Transparent patterns!!

[SheepMareep]

FINALLY the pain accumulated from years of struggling to get the perfect color and patterns necessary to match the ground texture is behind us. no longer shall we suffer having to test our paths for hours to get it just. Right.
For I present
TRANSPARENT GROUND DESIGNS


Didnt notice this originally until I saw someone post about it on reddit!
Imagine the possibilities!

 

[HoennMaster]

Are we sure they are transparent? Looks like it has a striped background and matches the screens background to me.

 

[SheepMareep]

Are we sure they are transparent? Looks like it has a striped background and matches the screens background to me.

It looks like it would be transparent. When using certain types of software it will place a sort of patterned background in the areas that are transparent in order to signify that when you print or posted it anywhere that area would not show up. this way its not confusing when you see a blank background with the same color and think it is transparent.
the pink with the slight lines looks very similar to that sort of pattern since it matches the background of the UI but not completely as to distinguish it.

 

[cicely]

omg the pawprints and clovers.. ;w;

This is great, now people don't have to spend hours trying to get their paths to match the grass color

 

[Azrael]

Transparent designs in action. Paw prints behind the tree!

Spoiler: sorry the image is so big

 

[Chere.]

I'm honestly so happy about transparent designs! There's literally so many possibilities, I can't wait to see what people will come up with ;o;

 

[DinoDymo]

This allows for so much creative freedom! Nintendo have actually listened to us and given us what we want c:

 

[Flyffel]

SCREAMING

YES
YESSSSSS!!!

Omg this is the thing that I didn't know that I needed. I'm so happy to see this even though I don't know how I will apply it yet! But the possibilities!! I mean you really have to say that about the whole game (the possibilities!) but this is an amazing addition to those!

 

[Xara]

i’m so excited!

 

[fudan]

I wonder how this will work when transparent patterns are used for flags or clothes. Whether they will just not be usable or what sort of generic background they will get.

 

[SheepMareep]

I wonder how this will work when transparent patterns are used for flags or clothes. Whether they will just not be usable or what sort of generic background they will get.

I think it may be limited to ground tiles but I imagine the default background would be white or that pink stripe pattern if it were used as a flag
Don't think the clothing will accept the whole "transparent" thing since they wouldnt want people running around naked o: (ofc someone can make that themselves but not as likely )

 

[sierra]

you mean.... NO MORE SQUARE PATCHES OF POORLY MOCKED GRASS IN THE SNOW? Im so happy

 

[iExist]

omg the pawprints and clovers.. ;w;

This is great, now people don't have to spend hours trying to get their paths to match the grass color

... And then change it when it changes season!

 

[Daveyx0]

I didn't even notice. Bless this change!

 

[Azrael]

I know it will probably be pretty common and not unique at all, but I can’t wait to have little stepping stones around my island!

 

[creamyy]

HECK YES. It was such a pain having several different variations of stepping stone designs all over my town and having to edit all of them during every season or every time the grass changed colour especially in autumn. I also imagine this being pretty useful for flower crown hat designs as well

 

[Valzed]

 

[rezberri]

i think i'll use the transparent feature quite a bit. i wonder if we can us transparent parts in our flags and stuff? what about clothes? i imagine maybe not clothes because some questionable things could be done but. i know i'll probably use the transparent features for quite a lot of things, like clovers and maybe tiny flowers. i'm thinking maybe i could make footprints in the sand for the beach

 

[atalkingfish]

Are we sure they are transparent? Looks like it has a striped background and matches the screens background to me.

We can be 100% sure they are transparent, because in the direct, it shows them applying the small clover design to a bed, and the bed shows it as a white background, rather than the pink stripes present in the three designs.

 

[Megan.]

Oh wow, that's pretty awesome!