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Saving file as a Cairo PNG changes the image
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SethBurzynski
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Saving file as a Cairo PNG changes the image
I recently saved an image that I created as a Cairo PNG and I noticed that the Cairo PNG image had been alter from the original image and had lost all Opacity. I was wondering if someone could help me fix this. Thanks!
Here is the original .SVG image:
And here is the image saved as a Cairo PNG:
Here is the original .SVG image:
And here is the image saved as a Cairo PNG:
Re: Saving file as a Cairo PNG changes the image
Use File -> Export to PNG to get a normal png image.
Quoting the Cairo project about their direct PNG export:
Quoting the Cairo project about their direct PNG export:
The PNG functions allow reading PNG images into image surfaces, and writing any surface to a PNG file.
It is a toy API. It only offers very simple support for reading and writing PNG files, which is sufficient for testing and demonstration purposes. Applications which need more control over the generated PNG file should access the pixel data directly [...]
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