Once saved, you can navigate to that location to find your PNG with its transparent background. You will then be prompted to choose a location on your hard drive to export the PNG to. Once selected, simply click on the Export button. The background of the exported PNG will be transparent, as indicated by the checkerboard pattern in the preview window: Note how the background consists entirely of a checkerboard pattern, which represents transparency. Other elements, including the color of the canvas, will be disregarded. Selecting this option will ensure that the only thing exported is the graphic you have selected. In order to export a PNG with a transparent in Affinity Designer, you must choose the Export Selection Only option from the Area dropdown. This option would be good for exporting an area of a design, but seeing as how we’re looking to export a PNG with a transparent background, this would also be the incorrect option to choose. Here’s a preview of what that would produce: Note how the white background of the canvas is included in the export area, meaning it won’t have a transparent background.Īs you can see, it exported the selected graphic, but it included the white background. When selected, the Export Selection Area option will only export the selected graphic (as opposed to the entire canvas,) but it’ll also export any other elements that may sit within the bounding box of the selected object, as well as the canvas color. Seeing as how this PNG won’t have a transparent background once exported, this would be the wrong option to use for this lesson. You can press the Preview button to see a preview of what will be exported: It’ll also export the background color of the canvas. Export Whole DocumentĬhoosing the Whole Document option will export not just the graphic, but the entire canvas, along with all of its contents. Let’s briefly go over the difference between these options. You will see three different options for exporting your PNG: Next, direct your attention over to the dropdown menu labeled Area: Choose the PNG option, which is the very first option on the left-hand side: This will open up the Export Menu, from which you will be presented with a variety of file formats to export your work as.
With the object(s) selected, navigate to: You can select a single object, multiple objects, or a group of objects. The blue bounding box around the object indicates that the object is selected.
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