mitchellA

Thanks, that almost worked. Unfortunately it was difficult to see my white text on that checkered background (in order to keep it aligned) and when I put it in Alice there was no text (just a faint white outline of where the png was).

I am creating a game in Alice and need to use a jpg or gif as a billboard (imported picture) which will display text on a moving background but otherwise not interfere with the visible area of the game. Unfortunately, when it comes to graphics, I find microsoft paint a bit daunting to use and paint.net is way beyond my understanding. I have tried reading the questions in this forum, but so far they have not been helpful. PS: there was a tutorial on how to remove a white background but I don't know how to change my white text on a black background to white text on a white background and I don't know if that would help me at all (I need white text because my game's background is dark). If there is an answer to my dilema, please describe the steps I need to take as fully as possible because I really do not know what I am doing. Thank you, mitchellA