ardingly Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Apologies if this has been answered before but I am new to this and I can't seem to manage it. I wish to print an image onto gold foil with parts of the image set to transparent so that the gold shows through. The file is a png.I have coloured the areas red that I wish to make transparent. But setting the transparency to zero and using paint pot nothing happens. I have uploaded the file here as a jpeg as the png is too big. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hello ardingly, Transparency is a common request. Here is one made by member mimi68. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Use the Magic Wand to select the red areas. Tip: You can chain multiple areas into one larger selection by holding down the Ctrl key. When you have the red areas selected, press the Delete key to remove the colored pixels leaving transparency. In paint.net transparent areas are given a gray & white checker pattern to indicate 'there is nothing here' (the checkerboard pattern won't show up in your images). In order to retain the transparent areas you will need to save the image in a format which supports transparency. PNG format does, JPG doesn't. Quote 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...
ardingly Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Thank you for both replies. The magic wand + delete worked a treat. Now to see if the gold foil will take the inkjet printing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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