ARCHIVED: Using Microsoft Image Composer, how do I save transparent images?

Note: The software discussed here is no longer in common use at Indiana University, and UITS may no longer be able to verify the document's accuracy. The UITS Support Center may no longer have the manuals and other materials required to support this software adequately.

To save transparent images using Microsoft Image Composer, compose the image, and then:

1. From the File menu, select Save for the web.
   
   
2. In the Save for the Web Wizard, select All sprites inside the composition area, and then click Next.
   
   
3. Select Let the web page background show through, and then click Next.
   
   
4. Select My web background is a tiled image, click Next, and then click Save.
   
   
5. In the "File Name:" field, name the file and then click Save.

For more, see ARCHIVED: For Microsoft Image Composer, is there a tutorial?

Also see:

• How do I include images on a web page?
• What is the GIF graphics file format?
• How can I learn about making imagemaps for my web page?
• What is the difference between an interlaced or progressively rendered image and a normal one?
• What is the TIFF graphics file format?