{"id":52788,"date":"2022-05-31T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/popular-question-how-to-save-images-with-transparent-background\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:43:04","slug":"popular-question-how-to-save-images-with-transparent-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/popular-question-how-to-save-images-with-transparent-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular question: How to save images with transparent background?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may be used to saving image files for web use as JPEGs, but JPEGs don&#8217;t support transparent backgrounds. So, instead, you&#8217;ll need to use a format such as GIF, TIF or, ideally, PNG. The PNG file is small enough for use online but still delivers high quality with transparency as well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>You asked, how do I <strong>save<\/strong> an image with a clear <strong>background<\/strong>? The trick to saving an image with a transparent <strong>background<\/strong> (maybe something like your company logo or a graphic) is to put the image on a transparent layer all by itself, and then delete the <strong>Background<\/strong> layer by dragging-and-dropping it onto the Trash icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, how do you make a PNG background transparent? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLA2FaOXkkg\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, how do I save a picture with a <strong>transparent<\/strong> background in Windows? Right click the picture and click Save as picture. Choose PNG from Save as type dropdown menu in the Save As Picture dialogue box. Note: If the background color is present in other areas of the picture, it will be removed as well. Your saved picture will have a <strong>transparent<\/strong> background.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, why are my PNG files not <strong>transparent<\/strong>? Because when you download the PNG from the Previewer Window, the PNG LOSES the transparency information.You must save the image in the PNG format. For that, click on \u201cMenu \u2192 <strong>Save<\/strong> as \u2192 Image.\u201d Make sure to select \u201cPNG (image)\u201d in the \u201c<strong>Save<\/strong> as\u201d drop-down box. Verify that the \u201cTransparency\u201d box is checked and click on \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Can a JPG have a transparent background?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>JPEG can&#8217;t support transparency because it uses RGB color space. If you want transparency use a format that supports alpha values.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does a PNG file have a transparent background?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>These features make PNG an ideal file type to use for logos, icons, and digital art. Most importantly, PNG is a crowd favorite because it supports transparent backgrounds. Colors (including white) fill all the pixels in a regular image.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make the background of an image transparent in Windows 10?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Click the picture that you want to create transparent areas in. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Recolor. Click Set Transparent Color, and then click the color in the picture or image that you want to make transparent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make a JPEG transparent in Paint?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYp851hyDuU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make a white background transparent?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLUOeJkSbJg\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why is my PNG saving with a white background?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can confirm that your file has been converted by pressing edit on the image on your device from the Apple Photos app (see below) If the background turns black then transparency has been maintained. If it stays white then the image has been converted to a JPG file.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I remove the white background from a JPEG?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the file.<\/li>\n<li>Double click the background layer to convert it to a regular layer.<\/li>\n<li>Set up the Magic wand tool with tolerance=32 on the tool&#8217;s option bar, and untick &#8220;Contiguous&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Left click on a white area, then hit delete on the keyboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I convert a PNG to a JPEG without losing transparency?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Paint is a built-in Windows tool that you can use it to convert a PNG image to JPEG without losing quality. , open the PNG image with Paint. Open the PNG image with Paint and navigate to File > Save as > JPEG picture. Then, choose a location, add a name, and make sure the file format is set to JPEG.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What is PNG vs JPG?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Difference between PNG and JPG PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics, with so-called \u201clossless\u201d compression. That means that the image quality was the same before and after the compression. JPEG or JPG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, with so-called \u201clossy\u201d compression.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does PNG or JPG have transparency?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>JPEGs don&#8217;t support transparent backgrounds. Non-rectangular logos and graphics featuring lots of text are unlikely to work well in this format as a result. JPEG images will also struggle to blend seamlessly with web pages that feature different background colors. PNG files, on the other hand, do support transparency.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make a PNG image?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Open the image you want to convert into PNG by clicking File > Open. Navigate to your image and then click \u201cOpen.\u201d Once the file is open, click File > Save As. In the next window make sure you have PNG selected from the drop-down list of formats, and then click \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where can I download transparent images?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>StickPNG is another website that features nothing but images with transparent backgrounds.  <\/li>\n<li>PNGTree has an absolutely massive database of transparent images.  <\/li>\n<li>FavPNG is another website that hosts tons of transparent images.  <\/li>\n<li>FreePNGs is a moderately-sized transparent image database with roughly 170,000 images.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make a logo transparent?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8IfRewcYns\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I remove background in Paint?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Without changing tools, left-click and drag the image until you drag the background right out of the picture. In effect, this erases the background in Paint, leaving you with a beautiful, blank white slate to fill in to your heart&#8217;s content or to leave blank.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why is my PNG not transparent in Photoshop?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Go to the Properties panel (if it&#8217;s not open, you can go to Window > Properties), and under Artboard background color, change the dropdown menu to Transparent. Then export.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may be used to saving image files for web use as JPEGs, but JPEGs don&#8217;t support transparent backgrounds. So, instead, you&#8217;ll need to use a format such as GIF, TIF or, ideally, PNG. The PNG file is small enough for use online but still delivers high quality with transparency as well. 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