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I am trying to export a png with transparent background to use as a favicon. However when I am in Inkscape and use the "save as" option the background is not transparent. After looking around, people said I needed to export instead to get the transparent background.
The problem comes when I go into Inkscape and go to File>Export and then no window shows up. When I go to the launch view (view on mac where you can see all your open windows in one view) I can clearly see there IS an export window but it will not show up on my normal screen no matter what. It seems like it is showing up way to the left of my normal Inkscape window in the preview as well.
I am using a MacBook Air OS X 10.9.5 with Inkscape and XQuartz. I've had problems with installing XQuartz before and wonder if it's something I did wrong when installing? I am also using an attached external monitor to my MacBook Air but when I unplugged and only used my MacBook Air I still had the same problem.
Does anyone know how I can get the export window to show so I can export my files? Thanks for your help.
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Export Area To export, go to File > Export PNG Image to open the Export Bitmap dialog on the right side of your screen. By default, Drawing will be selected unless you have selected elements, in which case Selection will be active. Choosing Page will export just the page area of the document.
1 Answer. In the controls on the right you have selected a Custom area to export but with a height/width of zero (hence it's invalid). So you need to either enter some valid values or select one of the other export area options Page , Drawing or Selection .
Here's the story. The Inkscape background is transparent by default, whether you have a checkerboard background enabled or not. If you use File menu > Export PNG, it will create a transparent background in that new PNG file. If you doubt whether it's transparent, you could import it back into Inkscape.
When I upgraded from 0.49 to the current 0.91 I have had the exact same problem. But just right now I realized that the "Export PNG Image" is a dock now, not a free window.
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Seems to be a problem with my external monitor set up. Rebooted and tried again without the monitor plugged in and the main Inkscape window (with the graphics in it) showed up way to the right side (I could only see the very left edge of the window). This was enough to click on File>Export and it finally showed the Export window in the middle of my screen. Not sure what to do about a permanent fix though or why it's doing this.
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