Working with Source .png Images

Turning the alpha channel on for transparent .png backgrounds

When using .png source images with transparent backgrounds, you will need to set

Canvas > Selection > Set to > Source Alpha

and then Check Mask in the top Bar of the interface

 

 

Check Mask

 

Studio Artist will show the alpha channel as black in the Source Image area and gray in the Canvas Area.

Now you can choose a preset to paint the masked area.

Then uncheck mask to see the final result.

Outputting your .png image with the Alpha Channel

If you save the image now it will have a white background.

To keep the alpha channel intact for importing to other programs you will need to do the following 3 Steps.

1. Canvas> Alpha > Enable for View

2. Canvas > Alpha > Set To > Source Alpha

3. Then save your image as a .png