ImageMagick is embedded in the plug-in, no installation needed! After all images have been exported, the extra "Transparency Exporter" task handles these exported photos to ImageMagick which converts and saves a copy of the images as PNG file in the same location. While exporting, Lightroom first exports the images to the location specified. At the end of the dialog, there is an extra tab where you can set the specific settings for the conversion to transparency. In the Export dialog you specify your settings. Like always, in Lightroom you select your photos to be exported. The plug-in is an "Lightroom Export task", that integrates as an extra tab into the Export process.
The color to be replaced can be chosen from:įor Apple MacOS, you have to install the latest version of ImageMagick yourself, see more info below. So starting at a specific point and replacing as long a adjacent pixels are found with the (near) same color. You can choose whether a color in the whole image is replaced, or using flood fill. The resulting image is in PNG format.īehind the scenes the converting is handled by the famous ImageMagick library (no installation needed). This plug replaces a specified color by transparency during export in Lightroom. What is the "Transparency exporter" plug-in
no other applications / licenses neededĭownload the trial version and experience for yourself! This version always you to convert five images each run.enhanced productivity by using Lightroom batch export capabilities.fully integrated into Lightroom, no extra steps needed.No need of buying and stepping out into other tools / programs. Converting to transparency has never been so easy! Now converting a (background-) color to transparency is integrated in the normal Lightroom export task. Always you would have to export your images with Lightroom and then open them in a different application like Photoshop to convert the background to transparency. "Transparency Exporter" plug-in - What problem is solved?ĭefault Lightroom has no ability to convert the background of an image to transparency. YouTube demos Demo of the "Transparency exporter" Contents "Transparency Exporter" plug-in - What problem is solved? Further below they will be explained in more detail. The screenshot below gives you an impressions of its options.
The actual conversion is done by ImageMagick which is embedded in the plug-in. The final image is stored in the PNG format. No need to open the exported photos in an other application. The "Transparency Exporter" plug-in replaces, during the export, a (background-) color by transparency, all from within Lightroom.