Transparent Bitmaps

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I am trying to make a winamp control bar for personal use, but cannot get the bitmap to be transparent. I want to have rounded bottom corners, hence the tranparency. I know how to get a .gif transparent, but not a .bmp. Help anyone?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can't be done in WinAMP 2x.
There is no coded colour mask for WinAMP.
You can only create transparencies in WinAMP with the regions.txt coordinates format.
Other Proggies are usually coded for the 'magic pink' trans....255 0 255...
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Listen to Jafo. The only way to do it in WinAmp is by typing in all the coordinates in the region.txt file. Though there is an app out there that can make that file for you (forgot the name ofcourse).
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
devast, Please clarify your question. Are you creating a Winamp skin or a DX winamp controller?

If you are creating a DX object, you'll need to create a alpha map of the transparent portions.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you're talking about a DX Winamp control, just use a PNG. The PNG format has its own alpha channel, so you can have up to 255 degrees of lovely lovely transparency.