I need a Windows 11 solution to copy a PNG image with transparency to the clipboard. My current methods fail to preserve transparency. I have a program that outputs a png image with a transparent background and I want to get that image to the clipboard automatically. When I do it manually the background keeps being transparent. But with any script I can't get it to be saved as transparent, the background always turns to some color like grey or white. I've tried all LLMs and they all get it wrong. . I have tried powershell scripts like: Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing # Load the image $imagePath = "input.png" $image = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile($imagePath) # Set the image to clipboard [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::SetImage($image) # Clean up $image.Dispose() And also tried some python, but I could not get it to work. I just want to know what is the native tool to do something like this right. powershell scripts and python scripts Continue reading...
