Png on illustrator

Hi all,
I am currently trying to copy a black shape from photoshop to llustrator. I cut the shape from a black checked background (photoshop.) and wanted to turn it into a vector by putting it in illustrator. When copying over I tryed using live trace, but there seemed to be a white background attached. I am aware of png format, but don't know how to use it on illustrator. How can I do this so I can but a black shape onto say a magazine cover?
CS3 adobe suite, windows XP proffessional.
Helen

I saved it as a psd in photoshop like you said, then I placed it in illustrator and the background was transparent yay! however when I used live trace, the image converts back to a white background. Is there a way to get around this? PNG doesn't seem to be coming up when saving on Photoshop, don't know why that it as I would have tried that. Any suggestions?
thanks
Helen

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