Forum:Transparent images

Can we please stop ruining every single image we can ruin by adding an alpha transparency layer? Images like this do not need a downsized .jpg compressed .png transparent version. I will be frank when I say that they look ostensibly bad, even worse when it was originally a screenshot!

Making vectors and logos transparent is fine, menu logos like File:MW_Weapon_M16A4.png should be transparent. But screenshots should never have their backgrounds removed, especially if the screenshot is originally in the .jpg format. And that includes first person views of guns. This image may have transparency applied very precisely and professionally, but it just doesn't look as natural as the original.

Can we please stop doing this to our poor images? If the image is a screenshot, leave it as it is, because once it is edited, it is never the same. The original screenshot will always be better than any edited version of it. 17:12, January 7, 2012 (UTC)

Well if someone wants to make a image transparent I don't see why they can't, but I don't think they should upload it over the original file in the case of the Nikolai pic and such. 17:15, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * They shouldn't be able to because it looks bad! How can a screenshot look like a screenshot if most of the image is just taken away? 17:16, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * In some cases it looks good but in cases such as the Nikolai pic I agree with you, but they should still be able to make it transparent if they feel so, they should just upload it under another file name instead of replacing the original image.  17:19, January 7, 2012 (UTC)

All the way per nomination. 17:17, January 7, 2012 (UTC)