making an image transparent

[rookie1010]

Hi
how do i make an image with a transpanrent background. i have got this image with a white background and i want to turn that into a transparent backgound. i have paint, and i can get my hands on paint shop pro

 

[Hackerman]

After putting the image on a transparent bg ....
save it as a .gif or .png

 

[Hugo82]

Open a new image and choose it to have a transparent background and then copy only the slected image onto that using the magic wand tool or the clone brush.