Hi Cristina, One further note on transparent background. Although Chimera puts transparent-background info into TIFF, Adobe Photoshop may not interpret it correctly. I have always used PNG when making an image with a transparent background, and that has worked with Photoshop. But maybe you aren’t using Photoshop anyway. Best, Elaine <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#transback>
On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Eric Pettersen <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Cristina Paulino <c.paulino@bioc.uzh.ch> wrote:
PS for editing purposes later I would like to have a transparent background. However all the option that I have found so far did not work. Has anyone successfully experienced doing it?
When you are saving the image, if it is in png or tiff format and you are using a solid background, there will be a “Transparent background” check button in the “Options” area of the save-image dialog. Check that and you should get a transparent background.
—Eric