Comments on: Create Clean & Tidy Visio Shapes Using Images With Transparent Backgrounds

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:41:36 +0000

Hi Chuck,

Try playing with the export settings when you Save As… a png file. There are settings for “background color” and “transparent color” that should help.

The png image format is good for transparency.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:23:23 +0000

I have created a line drawing of the torch of knowlede. I wanted to put it on my website as a line drawing with no fill or background so the websites home page color shows through. Is it possible to do this with the drawing I did in Visio? Thanks,Chuck

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By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:08:29 +0000

Thank you for the tips. Your step by step instructions were the best I’ve read on the Web. Great job!

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By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:50:57 +0000

Good tip, thank you for sharing. I've made a special utility for batch conversion of images into Visio stencils. The updated version (now with automatic cropping and making transparent backgrounds) is in the forum: Batch Converter (PNG to VSS) Manual clipping & cropping can get better results but takes too long time.