Your shape is 100% opaque, but there are other ways to apply transparency. Perhaps your fill or stroke colours use transparent paint. Or maybe your shape is inside a transparent group or layer. (For me, It's usually the paint.)
If I go via transparency > fill background, that does create solid/ non-transparent colour. But how do I set that as standard? I can't see any toggle on the fill tab.
Yes - and thatΒ΄s the preview of what you get as a result when exporting to PNG/RGBA for example --- unless you change some properties (under export format options) during the export procedure.
The purpose of the Filter: "transparency-> fill background" escapes me right now. The background of the Page is transparent as per default and the "white" is just a hack.
If I go to transparency > fill background, yes, it does give solid colour to a rectangle, but it does the same to the rectangular area of a rhomboid which I don't want AND if I create a new rectangle it is still transparent, not solid colour.
"transparency > fill background" is a filter not the default way to apply fill+stroke color to an object which is the "Fill and Stroke". Check there for the "A" (alpha) setting which you need at 100 for 100% opacity. Maybe consider resetting InkscapeΒ΄s Preferences.
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I want to layer object colours where the one on top is covers those below, with no show through.
I have 100% opacity, yet 1 object on another causes darkening of colour. How do I prevent this?
Your shape is 100% opaque, but there are other ways to apply transparency. Perhaps your fill or stroke colours use transparent paint. Or maybe your shape is inside a transparent group or layer. (For me, It's usually the paint.)
If I go via transparency > fill background, that does create solid/ non-transparent colour. But how do I set that as standard? I can't see any toggle on the fill tab.
Are you sure? Go Document Properties... and check "Checkerboard" to verify.
I can see the checkerboard through the coloured shapes. Is that what you meant?
Yes - and thatΒ΄s the preview of what you get as a result when exporting to PNG/RGBA for example --- unless you change some properties (under export format options) during the export procedure.
But should I not be able to set colour transparency (or not) actually inkscape to see it as opaque colour actually in inkscape?
Well - you can:
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The purpose of the Filter: "transparency-> fill background" escapes me right now. The background of the Page is transparent as per default and the "white" is just a hack.
How do you automatically set to A:100?
Inkscape remembers the last used setting in the Fill and Stroke tab.
If I go to transparency > fill background, yes, it does give solid colour to a rectangle, but it does the same to the rectangular area of a rhomboid which I don't want AND if I create a new rectangle it is still transparent, not solid colour.
"transparency > fill background" is a filter not the default way to apply fill+stroke color to an object which is the "Fill and Stroke". Check there for the "A" (alpha) setting which you need at 100 for 100% opacity. Maybe consider resetting InkscapeΒ΄s Preferences.
Got it. I hadn't used Alpha before.
Thanks,
Stephen