PPx End Session Images Lost Transparency

Bimp.

Shameless bimp.   

Shamelesser bimp.

They seem to be showing up ok here.

Have you tried deleting the .WB4 files in the skin directories?

Thanks for the reply, Neil.

Tried that a few times, didn't help.

The PleaseWait PPx image displays with proper trans but the Shutdown & Logoff images look like this:



All are .tga's (.png's imported by SKS).

Thanks again.

It's bimpalicious.

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The regular ones cant be per pixel...as you know...the per pixel ones have to be 32 bit.

Add this to the code in SKS for both per pixel sections PerPixel=1

And change the non per pixel ones to opaque images.

Thanks, IR. I'll try that.

Can the nonPPx images use magic pink?

I forget.  Dont think so.  

I haven't finished troubleshooting but changing the non-PPx images to .bmp with magic pink did not work - still get the black areas where trans should be.

In what circumstances will the non-PPx images be used if you have PPx images defined?

earlier versions of WB and video cards that dont support per pixel.  

Well, using opaque images for the non-PPx end session images doesn't fix it either.

I'm stumped. The PPx Please Wait image displays correctly with proper trans. The Logoff & Shutdown PPx images show the black for the trans bits. The images are proper .png's with alpha-trans imported by SKS to .tga format. They were working, which is the puzzle.

D3 (deep dark depression) is setting in.

I D/L'd & installed Encoded which has very nice PPx Shutdown/Logoff dialogs and they display proper trans, so it's not my rig, it's something about my images or code settings.

I reviewed all the code settings for all the End Session images and made sure mine matched those in Encoded. I recreated my Shutdown/Logoff background .png's with alpha-trans, just to be sure, and let SKS re-import them to .tga format. I even incorporated a screen mask like Encoded in case it was needed (since Encoded uses one). SKS (as it always has) Previews the images properly. The only difference between my images & Encoded's is that my Shutdown & Logoff Button images use Magic Pink (they display fine, BTW).

All to no avail. The trans areas are still black.

If there is someone willing to take a look & tell me what I've missed, I'd be pleased to zip it up & send it.

TIA.

I'll look at it,my msn messenger and yahoo email are in my profile.

Thanks, I.R.

You should have mail.

You didnt do this...open the code tab next to preview and anylize...manually paste in(or type)...PerPixel=1  

works here when I made that change.  

I would change my system buttons to tga's so you can get alpha blended corners.  

Thanks a bunch, I.R. Very kind of you. I'll have my wife hold up on the commitment paperwork.

Silly me, but you'd think that would be default, wouldn't you (PerPixel=1)? I'll take your advice & convert the System Buttons - was thinking of doing that when I saw the corners in the end session dialogs, had it on the todo list.

BTW, I reverted to 5.50.021 and the menus, MDI buttons and dialog backgrounds all paint correctly. A tweak or two in 5.50.023 had some unintended consequences, it appears.