Merge pull request #1 from blippar/check_alpha

Check for alpha channel before flattening PNG

vips.go

@@ -274,14 +274,15 @@ func vipsFlattenBackground(image *C.VipsImage, background Color) (*C.VipsImage,
 		C.double(background.B),
 	}
 
-	err := C.vips_flatten_background_brigde(image, &outImage, (*C.double)(&backgroundC[0]))
+	if vipsHasAlpha(image) {
-	if int(err) != 0 {
+		err := C.vips_flatten_background_brigde(image, &outImage, (*C.double)(&backgroundC[0]))
-		return nil, catchVipsError()
+		if int(err) != 0 {
+			return nil, catchVipsError()
+		}
+		C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(image))
+		image = outImage
 	}
 
-	C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(image))
-	image = outImage
-
 	return image, nil
 }