[Gllug] PNG transparency to BMP transparency

[Wulf Forrester-Barker]

Bruce <itsbruce at uklinux.net> asked:

> I have to convert some png files to MS bitmaps.  Annoyingly,
transparent 
> areas in the png files become black on the bitmaps.  I've tried
several 
> tools and they all seem to do this, including ImageMagick.  Any
pointers?

.png transparency is not widely supported even in web browsing yet
(certainly not the translucency effects that I'm waiting for). I think
your best bet is to put the graphics on a solid background and then
perform the conversion. You are certainly not, AFAIK, going to be able
to create .bmp images with transparent areas, so you might as well deal
with the problem at source rather than waiting until you get downstream
(... if you catch my drift).

Wulf


wulf.f-b at uhl.nhs.uk 

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