The Drawing Method Selection

 

This selection gives you the possibility to draw with 'normal color (Nrml)' or to draw with 'transparent color (Trpt)'.

All pixels that are drawn with 'transparent color' will appear transparent in the icon so that the background of the Windows environment shines through.

In a new icon all points are set to 'transparent color'.

Example: If you create a new icon and then draw a line and save this icon and apply it to a program, you will see this line and the rest of the icon is transparent - so the rest does not need to be white as you see it in the Editor!

 

The 'transparent color' has one other function: It is used to delete previously set points.

Example: If you draw a line with a 'normal color' and then want to delete it, it doesn't work to just overpaint it with a 'normal' white color. The line is still there (check the mask), you only can't see it because the background is also white. In order to make this line visible you only have to change the background color. In order to delete this line you have to overpaint it with 'transparent color'.