Transparency allows you to remove the background of an image or part of it, making it blend into different backgrounds or layers. Instead of having a solid, opaque background, certain portions or the entire background of the image are see-through. Make any image transparent with Picsartįirst things first: What exactly is transparency, and how does it work in editing? A transparent image is a digital picture or graphic that contains transparent areas, allowing whatever is behind it to show through those regions.PNG vs JPG vs GIF: What are the differences?.