Using PNG with transparency for a Shape in Dia

[tony hartono <tonyseno yahoo com>]

Hi, I have created a lot of PNG file (similar to the attached one) for use in Visio. I have just tried Dia, but it seems that Dia does not support transparency if the shape and connector line are in one layer. If we connect the shape with a line in the same layer, the line always reside outside the unseen box. If we move the shape to a layer above the line, then we can see that Dia actually capable to support transparency.

Is transparency supported on the current Dia ? (I'm using Ubuntu 7.04, with Dia 0.96.1)

If not supported now, I wonder if you could support it in the next release of Dia ?

If it's supported, I will share all my 'jelly icon' for the Dia community ! :)

Btw., the icons were created by Xara Xtreme (excellent vector based drawing program, but not intended to draw network diagram, since the line does not attach to the shape like Dia does).

Thanks,
Tony

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