diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Scripting/VectorRender/VectorRenderModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Scripting/VectorRender/VectorRenderModule.cs
index 7cee0cfe53..2ef89b7ddc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Scripting/VectorRender/VectorRenderModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Scripting/VectorRender/VectorRenderModule.cs
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Scripting.VectorRender
                                   alpha = temp;
                               }
                           }
+					      // Allow a bitmap w/o the alpha component to be created
+					      else if (value.ToLower() == "false") {
+						       alpha = 256;
+					      }
                           break;
                      case "bgcolour":
                          int hex = 0;
@@ -271,24 +275,36 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Scripting.VectorRender
                      break;   
                 }
             }
-            
-            Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
+
+			Bitmap bitmap;
+			
+            if ( alpha == 256 ) 
+			{
+				bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb);
+			}
+			else {
+			
+				bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
+			}
 
             Graphics graph = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);
 
             // this is really just to save people filling the 
             // background color in their scripts, only do when fully opaque
-            if (alpha == 255)
+            if (alpha >= 255)
             {
                 graph.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(bgColour), 0, 0, width, height); 
             }
 
             for (int w = 0; w < bitmap.Width; w++)
             {
-                for (int h = 0; h < bitmap.Height; h++)
-                {
-                    bitmap.SetPixel(w, h, Color.FromArgb(alpha, bitmap.GetPixel(w, h)));
-                }
+				if (alpha <= 255) 
+				{
+	                for (int h = 0; h < bitmap.Height; h++)
+	                {
+	                    bitmap.SetPixel(w, h, Color.FromArgb(alpha, bitmap.GetPixel(w, h)));
+	                }
+				}
             }
 
             GDIDraw(data, graph);