Change Background Color on PNG Image

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Change Background Color on PNG Image

I have a PNG image on which I would like to change the background color. I have looked at Preview and PDFpen, so far no luck, although both apps seem to have tools for altering "Fill" color (Preview's is greyed-out even though my user account has Read and Write over the file).

How does one change the background color on a PNG?

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Posted on Jan 25, 2010 11:36 AM

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Answer 1

Kurt Lang

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Jan 25, 2010 2:20 PM in response to viper0066

You're going to need some sort of image editor. Here's a list of some. In particular, try this Cocoa written editor based on GIMP. Most of the power of Photoshop in a free program. May require installation of X11 to operate. Or try some of the other free programs.

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Answer 2

viper0066 Author

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Jan 25, 2010 11:03 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Thank You. Just what the doctor ordered!

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Answer 3

Kurt Lang

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Jan 26, 2010 6:10 AM in response to viper0066

You're welcome. 🙂

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