Mike’s Edge

A reader recently wrote and asked for an application that could create icons by making the surrounding colors transparent. (Much like Transparency on OS 7/8/9.)

Mike’s Edge does this well. You select which pixels will be visible and which will be transparent. From the Developer’s Page:

• Imports Photoshop, GIF, TIFF, PICT, and JPEG files and imports embedded clipping path/mask
• Exports Photoshop, GIF, EPS, PICT, and Illustrator paths
• Automatic color-indexing and transparent color for GIF export
• Full range of mask defining tools including wand, lasso, and clever pencil-style tool to literally draw pixels off or on
• Handles bitmaps, grayscale, indexed, RGB, and CMYK images
• Unlimited undo/redo

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