creating transparent icons

[MavMarsha]

Is there a way to create a graphic which has transparent areas that I can use as a Windows icon? I tried renaming a .gif file, but that doesn't work. Seems like this ought to be a "doable" task.

[MavMarsha]

Is there a way to create a graphic which has transparent areas that I can use as a Windows icon? I tried renaming a .gif file, but that doesn't work. Seems like this ought to be a "doable" task.

[Erik Heyninck]

Perhaps they don't support transparancy?

[mikeius]

You need an application capable to save ICO format as Borland Builder Image Editor.

Regards

[Peter Clifton]

If all you want to create is an icon for the windows desktop.

Create a 32 x 32 pixel image as a BMP file and after saving rename the extension as .ICO

The pixel colour in the top left defines the transparent colour for the entire Icon.

Peter

[MavMarsha]

Peter,
I've read that, too, but it just doesn't work for me. Instead of turning that color transparent, it just goes to black. I'm using Win 2000

[mikeius]

I forgot this excellent tip. I run a test creating a 32 x 32 pixels icon in DRAW 10.

I exported via selected to Windows BMP. 4 colors on a Palette mode and background become white in the export filter, then it is transparent when I renamed BMP to ICO.

We experiment with it during the beta cycle, but I forgot about it. Thanks. It is a very good resource.

Regards