I was on 1.3.2 and uninstalled and installed 1.4.2 today to try to resolve this. I have a windows 11 systems and created my first DTF Gang Sheet to send to a printshop. The sizing was easy, positioning was great but when I sent the file in SVG format, they called me to tell me the background was white. I thought this would be an easy fix but I can't figure out how to set the background on the SVG to transparent. I have seen in google and chatgpt that I am supposed to set the Alpha channel to zero to make it transparent but I don't see that option anywhere. The only place I see RGBA is in the bottom right hand of the color selection screen or color picker but even if I put in ffffff00 it reverts back to ffffffff with no alpha channel set to 0. I can edit the svg file manually and set pagecolor="none" but that seems like more of a workaround. I am sure I am missing something here so I am posting hoping for help. I have attached a screenshot of my background color options.
Thanks for this tip. Unfortunately, this did not resolve the issue I am having. I am pretty sure it is a user error but I would like to be able to send svg to printers without having to export to PNG.
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I was on 1.3.2 and uninstalled and installed 1.4.2 today to try to resolve this. I have a windows 11 systems and created my first DTF Gang Sheet to send to a printshop. The sizing was easy, positioning was great but when I sent the file in SVG format, they called me to tell me the background was white. I thought this would be an easy fix but I can't figure out how to set the background on the SVG to transparent. I have seen in google and chatgpt that I am supposed to set the Alpha channel to zero to make it transparent but I don't see that option anywhere. The only place I see RGBA is in the bottom right hand of the color selection screen or color picker but even if I put in ffffff00 it reverts back to ffffffff with no alpha channel set to 0. I can edit the svg file manually and set pagecolor="none" but that seems like more of a workaround. I am sure I am missing something here so I am posting hoping for help. I have attached a screenshot of my background color options.
Thanks in advance!
Sean
In case it hasn't been done after the latest install, I'd reset the preferences.https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/getting-back-to-square-one-and-starting-over-its-easy/
Thanks for this tip. Unfortunately, this did not resolve the issue I am having. I am pretty sure it is a user error but I would like to be able to send svg to printers without having to export to PNG.