Alpha map usage

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Hi all,
I am a Blitz3D user and i want to use textures with alpha map mask. How can i create an alpha map?. Do i have to draw my texture and then the alpha map? how can i design the areas of the texture where i want to be fully transparent or semitransparent and so on...

Thanks in advance...