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William Stoesser. Pixelmator Community. Home Pixelmator Replace a particular color with transparent Replace a particular color with transparent Chat about the original Pixelmator. Follow thread. Fri Aug 24, pm Big picture, is transparent a color? I mean, zero opacity. Hey all. In my project I need to replace all instances of black with transparent. I'm not making a background transparent. I know how to do that with layers. I tried replace color but it doesn't allow transparent as a replacement choice.
Or does it? Thanks in advance. Fri Aug 24, pm Hi Bill. You're right about replace colour. That won't affect transparency.
There are a couple of methods you can use, though. Both may need some tidying up afterward depending on the complexity of your image. Method 1 - If you can select it you can mask it. Using your favourite selection tools, select everything but the black or select the black and invert the selection. You can move easily between selections and masks.
To make a Mask from a selection, just Add Mask to a layer that doesn't have one. To make a selection from a mask, click on the mask and select Load Selection from the edit menu. Method 2 - Clipping masks for the win. Create a copy of your layer.
Move this layer underneath the original. Right click on the original and select Create Clipping Mask. This will apply the opacity information of the lower layer to the colour information of the upper.
I've assumed you're using Pixelmator 3. If you're using Pixelmator Pro only Method 1 will apply and menu items will be in different places.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you get stuck and post an image if you do. It'll be easier to show you either of those methods with your own image. Fri Aug 24, pm Hey st3f, thanks for reply. Think of a Jackson Pollack with 10, pixels of black and the other , pixels are different colors.
How would you select just the 10, black pixels if you want to turn them all transparent? So, not sure how to even attempt method 1 or 2. I'm sure I'm just not getting something. I have too many black pixels that are too spread out to select them all individually. It would be cool to just be able to manipulate the underlying HEX code. Fri Aug 24, pm Jackson Pollock? Method 2. Definitely method 2. It's not as complex as it sounds. Trust me. This might convince you. Jackson Pollock: Jackson Pollock with transparent black and a hideous vibrant green showing through from below.
It may not be exactly what you wanted but here's hoping it's close enough. Might be overkill to learn just to edit one image, though. Fri Aug 24, pm Hey st3f, Got method 2 to work. Also got the layers reversed. Sat Aug 25, am Yay. Glad to hear it worked.
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