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    transparent icons: how to change file type afterward

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    If you want to preserve your layered work for future editing, simply save as a .pdn file. Then, save as a .png or whatever you want. If you want to change something later, change it in the .pdn, and then overwrite the .png (or whatever else you picked).
    I think that's what he or she has been doing. Sounds like he or she is just saving as a .pdn and then trying to use it over at Livejournal. That, or he/she has been editting jpegs or bitmaps and then saving them back as a jpeg or bitmap rather than a png.

    thank you both for your help. i ended up just experimenting and figuring it out XPXDDD I'm saving all the new images in GIF form, and it's worked (note the icon ^^)

    and by the way, it's 'He'; don't let that girly icon fool you XDD ^.~

    how to make a transparent background

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    When you first open Paint.NET it gives you a default white background. If you want that layer to be transparent instead of white, press Ctrl+A. This will select the entire background layer. Once it is selected press Ctrl+X. This will delete the white and thus making it transparent. Anytime you can see the dark and light grey checkerboard that means you have transparency. Now add a new layer so you can put the image you want in that new layer so it will be ontop of the background layer (Note: Whenever you add a new layer, that new layer is automatically set to be transparent). A simple way to do this is going to Layers > Import From File... As long as your new image is smaller than the background you'll still be able to see the checkerboard. If not, you'll have to resize either the new image to make it smaller or resize the background to make it bigger.

    If you just want to the football in the image to be seen and everything else to be transparent, use the Magic Wand tool to isolate the football. The Magic Wand can be tricky so you may have to adjust the tolarence level when doing this. Once you have the football selected, goto Edit > Invert Selection or press Ctrl+I. This will select everything but the football. All you have to do now is Cut the selection out by pressing Ctrl+X.

    I hope this helps you. If not, ask again and try to be a bit more specific in your question. Pictures help too, so try to include some.

    I did that but ran into a problem; when I would try to change the file type, it would put the backround back > . < ;

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