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How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 4:17 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
When we draw a box over part of an image and push delete, MP will clear the area to a set colour.
I see I can change the colour in View mode under Edit > Background colour
And can I change it to transparent? I want to erase to transparent.
Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 4:45 pm
by XnTriq
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Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:00 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
But there's no "transparent" to be chosen from in that dialogue.
Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:05 pm
by XnTriq
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Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 12:30 am
by XnTriq
XnTriq wrote:Image » Change color depth... » 32 bits / Alpha [ 255 ]
Does this do the trick, Br. Gabriel-Marie?
The
Delete key (=
Edit »
Clear) should make the selected portion of a 32-bit image fully transparent, revealing the checkerboard background in that area, if the corresponding option in
Tools »
Settings... »
View »
View is activated.
Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 12:42 am
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Ah, okay, I got that.
So, it will erase to the background colour.
If the image has transparency it will erase to transparent.
But if it doesn't (like for a jpeg) it will erase to background colour set in Edit > Background Color.
Okay. That sort of makes sense.
If it is a png, I am also able to change the background to transparent (if it isn't) by using Edit > Change Color Depth > 32bit. Good!
Thanks for your attention, XnTriq.
Re: How to set colour when delete selected area
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 12:45 am
by XnTriq
Brother Gabriel-Marie wrote:So, it will erase to the background colour.
If the image has transparency it will erase to transparent.
But if it doesn't (like for a jpeg) it will erase to background colour set in Edit > Background Color.
Yes, exactly. (Sorry for the confusion caused by my previous replies.)