Hi all,

Since I'm still using Paint for most graphical parts of my designs, I was wondering if anyone knows it this amazing program (a-hum) is capable of making transparent backgrounds? Whenever I make something, the stuff I don't 'paint' on is automatically rendered as white, not transparent, and I couldn't find info about it anywhere in Paint itself.

On a totally unrelated note (more a-hum), I don't mean to start a major discussion about this, but can anyone offer advise on a good (open source, or at least free) program that can do more than Paint? I don't need to touch up photographs or anything, I can ask my brother to do that for me if I need a photograph edited. I mainly use it to make background images for elements (to supply them with rounded corners, for instance) and more stuff like that.

Thanks

Paint only produces bitmap/raster images, transparency requires indexed colours.


Paint.net, Gimp, Inkscape, IrfanView

try gimp http://www.gimp.org/windows/

I am terrible graphics, but when I change the background color of a transparent image, I only use MS Paint. Its easy, but changes color if the image .gif. I am sure other drawing programs would do better.

try paint.net the make it as upgrade for MS Paint has all task you need

Thanks guys.

Why you use paint if you need a pure transparent background then try photoshop its a best image edietihng and manipulation software.