Transparent bg on PNGs?

Hey Burpee,

I think you should be able to.
I don't see anything on the comparison page that would suggest otherwise.
https://www.filterforge.com/buy/
I have FF Pro though, so I'm not sure.


Two possibilities come to mind.

1: Be sure to enable "Include Transparency" on the export dialog that pops up when you save PNG files.

2: Be sure to include the external image in the processing network, even if it’s never used. Otherwise FF will place it in the background automatically.
To get around this, I usually add a "Switch Texture" node as the final node in the network (before the result). I connect the content I want to output to the Switch's slot 1 and just pass it through to the "Result" node. I then attach the external image to the Switch's last slot, and never use it.
(see attached image)

Thank you both for responding.

Since I asked this back in June I bought the pro version and have not had a problem with transparent backgrounds.

Fisholith, I like the second suggestion and will give that a try just to ingrain it into my memory. Nice tip.

CFandM - thanks for the link. Will check out your posts

Cheers!