Major issue saving PNG files in PSPx4

[simonsquiff]

I think I've found a major issue with saving .PNG files that have partial transparency in PSPx4

Essentially any opacity isn't saved correctly, and is made far too transparent. So anything with partial transparency is saved incorrectly.

I first noticed this when I saved a file to PNG that had a drop shadow - and the shadow seemed to have not been saved. In fact it had but the transparency was now so much higher it was almost invisible. Looking closer, all partially transparent pixels are not saved correctly.

This issue isn't present on x2 and PSP 9 (two old versions I've got).

I've done a simple test. Create a new image, transparent background. Fill with a colour at 30% opacity. Save as PNG, save as PSPImage. Resulting PNG looks completely different to the PSP image.
See the below screenshot, and also the but saved as PNG in PSP 9 (to show this is fine).

I'm always saving to PNG and this makes PSPx4 useless to me I'm afraid. I've checked the save settings and it's the same as PSP9.

[Bloodshot]

You may need to manually set an option for png's to use the alpha channel:

In the top menu, go to File >> Preferences >> File Format Preferences
On the PNG tab switch the Load and Save Options to "Load and save transparency to /from alpha channel"

Hope this solves your problem.