[Solved] Transparent background showing as black

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[Solved] Transparent background showing as black

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I just installed the GraphicConverter version 10.6.4 (3185) update. I opened a .png file that has a transparent background and instead of the gray and white checkered background I am used to seeing, the background was showing as black. I checked GC Preferences/General/Display content and confirmed that the Alpha Channel “Display with mask” was selected as was “Display alpha channel white for transparent parts". I then quit GraphicConverter and used GraphicConverter FirstAid to trash GC preferences. The condition did not change. When I pasted the graphic into a PowerPoint slide, the transparency was correct.
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Re: Transparent background showing as black

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Hi,

thanks for your report.

Looks like an issue introduced by the change to XCode 10.

I added a workaround.

Please recheck:
http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

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Thank you for your quick response, Thorsten. I downloaded the beta, ran GC First Aid to delete preferences, but the transparent image background still shows black rather than the gray and white checkerboard.
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Please redownload the current build 3187. That fixes it.
I found another Xcode change.
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Re: Transparent background showing as black

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Hi, Thorsten,

Yes, the latest beta did correct the issue. Again, many thanks.
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Many thanks for checking. So, I will release an updated version next week.
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