: Question about Inkscape (icons with solid white background with an alpha image) EDIT: Hello, yes, I am trying to get transparent icons on a solid white background. Also, the second link is not

@Shanna688

Another option. I don't know Pixlr, but since you are able to save PNG with alpha, it appears to be a decent image editor.


Export the icon from AI or Inkscape to PNG, as you have done previously, but with a very large image size (e.g. 10 times larger than needed)
Open it in Pixlr, add solid background and make the coloured areas transparent
Resize (resample) the image to the required size (use the best quality settings)


Hopefully the alpha channel gets smoothed during resize and you will get the required good image quality.

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@Ogunnowo857

So you are drawing your icons in Inkscape? Try this:


If you are using lines of some width, use the "Path > Stroke to path" command to convert them into filled paths without a stroke.
If you are using text, use the "Object > Ungroup" command to convert each text object into individual filled paths.
If you are using filled paths, leave them unchanged but check that they don't have a stroke.
Select all resulting paths.
Use the "Path > Union" command to merge them into one filled path.
Draw a rectangle of the desired icon's size over the merged path.
Select both the rectangle and the merged path.
Use the "Path > Exclusion" command to subtract the path from the rectangle.
Adjust the color of the resulting object.
Export to PNG.

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