I tried this again today, and I still can't get alpha-masking from PNG images with an alpha channel (other than using black, which results in the same problem as BMP).
Here are my sample files. Can anyone see why this doesn't work?

http://www.deadpanda.com/lj/startest.b3d
Thanks for your help, I really want to get this working.
Here are my sample files. Can anyone see why this doesn't work?

http://www.deadpanda.com/lj/startest.b3d
Thanks for your help, I really want to get this working.