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atoudam
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago
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PNG transparency in thumbnails

Hi   im using the Javascript API to grab a few thumbnails for images in my app folder   however wehn i grab the thumbnail for a png with transparency / alpha the transparent part shows as white i...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago
    The API doesn't support transparency in thumbnails unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
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TaylorKrusen
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6 years ago

Thanks for checking in. Unfortunately, we have no new updates regarding this feature request. 

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MosheS
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Any news in 2023?

This is a very important issue for us!

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    2 years ago

    MosheS No, I don't have an update on this.

    • atoudam's avatar
      atoudam
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      lol you should probably just abandon hope that this will happen. we moved our app from the dropbox back end and over to s3 / AWS much more flexible of a product

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