I opened a JASC Paint Shop Pro *.pspimage format in Painter IX.5, however, it did not reatin the transparency. I loaded the file back into PSP to see if the file was saved with transparency.

I saved a PSD format from JPSP9, and that opened in Painter IX.5 with transparency.

I'll have to look at a Corel Photo Paint 10 PSD again. I didn't know what not saving the selection with the file meant.

The Photo Paint TIFF didn't open with transparency in another application I tried.

Rich