How to make part of a photo transparent so gauge display will only be seen through transparent part?

[JPhillips]

I would like to take a picture of a tank and make the middle section of the tank transparent so that the gauge display will show through that middle section. Does anyone know of any software that will allow me to edit pictures tis way?

[jpss]

JPhillips,

Lookout only accepts BMP or WMF, formats that unfortunately don't allow transparency. Although, there's a way to do what you want.

You must use a BMP filled with a flat color in the area you want to make transparent(use any image editor,ex. photo paint, paint, etc.). Then rigth-click over the panel and choose "INSERT GRAPHICS". Select your BMP and select the pixel which color you want to make transparent.(Enter X and Y coordinates in the Transparent pixel fields, and the corresponding color becomes transparent. The top-left corner of the bitmap is X=0, Y=0; the center is X=-1, Y=-1; the bottom-right corner is X=-2, Y=-2. To get the result you want, try entering a value for X, then a value for Y, then click in the X field to see how the bitmap is affected.)


regards
JSS