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Pages does not respect PNG transparency

I am running MacOS Montery 12.5 and Pages version 12.2.1. When I bring in a PNG with transparency, it fills everything with a white background. Is there a way to make Pages respect PNG transparency / opacity?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 11, 2023 10:35 AM

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Posted on Mar 11, 2023 11:19 AM

Pages treats transparency with a perceived white background, just like Finder does. If you move that transparent PNG over body text, you will see it through the transparent parts of the image, just as you would if you inserted a text box (which has a default transparent background).


Here is an example of a transparent PNG parked over an enlarged body text letter "A" that was captured from Pages v12.2.1 in macOS Ventura 13.2.1:



and how that PNG looks in the Finder:



and if you were to use Quick Look on it, all white would become a dark shade of translucency.

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Mar 11, 2023 11:19 AM in response to OlHambone

Pages treats transparency with a perceived white background, just like Finder does. If you move that transparent PNG over body text, you will see it through the transparent parts of the image, just as you would if you inserted a text box (which has a default transparent background).


Here is an example of a transparent PNG parked over an enlarged body text letter "A" that was captured from Pages v12.2.1 in macOS Ventura 13.2.1:



and how that PNG looks in the Finder:



and if you were to use Quick Look on it, all white would become a dark shade of translucency.

Pages does not respect PNG transparency

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