CP 6 Transparency in Images

Please direct me to resources that describe how to insert images, set the transparent color for the image, and resize the image without losing quality. I have the full suite of tools in eLS 6 and I also have GIMP to edit images.
I have a service mark. It is in three formats: .ai and .jpg and .tif (the .tif is a 34 MB file).
Dimensions: the .jpg and the .tif are 3000x3000 and the .ai is 432 x 432. I am awaiting approval for the purchase of Adobe Illustrator but want to know if there is another way (resizing vector images is why I would need to buy Illustrator but I don't have other needs for it at this time).
I want to put the servicemark on a slide which is 800 x 600. I want the white background of the servicemark to be transparent. I have tried GIF & PNG and I have resized the original images (except .ai, of course, not having Illustrator yet) in Photoshop, in GIMP, and in Captivate (after importing). I have set the slide quality to HIGH 24-bit and imported the GIF (as suggested by Lilybiri in another post). I have set the transparency in Photoshop and in GIMP and then saved it as a PNG and as a GIF. At present, I feel I have tried all the ways I can think of to get quality and transparency. Obviously I haven't learned enough about all the tools and processes to successfully import the image and make it crisp but small enough to fit into the slide as needed.
The goal is to have the servicemark (just the type and the logo not the white space above, below, or to the side) to be approximately 90 pixels to fit in a banner at the top of the slide. However, I am struggling (obviously) with the overall process of resizing vector images to use in Captivate. By the way, why doesn't Captivate import .ai or .tif?
Thank you for your help.
--Michael

One of the easiest ways to accomplish what you want is to open both images in Photoshop and make a new image the same size in CMYK. Paste each greyscale image into a different CMYK channel. You won’t see exactly how the file will print, but it will separate and the printer can substitute any ink on the press. You will have to either use the same two process colours for all other graphics and elements in InDesign or use the Ink Manager to alias the spot inks to the appropriate process inks on output/PDF. Test by printing separations to PDF or using Output Preview in Acrobat Pro.
A more complex, but more elegant way to do this is to convert one image into a multichannel file. Paste the other image into the new empty channel and set each channel to the appropriate spot colour. You will have to save as Photoshop PDF or .psd for the separations to work in InDesign. (Yes, I know there is another format, but I deliberately omitted it in the hope of encouraging its burial.)
From what you have described I think setting one or both of the greyscale images to overprint or using Multiply transparency mode will work as well.
If neither of these gets you what you want, I suggest attaching a screen shot showing us what you are working with and annotated so we know where you need help.

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