Main >> General Discussion >> Can i make see-through backgrounds for my icons?

Right, so i have a background; and when i place an icon over the picture (like Hitmans head) it moves to the right. All the way to the right. I figured a way to stop this by, re-adding the background picture, after adding the icon. But now my problem is that, the icon seems to cover a spot on his head; and where ever i would place it. Right now my only option is to, increase the pictures size in the 128 x 128 frame, But there still would be some of the background around the edges and will appear and block patchs on the background pciture. I could get background of the icon; and replace it accordingly to the colour of the background but, theres two problems.
(1) This will take very long (to take a print screen of the image, perfectly cutting around the shape of the icon; and placing it over the themes background... 68 times :0 )
(2) I'm using 13 images :| (if you haven't figured what im thinking of at the moment, here's a clue: 13 images wih 68 icons = 884 times o.0)

So please if anyone knows a way, PLEASE help me out here!!!

P.S: The reason i included my previous problems, even though i've already figured them out, was incase anybody else is having the same problems.

yeh- im having the same problem and i checked out the othe icons from some themes i downloaded and they work fine. i cant see the difference between mine and theirs in any properties etc. a bit of help would be great thanks.

If I'm understanding you correct you want to create icons with a transparent background?

If so in photoshop you'll need to use one of the eraser tools and remove the background so you get your desired result. Then save it as a PNG.