Help please! How do you make a image transparent????

Hey I can really use some help. For the past few days I've been trying to figure out how to make images transparent, but so far all my sad attempts have backfired on me. The program I use is called Gimp. If any of you can help me it would be a really big help. Thanks and God bless.

Hmm....well for the short time I used gimp I didn't master it, but I'll try to help as I can. Is it a certain part of a picture that you are trying to make transparent? If you click "new" (or new image) you can set the background to transparent (rather than a color). Or, if you're trying to get it on an existing picture, let's say you had a picture like this and wanted to take Ahsoka out. If you use a select tool and cut her out, I think you'd be left with a transparent section, but I'm not positive this will work. What are you going for? I don't know if I'd be able to help any further, but I'll try.

Thanks for the suggestions but, what I'm trying to do is a bit different. What program do you use for your computer? Thanks again for taking the time to try and help me. God bless.

What are you trying to do? I'm using Paint Shop Pro Photo.

Here's an example of what I wanted it to look like......

I use PSE (photoshop elements) but try adjusting the opacity of the image you want to be transparent.

If I'm correct about what you're trying to do, then that should give you the result you want.

Ok I'll try that Thanks sooo much for your help. God bless.