[Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

[yahvuu]

Hi all,

peter sikking schrieb:
> - png bKGD. looks to me it should be honoured on import
>    (as file creating import, that is), no extra dialogs please.
>    I tend to say it should not be used (by default) on export.
>    a set bg-color-layer should be merged into the pixels. but
>    then there is roundtrip safeness... import png as layer:
>    what happens today? honour by merging to layer pixels?

i can't follow here. Was my analysis flawed?
(https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2009-April/022178.html)

conclusion there:
GIMP's equivalent for the PNG bg color is Preferences->Display->Transparency


greetings,
peter