Spray Help (Transparency)

[Dapizzanator]

Hey, people. I decided my TF2 spray was getting old, and decided to whip up a new one. Seriously, it's nothing great, but I still need some help. I went into Gimp, and used the "clothify" effect, and it made my transparent background gray. I was wondering if there was anyone out there who'd like to just clean up my spray, get the gray out of the center and off of the edges. I'm no good at it, as you can see by my job on the outside edges. Thanks to any takers. I can get the spray into VTF or whatever-the-heck-it-is format, using HLDM.
Okay, now the Transparency is turning white when I upload it to HLDM. If I go back to the image in Paint.net, the transparency is white there, too. Why is this changing it? Thanks.
Here's the picture.

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[ShadowsfeaR]

i think you need something like photo shop to make things transparent via alpha channeling. :\

[Dapizzanator]

Alpha channeling? No idea what that is... Anyone have Photoshop? :3
Edit: I put the image into HLDM, but the transparency I wanted didn't stay, it turned white. Any ideas how I can fix it? Thanks.
Edit2: Okay, more. Gimp says .bmp and .jpg don't support transparency. When I save it as a .tga, and try to open it in HLDM, it says it only supports 24 and 32-bit tga files. So much complication!

[Dapizzanator]

2nd page bump. :/

[Night Fox]

You have to save it as a .png to keep transparency.

[Syntho]

You have to save it as a .png to keep transparency.

I think Tf2 and Hl2dm accept .tga though.

[ShadowsfeaR]

i think you need something like photo shop to make things transparent via alpha channeling. :\

also i believe it needs to be in .tga format
.png doesnt do stuff

tutorial

u need adobe photoshop

EDIT: actually, Gimp does alpha channeling. :D

[keonesan]

also i believe it needs to be in .tga format
.png doesnt do stuff

tutorial

u need adobe photoshop

Not really. I've seen youtube tutorials that uses free programs. You can also use those programs to make animated tga! =D

[mrlolop]

Save it as a .tga, and use alpha channel thing
what I do is select the spray on a layer, and that's your alpha channel thing.

[Night Fox]

actually, Gimp does alpha channeling. :D

And it's FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[ShadowsfeaR]

yeah, actually, if you use gimp and make a transparent image, it automatically does alpha channeling for you. :D

[KoopaScooper]

Make it 256x256.

[Dapizzanator]

It said that the tga format has to be 24 or 32 bit. How do I do this?

[SpreadsPlague]

HOW TO MAKE stuff TRANSPARENT IN PHOTOSHOP:

CLICK MAGIC WAND TOOL
CLICK COLOR YOU WANT TO GET RID OF
HIT BACKSPACE
???
PROFIT

stop over-complicating things

/rage

[Dapizzanator]

@Plague: No Photoshop.
Guys, anything on the 24/32-bit .tga? Danke.
Edit: It said 24-bit RGB or 32-bit RGBA. Can I change this manually? I'm using Gimp. Paint.Net doesn't support .tga.