here is the orignial sprite.bmp

Also make sure that you entered the 255,0,255 as RGB and not in some other colourspace (don't know if Paintbrush can do that or not).

The image you attached was a 8 bpp image.

Try this

EDIT: Too big to attach as a 24-bit bmp.
I'll clip it..

you shoudl save the file as 16 bit not 24.. because your allegro program is running in 16 bit, so it converts the colors when it runs(because you saved it as a different depth).
or try defineing the graphics mode to 24 bit instead in your allegro code

255-0-255 in 16 bit bmp

richard: that worked perfectly, how come i couldn't get it to work, what color was that(rgb)

It's R: 255, G: 0, B: 255 saved as a 24-bit Bmp file.
MS Paint is obviously not saving your image right for one reason or another.

Glad it worked! Now I'm off to bed.

Hello,
Check out this, which is basically what Alex is saying: http://www.allegro.cc/manual/api/loading-image-files/set_color_conversion

You are setting 16bit graphics mode, but your picture is 8bit paletted, so on loading the image, the system converts all colours to RGB.

What you need to do is save the image as hi/true colour not 8bit and make sure the background/mask colour is magenta (255,0,255).

what is true color mode? 256? 16, 24? i tried all of them, but it won't work with mine

none of those color conversions work

what bmp did you want me to save it as? my color depth is 16 in my code, so i saved the sprite as a 16 bit bmp and when i ran the exe it was all distored and green

i did everything you said,

but it just showed up as the sprite, but with the background behind it

anyone want to remote assistance? please :|

I guess it has nothing to do with his project, but his paint program. see his attached screenshot of his paint.

It works in 8 bit modus.
I guess it is because the image he is working with is a 8 bpp image.
When he opens it, paint goes to 8 bit modus.

So he can not set the right color.