I just created a graphic, and made the background transparent...or so I thought. But, when I export this as a .jpg file, the background is some kind of maroon or brick color. I cannot figure out how I did that, and it's something I certainly don't want. How do I fix it? Many thanks!

The jpeg format does not support transparency. Export your image as a png.

Why the maroon colour? When you export to a jpeg any transparency is replaced by the Gimp current BackGround value (BG) Usually the user will set that as white, but can be some other colour.

see the screenshot:

How to fix it. Start again. Always Save as a Gimp xcf until a final export to png/jpg/tiff etc.

Attachments: * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1401/original/background.jpg

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Hi,

I have erased  all looking like GIMP on my hard disk, even C:\Users\PC-JY\AppData before installing 2.10.18

When I try to open a wmf file, I have as response the file attached.

I can't also exporting a picture as wmf file.

If someone has a response,

Thank you,

JY

чт, 16 апр. 2020 г., 15:54 Jean-Yves VAUTRIN wrote:

Hi,

I have erased all looking like GIMP on my hard disk, even C:\Users\PC-JY\AppData before installing 2.10.18

When I try to open a wmf file, I have as response the file attached.

I can't also exporting a picture as wmf file.

It's not supported. WMF is primarily a vector graphics file format. GIMP neither imports nor exports it.

Alex

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 5:22 PM Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

чт, 16 апр. 2020 г., 15:54 Jean-Yves VAUTRIN wrote:

Hi,

I have erased all looking like GIMP on my hard disk, even C:\Users\PC-JY\AppData before installing 2.10.18

When I try to open a wmf file, I have as response the file attached.

I can't also exporting a picture as wmf file.

It's not supported. WMF is primarily a vector graphics file format. GIMP neither imports nor exports it.

Ah, I stand corrected. Apparently, I never bothered to build it with libwmf. Sorry about the confusion!

Alex

On Thursday, April 16, 2020, 16:22:58, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-user-list wrote:

It's not supported. WMF is primarily a vector graphics file format. GIMP neither imports nor exports it.

WFM import should be supported, but I just tested this on Windows, and the plugin crashes on the files I have.

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One more thing, if I may...

How do I change that background colour from maroon to white. The bucket tool isn't doing it.

You do not need to fill anything. You have done everything right.

Your Gimp xcf file keeps everything separate in layers.

Just export that as a png file for a flattened image with transparency.

If you want a jpeg file with a white background, set the Gimp BG colour in the tools dock to white.

Then export the image as a jpeg.

This might / might-not help. A minute and a half video demo of the above https://youtu.be/bGaOxdsAbHI

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