Image Broadway FAQs

I want to make the background of my image appear transparent when I upload it to my website. Can I do it in Image Broadway?

Yes, you certainly can. You can do it in three simple steps as follows:

Use the Pick Colour (eye dropper) button to pick up the colour that you want to make transparent as the 'foreground' colour.
Use the Layers, Create Transparency > Foreground Colour menu to create transparency for that colour.
Use the Optimize, Convert and Optimize menu, select either PNG or GIF as the format, select Matt = Use Foreground Colour and check off Transparency. Save the image, that's it!

Note: If the colour that you want to make transparent is not a solid colour, first use the Layers, Create Transparency > Tolerance menu to set a range of colours that will be made transparent.

Note: If you want to create transparency only within a selected area, first select the area, use the Edit > Fill menu or the Fill tool, then fill with 'Transparency (transparent to make it transparent).

Quick Save: Version 5.0 offers the additional Quick Save option for creating transparency in GIF format. You can use the File > Save Image As menu to save your image in GIF and you will have the option to check off the transparency option and select a matt colour as the transparency colour.

What is File Association and how do I associate or dissociate file types in Image Broadway?

In Windows, you can associate a file type, for example JPEG, with a default application. That means, when you launch a certain file type, it will be automatically launched into the associated application. Windows will display the associated program name and icons with all files of that file type. This does not change the file in any way or keep you from using another application to open those files.

When you install Image Broadway for the first time, the installer will prompt you to associate the recommended file types with Image Broadway. Uncheck the file types that you do not wish to have associated with Image Broadway. You can always use the File > Preference > Associations menu to change the associations at a later time by checking off those that you want to have associated with Image Broadway and uncheck those that you don't. This file association and dissociation feature is available in most reputable image editors.