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)