how can I take a couple transparent images, put one on top of the other, then save it?

You can't in ASP

Originally Posted by chrishirst

You can't in ASP

Damn, what language do I need?
And, can it be used with asp?

This isn't sarcasm: you want Photoshop for what you're asking about doing.

You could do what you're talking about in asp.net - and presumably asp too - using GDI+ but it will take a lot of code if you have all the images.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

I just wanted to see if I could make something like a site where people can log in, chat, and customize their avatars(like pick a base, then a hat, and then it gets saved as 1 picture).

Can asp.net be used with asp? I don't want to have to change the format of everything, and forget all about asp, and learn a whole new language. Is there a way to do this with flash(I could interface and everything, its the saving i'm worried about). Would it be possible to have just some little app on one page for customizing, then it saves it, add the path to the directory, and then I can use it all over the site?
Maybe I could even just have another type of page to process it?

I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the comments.

Asp.net and asp can run side by side ... just make whichever page in whichever flavor you like. Still I doubt that's really the answer.

Go change your avatar here. You can be like all the cool kids and upload your own, or you can pick from the dozens they have available. That's pretty easy to accomplish in any language.

I don't know anything about Flash, so I can't speak to that one. It's easy enough to layer images together in GDI+, but you're looking at a hundred or more lines for a pretty simple implementation of just the avatar. If you can do some ajax stuff instead and prebuild all the customizations you'll allow, that will be much easier to implement.