Need to preserve transparent background after Slicing a PNG

[webvirtual]

Hi All:

Im working with Photoimpact XL V.8

PROBLEM:

1) My starting image is a transparent PNG Image.

2) I then slice the PNG Image.

3) I then SAVE FOR WEB --> AS HTML

4) The separate smaller images resulting from slicing the original larger PNG image, are outputed as JPG and loose their transparency.

WHAT IM TRYING TO ACHIEVE

I need every little image, the result of slicing the larger PNG, to preserve the same transparency of the original larger PHG file.

QUESTION
How do I achieve this without having to convert every little image back to PNG and try to save it as transparent one by one.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

I don't have that version, but in PI-12, pressing the Options button on the Save As dialog window, opens up the Save As Options Dialog, that has an Image File tab. There are 3 file types for the Default setting for cell images, JPEG, GIF and PNG. Select PNG.