I did manage to get a small thing out of the way which was satisfying, rendering my player status boxes properly. I had to download the GIMP-2.0 to add the Alpha information though as my other graphics tool didn't seem to add the Alpha Channel properly.
I heartily recommend this little tool: glSandbox v0.94 - Codehead 2005 - www.codehead.co.uk
I advise you avoid this website as it seems to be trying to sell free software: http://www.wingimp.org