PNG/transparency import?

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Is there currently any way to import an image into SBP22 in a way that preserves transparent pixels, the way a PNG would?

I am working on a project where a visual texture overlay is an important storytelling element. Importing the texture and reducing the opacity just makes things muddy. If I was boarding in Photoshop, I would use a layer blending effect to get the imported texture to look good (probably an overlay layer). Since this isn’t available in SBP I was thinking maybe a workaround could be to import an image with the pattern on a transparent BG - but so far PNGs fail to import.

Wondering if there is any kind of feature or workaround for a situation like this, or just something I’m missing.

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Maybe I’m not understanding something, but SBP does support importing of PNG with Alpha (Transparency). You say PNG’s fail to import, how do they, what OS are you on?

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I guess “failing” is not an accurate description - if PNG import is not supported it would never work in the first place.