Hi, On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 20:42 +0100, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > I have not tried these programs supporting alpha channels in BMP but> from their descriptions I could identify the following strategies when> loading 32-bit BMP or ICO files:> 1) Always ask the user if the alpha channel should be used or not> 2) Use the alpha channel if and only if it contains at least one> non-zero value.> 3) Use the alpha channel if the file name ends in .ICO, ignore it if> it is .BMP.> > The second strategy seems like a good compromise and would probably> work in most cases (i.e., match the user's expectations). I agree. Let's go for this option then. Sven _______________________________________________Gimp-developer mailing listGimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer