hi guys, i have "re-test" many image editors like photoshop CS3 (trial), PSP XI (trial), the gimp, etc ... all with the dds plugin installed, and in all softs i hadn't what i would exactly

finaly, i have retest paint.NET (last version 3.10beta2) with dds support in standard, layers, effects, transparency, etc ... and for me its all i need

visible transparency in the soft and it keep the alpha layer after saving the file, not like some others softs ...

take a look
http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

PS : u need to install .NET framework 2.0, but now we need it for many useful softs....