Paint?

[Chloe Williams]

Is it possible to make a picture's background transparent using the Paint program? If not, what programs can be used to make a transparent background?

 

[zoziw]

Try Picasa by Google.

Picasa 2.0

Not sure if it is what you are looking for but it has picture editing controls and is free.

 

[InHisService]

A true transparent effect can only be done utilizing .gif files. Pretty much and modern image editor allows you to achieve this effect, i.e. Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Digital Image Pro, etc.

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

A true transparent effect can only be done utilizing .gif files. Pretty much and modern image editor allows you to achieve this effect, i.e. Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Digital Image Pro, etc.

Except those are all quite expensive. And actually, no one actually gave you a straight answer. No, it cannot. Paint is a terrible program, and another example of microsoft putting out a sub-par product and trying to pass it off as quality. I would suggest just forking over the money and getting a decent program. Even if you can't spend the $450+ for Photoshop CS2 9.0, at least get something. Probably anything you pay for is going to be better than paint, and will probably support transparency.

 

[fwhchung]

To answer your second question, you can try Paint.net: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
It's free and it's good. You'll need the .NET framework free from Microsoft to run it.

 

[Psalms34]

Is it possible to make a picture's background transparent using the Paint program? If not, what programs can be used to make a transparent background?

No it does n ot.
http://www.gimp.org/ Gimp, hands down. It's free and quite possibly the best graphics editor out there.

 

[Chloe Williams]

Thank you all very much for your replies!