Exercises using Paint Shop Pro --

-- Open aardvark1.gif

Saving as a filled in JPG:
-- Save as aardvark2.jpg at highest quality
---- it will then ask / tell you that you now have 24 bit quality
-- Use the magic wand and click in the outlying white area
-- Choose flood fill - double click to choose the color palette, and enter in the number of the color you wish to select
-- Save file as aardvark2.jpg

. Saving as a transparent in gif:

-- go to colors, set color transparency
-- Select Set the transparency to palette entry
-- Move the cursor to the graphic and select the background
-- Save file as aardvark3.gif

 

When you have made aardvark3.gif a transparent GIF, change the body attribute on this page BGCOLOR="#33FFCC"