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I checked with XnView (a software that I use for resizing and converting images), and indeed, my PNG file was using 32 bits colors instead of the usual 24 bits, so the alpha channel was there. So if you want to crop an object from a photo and then place it on top of another image, you need to think of a way to make its background transparent. The problem is it doesn’t fully support transparency. That didn't help me at all, but it gave me an idea : at some point I copy-pasted an external image with transparency, it looked like shit like it always do when pasting transparent image in Paint, but it might have triggered Paint into adding an alpha channel to my PNG image, and using that for transparency instead of the color manually selected. In MS Paint, you can usually create and edit images in quick and simple ways. I started googling the issue, and most of the search results were talking about something different : adding the alpha channel (transparency) to a picture, rather than talking about the transparent selection tool. I was using the fill with color tool to ensure that it was indeed the same color, and it was !Īfter a lot of frustration, I eventually assumed that MS Paint maybe changed lately and was keeping track of some kind of layers, and that it was messing up with my image, since it was working correctly on the source picture.Ī day passed (Paint was closed, and computer was rebooted) and I started working on that image again, and this time the transparent selection was not working at all instead of having the mix of transparent + not-transparent parts. It was driving me crazy, I was triple and even quadruple-checking that I had the correct background color selected for transparency. Most of the white background surrounding the logo would be transparent like expected, but there would also be long rectangle of white, that would stay white instead of becoming transparent. Imagine that I'm making a square selection around a logo. Sometimes it can be recycled: Old paint may be usable for a primer coat or an. Proper disposal of left over paint is a challenge. Water-based paints tend to be the easiest to clean up after use the brushes and rollers can be cleaned with soap and water. I don't know if here is the best place to do it, but it seemed like a good place.ĭescription of the issue : I was editing a screenshot of a document and rearranging around elements for a mock-up, the transparent selection tool was working fine at the beginning, but after a while it started getting "buggy" : some parts of the selection were transparent, some weren't. The opacity and the film thickness of paint may be measured using a drawdown card. I found the solution by myself, but since it took some knowledge that the average MS Paint user is not likely to have, I feel like it's important to post this somewhere so that it can save somebody's day in the future. That feature served me well over the last 10 years, but I just got issues with it, and googling the problem didn't help me much. It's absolutely unhelpful for editing real pictures, but it's extremely convenient to edit screenshots. MS Paint has a feature that allows to select a part of an image, and choose one specific color in it and make transparent.