Man! This has got to be one of the most frustrating things I have tried to do in GP3. Still can't get it right. I am using Paint shop Pro 8. I've created my new visors by taking an old visor from the 2003 set and painting over with new graphic e.g a red Segafedo design for Niki Lauda. I got a warning when saving (as a tga file) that the image would be merged to one layer and one alpha channel)
What used to appear was un upside down and solid / square edged visor.
I have tried the following (thanks dinga):
1. Open one of the original 2003 visors
2. Cut and paste my Design over the top, I've used tried paste as a new selection and paste as a new layer (I also tried pasting from a saved a bmp of the new design in case the overpainting caused a problem)
3. Merge layers (I have three options, merge down, merge all(flatten),merge visable, and merge group - which isn't always available) I've tried each in turn to no avail.
4. Save file (NB if I don't merge in some form I get the warning about the image will be merged and reduced to one alpha channel)
I am so frustrated. I feel like giving up, which is not like me. I've done six 1985 visors so far and had planned to do the lot. Am I missing something here guys? Is it to do with save options or how I do the merge or what? Last appeal for help!