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Passive Icon Project
Many of the icons use GIF format with plain black backgrounds. (IMO, *blech!*)

I've started to work on updating a few of them to PNG with a softened/shadowed transparency background...

BEFORE: ............. AFTER:

Photoshop steps:
 * 1) Take GIF image and copy, then paste to RGB 8 bit/channel transparent background of the same size.
 * 2) Magic Wand select the black area - don't worry about the few pixels that get selected that aren't black.
 * 3) 5 Tolerance
 * 4) Anti-aliased
 * 5) Contiguous
 * 6) Invert selection
 * 7) Expand Selection by 1px
 * 8) Feather Selection by 1px
 * 9) Invert Selection (again)
 * 10) Use eraser with massive brush (I use 2500px, but more than 100px will do) to remove background and give you finished product.

Talk:Enhancements/List of enhancement icons

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