Clips as icons

[Guest]

I like to use Microsoft clips as icons, but when I save them in the MY ICONS folder and try to use them as icons on the desktop, their background color is always black, even though I changed the color of the background in a photo editing program before saving them as bitmap files in MY ICONS.Is there a way to get that black background color to change? Thanks very much

P.S.I use two Lexmark Photo Editing programs as well as Microsoft Paint and sometimes Microsoft Picture It!

 

[David Candy]

Prior to XP the colour of the upper left pixel becomes transparent when used as an icon. In XP it shows as black. Therefore make the upper left pixel a colour not otherwise being used. The term "microsoft clips" is your own made up word. I presume you are talking about bitmaps (bmp or Paint.Picture).

 

[Guest]

Thanks, David. But how and where do I change the "left pixel?" Thanks again.

 

[David Candy]

In a picture editor like paint.