

afaics there is no paste as transparent selection in, and plugins or hunting down tutorials on how to achieve it, isn't an option.

So please, don't be so sure when you think you have an answer to something you don't really get the point of.

I've used pspro9 for many many years, I know every aspect of it, I use it by default for everything, learning a new thing just to do a simple task, is frustrating. It is frustrating enough that this feature is missed in other applications, but to have to now learn an entire new application over such things is ridiculous. Well, in the title you say 'photoshop gurus' and then say you have paint shop pro Anyway, in Photoshop one way to go would be: Make background layer a full layer. Windows 10 the latest iteration has deemed ctrl-alt-e to be a unique to itself key combination now, and I cannot use it in pspro9 any more, I have to continually him the toolbar and navigate, when it was as east as ctrl-c/ctrl-alt-e before. I installed just to test this, thinking I'd found a solution, but it pastes the entire object with the background. It creates an image defined by the foreground colour. ctrl+alt+e pastes everything but the background. Open Paint and then click on then go to File > open and then open the image this task.I know this is an old thread, but it's not actually even close to what he is asking. Add Transparent Backgrounds to Images With Paint

But there is one magical thing that MS Paint can do, and that is MS Paint can Make a Background Transparent in Paint and Paint 3D. But that Windows accessory does not save transparent backgrounds so you can combine images with layers. It is possible to add transparent backgrounds to chosen foregrounds with the first Paint. The second method involves deleting an area from a picture. The first method involves cutting out a foreground area. There are two ways you could create a picture’s desktop transparent. Make a Background Transparent in Paint Windows 10 One thing you can do with either Paint programs adds a transparent background to a photo so that one picture can overlap another. Paint is the image editor comes with Windows. Transparent background option only works inside the Paint and it only works with the white background. Paint users choose this option and expect that their stored image will have a transparent background. Here is the Transparent Selection option which you could toggle on and off. However, there’s absolutely no option to save pictures with a transparent background. Many Paint users are confused with a choice in Select tool under Picture. Images with transparent background stack on each other nicely and your individual task may require images with transparent background. In some situations where you might want to use images with a transparent background.
