MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons' background should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying content. What color *is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to fill an images background with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I choose as the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

Michael Moser wrote:
If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please
advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons'
background should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying
content. What color *is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to
fill an images background with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I
choose as the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

I don't believe Paint can handle transparency. There is no "color".
When an area is transparent, you see thru it to whatever it behind it.
Also only .gif & .png formats support transparancy.

MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

Michael Moser wrote:
If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please
advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons'
background should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying
content. What color *is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to
fill an images background with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I
choose as the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

I don't believe Paint can handle transparency. There is no "color".
When an area is transparent, you see thru it to whatever it behind it.
Also only .gif & .png formats support transparancy.

MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

Download Microsoft's 'Image Edit' a tiny program capable of creating icons
with the two special 'colors' of 'See-through' and 'See-through inverse'.
It is limited to working with icons with only 16 colors but it is free.

Download 'Image Edit' from Microsoft at:

http://www.dynawell.com/download/Res...T/imagedit.zip


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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.


"Michael Moser" wrote in message
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If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons' background
should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying content. What color
*is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to fill an images background
with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I choose as
the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

Download Microsoft's 'Image Edit' a tiny program capable of creating icons
with the two special 'colors' of 'See-through' and 'See-through inverse'.
It is limited to working with icons with only 16 colors but it is free.

Download 'Image Edit' from Microsoft at:

http://www.dynawell.com/download/Res...T/imagedit.zip


==


Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.


"Michael Moser" wrote in message
...
If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons' background
should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying content. What color
*is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to fill an images background
with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I choose as
the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

MS Paint: can one fill "transparent"
 

In Paint, there is a "select transparent" option, where you can select
an area and drag it over another area without the white covering
everything. When you click on the select area tool, click on the bottom
button next, and when you drag, the white areas will be transparent.
Hope that helps.


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