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Problems with viewing exported .png

Asked by Serg

I view my .svg file in the Inkspace - it looks Ok.

I export it to .png and then view this .png with Irfanview. Now it has half of the image with almost black background.

Please give me your e-mail so I could send you the .svg and .png for you to compare.

Looking forward to your prompt reply!

Thank you very much indeed!

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Best pbhj (pbhj) said : 		#1

It's almost certainly due to transparency in the image.

You're exporting the SVG without a background and the background set in Irfanview is black. Any semi-transparent areas will show as dark because of the black colour coming through.

Either set the background transparency in the page settings of Inkscape (Ctrl+Shift+D) to make the background a different colour (eg opaque white as opposed to the default transparent white) or you could place a white shape behind your whole page (which is what I do to add background colours).

Alternatively you can set Irfanview to use an alternate background colour on transparent images.

HTH.

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Serg (zrserg) said : 		#2

Yes, you were right! Thanks a lot for your prompt reply!