How to make an icon with transparent background?

[joe at actionline.com]

Thanks for the video. I am able to create the icon with a transparent
(checkerboard pattern) background, but it still shows up on the panel with
a white background rather than a transparent background.  See a copy of it
here: http://www.upquick.com/temp/psp.png


> Ok - so are you having trouble with it while saving / converting or
> before? Do you see the chekerboard pattern behind the image?
> Here is a quick youtube on the basics.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC5vdKuwTp0  You can ignore the first
> 2:50 of the video
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:28 AM,  <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>>
>> How can I create an icon with a transparent background?
>>
>> I've been able to make the image as a .gif with a transparent
>> background,
>> but when I open it with gimp and try to save it as a png, the background
>> changes from transparent to white.  Someone said it has to have an
>> "Alpha
>> channel with no background" but how is that done?
>>
>>
>>
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