save jpg or tiff with transparent background

I had this question about a year ago. One suggestion (that didn't work for me) was to flip the image horizontally or vertically and the background would become transparent. I could only flip in AW, so eventually bought a program called GraphicConverter to flip my image, but when I brought it from GraphicConverter to AW and then flipped it back to the original layout, it still wasn't transparent. Since then, I have played with GraphicConverter and have been able to create transparent backgrounds using its transparency tool. You cannot save the transparent image as .jpg (it puts the background back to whatever it was). I think you can save the file as .tiff (I also have saved it as .png and I know that works). AW5 used to create transparent images using Scrapbook, but Scrapbook was apparently scrapped in AW6! I think GraphicConverter (www.lemkesoft.com) is $29.95, but you can download a trial version and play with it first to see if it works for you.

Can you use an image created in AW in Graphic converter?

Sure. The easiest way is to copy the image in AppleWorks then, in GraphicConverter, File > New > Image from Clipboard or ⌘ J. Alternatively, save the image as PICT in AppleWorks & open that in GraphicConverter.

AppleWorks doesn't handle transparency well, even using formats such as .gif or .png saved with transparent backgrounds in another application. However, a few years ago I accidentally discovered that if an object is flipped or rotated in AppleWorks, the background will become transparent. The object doesn't even have to be .gif or .png & have transparency.

Once I discovered this, I used GraphicConverter to flip an image horizontally & save it as a PICT. Then I insert the object in my AppleWorks document & flip it back. I use PICT because it is the only graphic format that will retain the native resolution. All other graphic formats are changed to 72 dpi by AppleWorks.

Unfortunately, the last few times I tried this, it no longer worked. For myself, I use Pages for this kind of work now. I handles transparency very well.