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Background of transparent PNG images uses default background color, instead of current one

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From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Background of transparent PNG images uses default background color,
 instead of current one
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 03:45:38 +0100

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Hi all,

When no :background is specified for a transparent PNG, the background color of the 'default face is used. This causes aliasing effect to appear then e.g. the image is highlighted (transient-mark-mode).

To reproduce (on latest emacs-25):

* Save https://i.stack.imgur.com/BqrLK.png as ~/rooster.png
* emacs -Q
  M-: (insert #(" 🐤" 1 2
	  (display
	   (image :type imagemagick :file "~/rooster.png" :ascent center :mask heuristic :height 150))))
* Notice that the picture looks perfectly antialiased against the default white background
* C-x h
* Notice the aliasing

Can I provide more information on this bug?

Cheers,
Clément.

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Message #8 received at 22253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: 22253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22253: Background of transparent PNG images uses default
 background color, instead of current one
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:59:55 +0200

Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com> writes:

> When no :background is specified for a transparent PNG, the background color of the 'default face is used. This causes aliasing effect to appear then e.g. the image is highlighted (transient-mark-mode).
>
> To reproduce (on latest emacs-25):
>
> * Save https://i.stack.imgur.com/BqrLK.png as ~/rooster.png
> * emacs -Q
>   M-: (insert #(" 🐤" 1 2
> 	  (display
> 	   (image :type imagemagick :file "~/rooster.png" :ascent center :mask heuristic :height 150))))
> * Notice that the picture looks perfectly antialiased against the default white background
> * C-x h
> * Notice the aliasing

The only way to fix this would be to re-generate the images whenever the
background colour of the image changes, I guess?  Or to support alpha
channels directly in the display engine, and I don't think we have
support for that?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #13 received at 22253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: 22253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22253: Background of transparent PNG images uses default
 background color, instead of current one
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:22:32 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> The only way to fix this would be to re-generate the images whenever the
> background colour of the image changes, I guess?  Or to support alpha
> channels directly in the display engine, and I don't think we have
> support for that?

We don't, so I don't think there's any realistic way to fix this glitch.
I'm closing this bug report, but if anybody has a transparently bright
idea here, please reopen.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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