Support Transparent Images

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   frantiicposted 6 years ago

   I hate having to edit images with a transparent background to a solid white background just so that it works properly on HubPages.
   
   This obviously has to do with the fact that PNG images are converted to JPEG, which does not support transparency. There are 2 solutions:
   
   - Turn all transparency to solid white automatically
   - Stop converting PNG to JPG if it contains transparency
   
   Example:
   
   
   Should look like:
   
   
   
   Thanks!

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      WryLiltposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Yes, this bugs me too! Have had this numerous times.

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      amalloyposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      This annoyed me too when I started writing my first hubs. Thanks for reminding me about the problem; I'll put together a fix for it. That fix will be your first suggestion - convert transparency to white instead of black - because leaving images as PNGs is problematic for several reasons. I hope to have this done by the weekend: it's not a very large project.
      
      However, I don't see any good way to make the solution "retroactive": if you have any existing images they will be stuck as black unless you re-import them.

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         frantiicposted 6 years ago in reply to this

         This is great to hear! Thanks so much
         
         And yes, PNG doesn't play very nice with some browsers.
         *cough* IE6 *cough*

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   itechposted 6 years ago

   One vote from me also...

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   Michael Willisposted 6 years ago

   This happens to me when I upload a .png image to Hubpages.

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   china manposted 6 years ago

   I would say that the Hubpage format is pretty simple layout wise and could do with a few upgrades maybe - including what would appear to be quite simple adjustments like the transparent pics ?

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   amalloyposted 6 years ago

   This should be taken care of now: I was able to import a PNG with transparency, and the white background was preserved. Try it out, and let me know if you have any further problems.

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