Graphic gale for some reason, as far as I know, never make a true transparent background where you would be able to to see a grid in the background. but it does allow the transparent areas (gifs and png's) make the background transparent in the frame pallet for when you save it.

So, basically I need to make two frames, one of my origianl pixel art, copy it, and set a specific bg colour to transparency and make sure both trans. options are clicked?

Then delete the first layer and leave the second w/ transparency.  Should I set the color replacement to white, or would that disable me from adding hilights to my pixels...hence, they would become transparent too? What's a "safe" colour to use?

Thanx so much for the help, guys.

Edited by +.Lollypop.+

I actually figured it out, if you still care...

This option actually only works on 8-bit formatted pictures, which was the big reason why I couldn't find out how to get it to work. On your palette, the transparent color will be whatever color is the last available color in your palette. To figure this out, if you already have it as an 8-bit format, click on the little down arrow with the line under it, and select "Remove Unused Colors" (also unavailable unless pictures are in 8-bit format; detecting a pattern?). Then, in that same menu, select "Set Transparent Color to first Color. Immediately, in the Layer dockable window, the massive amount of white that used to be in your picture should change to match the last color in your palette.

If you're in the RGB section of the color chooser, which should be a little tab at the bottom of the Palette dockable window, you can play with the different sliders and the background should dynamically change. If it does not, then you probably have your transparency enabled. In the Layer Dockable window, click on the Properties button. Then deselect the "Enabled" button, and click OK. This will allow you to save your picture with the transparency.

Hope this helps...

Edited by AirStyle - 28 July 2011 at 5:15am