Inserting a .png image with a transparent background

Hi everyone - I have a beginner question that I've been google-ing, and although I've seen some related topics, I haven't found a straightforward solution. My question is pretty simple: I want to insert a .png file with a transparent background into my patch. But when I insert the image (using the `fpic` object), the image is rendered with that "checkered background" that indicates transparency......but isn't actually transparent. Any idea on what I'm missing / doing wrong? Thanks.