Hi remus, I tried your suggestion. I found out that the smiley in the 3D warehouse is very big in size, measured in feet. So I used the scale tool and knocked the image size down to 2 inches and also the window. I then exported it as a bitmap. I then used Pro Motion to make the background transparent and saved it with a png ext. I then brought it into my Visual Basic 2008 application and the background was transparent. Now I have to some animation. Thanks very much for your help. In case anyone reading and need some more explanation, I am more than willing to do so. Douglas.