Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 01:34:02 +0100 (CET)
From: Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux AT dds DOT nl>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: transparent bitmaps
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Matej wrote:

> Hello
> I'm a newbie and don't understand some parts of tutorials...
> How to make "transparent" bitmaps (like GIF can be) from normal pcx or bmp
> images if I don't have one-color-background so the place around the bitmap
> would look nice on that background?
> Thank you,
> Matej

Just pick a color that you want to be transparent, most people choose 255
or just 0, and make a BMP displayer that skips the pixels with that value.


Grdz

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Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl)
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