How to Avoid Fake Transparent Images on Google Images – How-To Geek

If youve ever searched for a transparent image on Google, youve probably run across fakes. You save an image only to realize the checkered background is solid. Thankfully, theres a simple little trick in Google Images to avoid this.

For those unfamiliar with this phenomenon, allow me to explain. Images that have transparency often illustrate it by using a gray and white checkered pattern. The idea is that you can see which parts of the image will be transparent before you save it.

Heres how it plays out: You search for an image, maybe a logo with a transparent background, and you see a result like this:

It appears that the background behind the Microsoft logo will be transparent when you save the image, but heres what it actually looks like (black border added):

The checkered pattern is the background. Theres no transparency. Heres how to prevent that from happening.

Go toGoogle Imagesin your desktop web browser (such as Chrome or Microsoft Edge) and search for something with transparency. Unfortunately, this doesnt work on the Google mobile site.

Next, click Tools underneath the search bar.

A toolbar will expand with a few extra options. Select Color.

From the drop-down menu, choose Transparent.

Thats it. All of the results will now be images that contain at least partial transparency.

Now, thisphoto is a truly transparent image.

As someone who dabbles in design, this problem has always bothered me. Ive learned how to spot the fakes, but with this trick, you dont even have to. Its a real game-changer.

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