Loss of the transparent color in images inserted into Draw

I need to float an oval portrait image over a background image, so to get to the oval I made the portrait image corner sections transparent using Graphic Converter and saving as a PNG, which supports the transparent color. Problem is that after the PNG image is inserted into the Draw document containing the background image, the transparent sections are black and not transparent. Anyone else know about this problem?

Welcome to Apple Discussions Jim
I've not had much success, & none recently, getting images to be transparent in AppleWorks. However, a few years ago I accidentally discovered that if the image is flipped or rotated the background will become transparent. Since you are using Graphic Converter, you can do what I did. Before saving the image in Graphic Converter flip it horizontally so that once imported into your AppleWorks document you can "re-flip" it & the background will be transparent. Another option is to rotate the object 1 degree in AppleWorks.
I now use Pages for my desktop publishing & it has no problem with transparent PNG or GIF images.
Peggy

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