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.ico and transparency [closed]

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I've been trying to make an icon that has transparency. I've tried Axialis but the documentation is crummy and the ui is somewhat inscrutable. Everytime I think I've figured out how to set transparency, it's coming in with white space. MS documenation mentions using magenta as the background, so I also tried that and got transparency but at the price of a pink halo. I've tried a Photoshop plugin and it came out correctly but I can't figure out how to stuff multiple sizes in there.

This must be a common problem and yet Google is not being my friend.

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user992205 Avatar asked Oct 12 '11 20:10

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2 Answers

Just use GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/). Start off with a transparent background and the size you would like. I use it for all my Android applications.

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CamelSlack Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 21:09

CamelSlack


Try Evan Old's plugin for Paint.NET. YMMV.

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/927-icon-cursor-and-animated-cursor-format-v37-may-2010/page-1

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Chris Morley Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 21:09

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