Saving custom user images to Gallery directory created by user

[rbrtlibre]

In Draw I am creating some many used images and “dropping” them into a Gallery Sub-directories created by myself. Some user created sub-directories save correctly. Some do not save. Image previews appear as black shapes, some appear as the item saved but have a black background. (Makes image difficult to see.)

One post (sorry, did not note where I found it) suggested to delete the .~lock file associated with my project file. However, every time I close LibreOffice Draw these lock files disappear from the directory location (where they were generated.)

Items are drawings created in Draw and some are text boxes (F2) created in Draw.

Suggestions? Am I doing (saving) incorrectly? Why the black backgrounds in thumbnails?

[Grantler]

Hi,
please provide versions of LibreOffice and operating system. (Help menu ↦ About LibreOffice :: Version information ↦ copy/paste)

@rbrtlibre

.~lock file …
However, every time I close LibreOffice Draw these lock files disappear from the directory location (where they were generated.)

This is a regular behaviour.

@rbrtlibre

Items are drawings created in Draw and some are text boxes (F2) created in Draw.

On my system no problem, previews are okay.

@rbrtlibre

Image previews appear as black shapes, some appear as the item saved but have a black background. (Makes image difficult to see.)

Explain some details and share a sample file including drawing objects with described problems.

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Version: 26.2.2.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 620(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:26.2.2.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo2
Calc: threaded

[Hrbrgr]

@Grantler

This is a regular behaviour.

And normal!

[rbrtlibre]

Attached is an image (screenshot) of my Gallery.

As you will see the icons or (what I call) thumbnail images have a balck background. These were created in default Draw screen which is a whist background. I have renamed the image titles (from “dd****” to a proper title.) This helps me to find what I need.

I could saving images incorrectly, I do not know.

And yes, it strikes me that the .~lock file should disappear upon program closing. So, I agree that this is normal behavior.

Sorry about not including version info on my first post. I know better but I forgot.

OS: Arch Linux (updated every morning.)

Version: 26.2.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 620(Build:2)
CPU threads: 32; OS: Linux 6.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
26.2.3-1
Calc: threaded

[Hrbrgr]

@rbrtlibre

images have a balck background

By the looks of it, these are PNG files with a transparent background.

[Grantler]

@Hrbrgr

By the looks of it, these are PNG files with a transparent background.

Also related to transparencies of WEBP and TIF formats.
Should we write a Feature request?

[Hrbrgr]

@Grantler

write a Feature request?

You are welcome to do that.
I would then confirm.

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Graphics programs typically use a pattern to represent transparency, for example GIMP:

[Grantler]

Enhancement request was created here:
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Bug 172009 - Gallery: Transparencies of raster graphics (PNG, GIF, WEBP, TIF) are displayed in black color in Gallery

[Hrbrgr]

@Grantler

Bug 172009

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