Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

Hi,

I am trying to draw an image with transparent background, but it doesn't seem to work. I made an image (.bmp) and load it into an image object. When decide to draw it into a JPanel, the background is still painted white and not transparent.

I looked on the internet, but most posts are about creating images yourself in java, which is not what I want to do. Can someone please explain to me how I have to do this?

Thank you in advance!