure you save it as a PNG file. Open the picture with Paint.net and you should have your white text and the transparent areas. Edited July 23, 2015 by Eli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondenson Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hi Eli, I tried your solution, and it works, thanks. But I'm pretty sure that a few times ago, with one of the Paint.net's update, it was working directly (I found this pretty cool at the time I remember), and with last August update, it was not anymore. Thanks for the trick! ByeeEE Quote To see my Paint.net creations Youtube → click here & Facebook → there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I agree with you, transparency was possible in older versions of Paint.net ... Maybe Rick can bring this feature back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 paint.net will choose a Bitmap format over a PNG format if both are present on the clipboard. http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/31799-selecting-a-format-from-the-clipboard/ Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 IIRC, there are many apps that put a poor quality PNG onto the clipboard alongside a DIB. I think it was Office that does this. So, Paint.NET puts PNG at a lower priority. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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