From: "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <37C1AB17 DOT 29677A07 AT sprint DOT ca>
Subject: Re: Allegro and transperancy
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:39:11 +1000
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Orlando Vazquez <ovazquez AT sprint DOT ca> wrote in message
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> Hi I have a .bmp of a little soldier that i want to blit onto the screen
> (for example). Problem is I dont know how to make the limegreen color
> that is supposed to be transparent _be_ transparent. How can i do this?
> BTW I use Adobe Photoshop 5 to edit. Many thanks.

It's not a limegreen color, it's bright pink (max red and blue, no green).
That's only for images greater than 8bit. 8bit masking is done with palette
entry 0.

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