i use paint shop pro 7 have never liked photo shop.
probably because i started to paint with deluxe paint on my atari 520 stfm .
i havent tested it with alpha mapping so sorry cant answer that.
paint shop also tells me that when i saves an image with an alpha that it will not be included but it is anyway.
could it be the same with photo shop?
as you can se on the screenie so does the unit hud above the unit use alpha chanelled image.
you could always download the demo version of paint shop pro from jascs homepage?
and trye it out.
i mostly use the disable z depth and zwrite commands on stuff like explosions to get rid of the particle clipping.
but i do get weird effects from it when multiple objects meet that have these commands in use.
and creepy wonderfull tracks havent got there my self yet my doodles with it didt work out well.
and dont judge the screenie as its crapp as it have all kinds of data and variables on screen to be easier to code various stuff.
cheers
edited......
i almost forgott i want those tracks they look awesome
but iam one of those stupid people that wants to figure it out somehow by my self.
thats the fun part thats why i expect my game to be finished spring 2016.
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ AGP8X 1GB RAM 1MB CACHE.ATI RADEON 9800PRO 128MB AGP8X.