Using Paint Shop Pro create your graphic. * Be sure to use a unique color not
found in the visible portion of the image for your background color.
Select COLORS>SET PALETTE TRANSPARENCY
Click on Set the transparency value to palette entry. (If not
created as a 256 color image you will be given the option of converting
it to one, do so.)
Move the mouse pointer onto the image & "suck" up the background
color.(you may have to move the dialog box out of the way if it
is covering the image)
Select COLORS>VIEW PALETTE TRANSPARENCY
If you did everything right the background should change to a checkerboard.