loading png files

[somename]

well, i am using this tutorials to build a game and i found a problem that i need a transperancy.
i searched the web and found out that PNG have transperancy while bmp is not supporting it.
i am talking about alpha blending.
anyone can give me a code to generate png files?

[Musi]

If you get to intermediate lesson 2 Chili shows you how to load a png using GDI and also writes a function to draw transparent sprites.

[ghilllie]

Try to understand the scripts inside the downloadable file in this topic

Loading Png's, jpg's, bmp's, dds's etc. files

[somename]

actually few hours later i watched lesson 2 and 7 after this threat...
well, wierd thing, but lesson 7 made my program run slower, but constant speed..
any ideas how to optimize more? because 3D games are bigger with lots of colculations, yet they run faster then my 2D game now :\

[Musi]

From what i've read most games use whats called the Graphics Pipeline to render graphics. It works directly with the graphics card and is much faster. I think chili was gonna get there eventually.

[somename]

does it work to boost 2D? or only 3D?