Re: Transparent Images in LC

2017-04-01 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Paul, I just took one of my old transparent .png images that I used to use a couple of years ago and imported it as a control into an LC 8.1.3 stack. It worked just fine. I think I might have created it with “Graphic Converter” for Mac. If you put one of your images into a “DropBox” account

Transparent Images in LC

2017-04-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
NOTE: I am using LC 6.7.11 for an update to a legacy app. I was trying to import (as a control) a transparent PNG (i.e. the "white" parts allow whatever is underneath to show through) and instead of transparancy, I get the slashed background lines transparent PNG are often displayed with. Thinking

Re: Transparent Images in LC

2017-03-30 Thread hh via use-livecode
Yes, I also have seen this sometimes when special kinds of alphachannel (flattened/premultiplied/postmultiplied) were used in the PNG to import. Nevertheless the following 'standard' import script works for me nearly always in LC 6/7/8/9: on mouseUp set the paintcompression to RLE if there is

Re: Transparent Images in LC

2017-03-30 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Paul, I’ve used .png images with transparencies with no problems before. It almost sounds like the alpha-channel information is getting lost somehow. What program are you using to create your images? Good luck tracking it down! Rick > On Mar 30, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-liveco

Re: Transparent Images in LC

2017-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Paul Dupuis wrote: > I was trying to import (as a control) a transparent PNG (i.e. the > "white" parts allow whatever is underneath to show through) and > instead of transparancy, I get the slashed background lines > transparent PNG are often displayed with. Thinking it might be > the PNG itself,

Re: Transparent Images in LC

2017-03-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I use transparent PNG's all over my app and do not have that issue. It may be the PNG is protected in some way. I can send you one of my PNG's to test with to see if you get the same problem with them. Bob S > On Mar 30, 2017, at 10:16 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > I was tryi

Transparent Images in LC

2017-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
NOTE: I am using LC 6.7.11 for an update to a legacy app. I was trying to import (as a control) a transparent PNG (i.e. the "white" parts allow whatever is underneath to show through) and instead of transparancy, I get the slashed background lines transparent PNG are often displayed with. Thinking