Can you load the .png file in PaintShop and then save it is a .BMP or .jpg
and then use it for your desktop?
"Page" <Page@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, you're correct. Windows Explorer and Photo Gallery will do all you
> say.
> What I'm talking about is choosing a background for your desktop. A .png
> file will not display properly, that is, it will not let you frame it with
> a
> colored background. In fact, when you browse for a picture for your
> background and select "All Picture Files" it will not show any .png files
> at
> all. If you force the .png file to be the background by right-clicking on
> it
> and choosing it to be your background then you do not get to choose any
> positioning for your picture such as tile, colored framing, etc. This is
> what I'm trying to fix. Can you help me?
>
> "Adam Albright" wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:01:05 -0700, Page
>> <Page@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have the same issue, but here's something to consider. I've
>> >previously
>> >saved pictures from the web as .png files and saved them as backgrounds
>> >for
>> >years with XP. Now, with Vista, I do your suggested workaround it will
>> >not
>> >recognize .png files as "picture files" so maybe that has something to
>> >do
>> >with it? When I save the same file as a bitmap it works like you said.
>> >What
>> >type of files are you working with, and do you think this might be part
>> >of
>> >the problem?
>>
>> Vista is perfectly capable of understanding and displaying .png files.
>> I just confirmed it by converting a .jpg to a .png in Photoshop and
>> both Windows Explorer and Photo Galley open the file and show it find
>> as both a thumbnail and in full view. It is true you can't "fix" a
>> ..png from Photo Gallery. Why that's so, you'll have to ask Microsoft.
>>
>> For those wondering about .png files, it carries a Alpha channel. This
>> means that with the right software (Photoshop for example) you can
>> mask a portion of the image, typically some unwanted background, mark
>> A color or selected area as transparent then using another application
>> that supports layers have the Alpha channel blocked out, in effect
>> letting what's underneath bleed though.
>>
>>