Awesome that was just the answer i was looking for, i have actuallt since switched to editing with paint.net and found this great tutorial of the program
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZoWz_owZX0 (part 1)
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nfvU6WFhJg&feature=related (part 2)
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVhqDnMNK0U&feature=related (part 3)
And somehow i saw the option to change to a .bmp file with this program, point is my problem is solved, thanks for suggesting the help :)