Inkscape/Artwork Question

DrGlickertDrGlickert Member Posts: 1,135
edited November -1 in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
How do I make the background of a picture that I'm making 'transparent'?

I'm making a cannon looking thing and want the end to have a rounded appearance, but I'll be placing it on a square shaped actor. I don't want the white background to show up from the picture. I want the background from my game to show up.

I'm using Inkscape to do my art/graphics.

Thanks everyone!

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  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    DrGlickert said:
    How do I make the background of a picture that I'm making 'transparent'?

    I'm making a cannon looking thing and want the end to have a rounded appearance, but I'll be placing it on a square shaped actor. I don't want the white background to show up from the picture. I want the background from my game to show up.

    I'm using Inkscape to do my art/graphics.

    Thanks everyone!

    Hey Doc, long time no see.....

    Basically, save your artwork in png format.
    Then double click it to open in preview mode
    From the top menu, choose: "Select > Instant Alpha"
    Place your mouse cursor on the color you want to remove and drag the mouse a bit which will select.
    Press backspace.
    Save once more in png format.

    Operation successful ;)
  • DrGlickertDrGlickert Member Posts: 1,135
    xyloFUN said:
    Hey Doc, long time no see.....

    Basically, save your artwork in png format.
    Then double click it to open in preview mode
    From the top menu, choose: "Select > Instant Alpha"
    Place your mouse cursor on the color you want to remove and drag the mouse a bit which will select.
    Press backspace.
    Save once more in png format.

    Operation successful ;)

    Yeah man, been real busy. Plus I've run into a few snags with GS and my game so I get kind of frustrated.

    BUT, thanks for the help! Things are looking more and more promising!
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    GsLover said:
    Double click the actor then on the left hand side you will see Colour press that and a window should pop up to change the actor colour.

    Then below that there is a slider called opacity

    Slide left and right to adjust the opacity

    That will make the image transparent Also :)

    @Dr. Surely inkscape has a way to do a transparent Background. Gimp gives you the option when you create a new image but not sure with inkscape. I'll take a look and see if I can figure it out.

    Well sorry doc I cant figure out how to get a transparent canvas
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  • simariliussimarilius Member Posts: 1
    The inkscape canvas is transparent by default. If you export to PNG with nothing behind a shape it will have transparent areas in the PNG. You dont need to do anything in inkscape to get it.
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