Photoshop Transparency won't work

patster  wrote Hi, Whenever i try to add a transparent image/photo onto a canvas in Photoshop it comes up with black when the transparency was supposed to be. Please help this is really annoying. If you have the answer please tell me in the comments. Thanks - Patster

You can't paste PNG file with transparency directly onto an existing canvas.  If you do, the transparent area shows as black.  You need to right click and save the file locally, and open it as a new document.  The transparency will be fine then.