i think u should ether edit the pic in the photoshop itself ..... and finally get it into bluevoda.or the another option is ... try saving the image in which u want to keep the background trasparent in .gif format .... i m also new to bluevoda,and i think photoshop is the best image editer.so need not to look for something else, its sufficient for any problem like this as far as image editing is coincedered. mistakes should be forbidden.