From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Transparent colours with allegro.
Date: 31 Jan 1998 05:15:58 GMT
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"Helix" (maciek AT compmore DOT net) writes:
> Could someone help me out, I would like to know how to select one color
> form a pallete and make it transparent. I would appreciate some examples of
> some code. THANKS

Easy: make that color color index 0, then use it in sprites etc.

(Since you mention palettes I assume you're using an 8-bit mode. If you
are using truecoloror highcolor, there is only one palette, albeit a huge
one, and the magenta color (255,0,255) is the transparent one.)
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