User blog:Roads/Transparent Background Mandate? - NOT MANDATORY ANYMORE

First of all, I'm not suggesting forcing you to buy Photoshop or download something like GIMP or Paint.NET. No, this is a suggestion for mandating a transparent background.

Well, it offers flexibility for different backgrounds. A black background may work on here, but since dark backgrounds aren't all that common, it may not blend anywhere else. Besides, the black background isn't straight black, but a very dark green, but that's not a big problem. :P

A white background is very clashy on here. 'Nuff said.

But most file types can have a transparent area that appears as whatever is under it, usually the site background.

So, I'm proposing a mandate for either you to buy/download free any picture editor that supports transparency... (No, you don't need to buy Photoshop. I recommend Paint.NET. It can do way more than MS Paint, and it's actually pretty easy to use.) ...or you upload your picture as-is and let someone else download the picture, edit it, and reupload it with a transparent background.

So, you like? Suggestions? Exception ideas?

---****--- Roads 20:00,9/12/2012