Editing User Pic in Win 7

[nopd11]

Hello, I'm having some trouble editing the user pic bmp in explorer.exe

Here is what I get >

As you can see, it has a black backround and the gloss is whiteish, not transparent like it should be =(
Anyone know how to edit this property correctly??

[3am]

Press Shift when you import for correct transparency.

Look at this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=744.0

[Panda X]

Press Shift when you import for correct transparency.

Look at this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=744.0

Holding shift only applies to VSB and not reshacking.

To the OP: What image editor are you using to create the bitmap?

[nopd11]

Holding shift only applies to VSB and not reshacking.

To the OP: What image editor are you using to create the bitmap?

I'm using Photoshop CS3. Perhaps I'm going about it the wrong way.

What I did was extract user pic .bmp from explorer.exe, opened it in Photoshop, pasted a .png picture over it , deleted the original picture, made a black backround and saved it.

Perhaps this is the wrong way to go about this?

[nopd11]

Press Shift when you import for correct transparency.

Look at this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=744.0

Thanks for your reply!

[Vzdorjii]

This tip worked for you ? 

[nopd11]

This tip worked for you ? 

Nope, I still haven't been able to fix this problem yet.

Do you know how?

[Panda X]

Use GIMP to edit those 32-bit bitmaps. It's not really black. It's just that no one ever made a thumbnail handler to show the transparency.

[sunbeam2000]

yep, PS can't handle 32Bit BMP's. Use Gimp and overlay your PNG, set the old Layer to 0% Opacy and save it again as BMP

[Katsuo]

Photoshop definately CAN handle 32 bit bmps, but you need to go to the Channels panel and create an alpha layer.
It works that way.

[bhast2]

and when you create that alpha channel you have to select all your images than go to the alpha channel and select it and delete what is selected in the alpha channel


And yes I use PS CS4 for all my bmp files and it works perfect just took a bit to figure it out

[nopd11]

Use GIMP to edit those 32-bit bitmaps. It's not really black. It's just that no one ever made a thumbnail handler to show the transparency.

Thank you! This method worked best for me! 

Solved!!

[nopd11]

yep, PS can't handle 32Bit BMP's. Use Gimp and overlay your PNG, set the old Layer to 0% Opacy and save it again as BMP

Thanks for the reply!  8)