Photo Paint X6

[Movick]

I couldn't find the Photo Paint Board so I figured it couldn't hurt to ask my question here - sorry if I am in the wrong place.

I've been using an older version of Corel Draw and Photopaint for years on end (Version 10 on win XP). A recent hard drive crash has moved me to the latest version of CDR/PP (X6)in Windows 7/64.
I'm amazed to see that Photo Paint hasn't changed dramatically over the last decade - most of the tools and options are where I am used to finding them. However, one function of the latest build of PP
has me scratching my head and I hope someone will be kind enough to help me out with it.

I do a fair amount of video editing and I use PP to create .tga files with transparency for the timelines. In version 10 of PP, I would create an object, say a red arrow for example, >mask create from object>image/paper size/backround color to red> save as .tga. The background color would appear as red and would become transparent when I changed the image properties in the video timeline to "straight unmatted." Having control of the background color is important for good transparencies in video as any fringes will blend with the objects. The issue i'm having with X6 is that no matter what I do, the background color saves as white, which causes a halo when transparency is applied in the video timeline.

Does anyone know how to change the background color when saving a .tga?

Thanks in advance!
Movick

[Ken Berry]

Unless someone here actually uses PhotoPaint, you will find it covered in the CorelDraw forums at http://coreldraw.com/forums/