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heyvern
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Post by heyvern »

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"Gimp transparent png"

Into google. Tons of stuff comes up.

-vern
cartmanblues
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Post by cartmanblues »

Edit: Yea but the stuff that comes up doesn't help with my dilema with .xcf.
Jimmy
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Post by Jimmy »

Hi,
Here are some links for you regarding GIMP PNG transparency:
Gimp user manuals:
http://docs.gimp.org/

English manual for GIMP 2.4
http://docs.gimp.org/en/

Chapter 6. Getting images out of GIMP
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-images-out.html
Chapter 6 /2.3. Saving Images with Transparency
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-web- ... rency.html

And a tutorial to remove /change a backgroundcolor in Gimp:
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changing_ ... d_Color_1/

Hope it helps you to continue....

Jimmy
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heyvern
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Post by heyvern »

XCF is the "native" gimp file format.

I typed "Gimp xcf" into google to come up with that one. Obviously you are saving your png in the native Gimp format and not "exporting" it properly.

http://docs.gimp.org/2.2/en/export-file-dialog.html

I don't use Gimp so I really couldn't say for sure. ;)

-vern
cartmanblues
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Post by cartmanblues »

EDIT: Thank you everyone! Here is a little video I made with A S. Thanks again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHsDI3SltM
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