As an aspiring website builder, it was suggested that I invest into a graphics program. They said Xara was the best, and so I invested. While I learn how to use this powerful program, I have two questions in the meantime - things I want to learn how to do first -

1 - How to take a pic with a white background, and make it transparent.

2 - How to take that pic with the transparent background, and enable a shadow around the pic itself, not the entire square frame.

Please advise. Many thanks for showing the new guy some kindness.

Rob S.