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To do this, we go to Colors – Color to Alpha and hit OK.

Next we will want the background to be transparent. Do not worry if your selection is not perfectly square we can fix this later. Once selected, you pick Image – Crop To Selection. This is found as the first icon in the toolbox window of GIMP. Next I will isolate the part of the picture I want for my icons with the rectangular select. Below, I simply put Contrast up to the maximum value. Contrast goes to max and Brightness, as required. This is done with the Colors – Brightness-Contrast settings. Next I am going to make it black and white.

If GIMP complains that you can only adjust RGB images, this is set as part of the Image – Mode settings. I can do this one of two ways either by selecting Image – Mode – Grayscale or Colors – Hue-Saturation and put the Saturation down to 0. Loading it into GIMP, the first thing I want to do is eliminate the color. I caught this image before it did me too much damage. This was a photo I took at the EMP Museum in Seattle where you stand in silhouette and the screen adds horns and tentacles to you. There are plenty you can get inspiration from on the internet but, to avoid any copyright entanglements, I will use one of my own. Let us take a picture and convert it into a couple of CRM icons. Once loaded, you can manipulate images like a pro, once you get used to it. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open source image editor comparable to Photoshop and much cheaper (it is free).

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Use it and if it saves you a bit of time, feel free to click the Donate button and keep Tanguy in croissants and champagne. The Iconator takes care of creating our web resources for us, publish our changes and even allows us to automatically add the web resources to a pre-existing solution in our organization. Using the Iconator we can get our entities from our organization, see which ones need icons, click the ‘Add Images’ button at add our 16x16 and 32x32 images and then map them to our entities. The one that is useful for icons is the Iconator.

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Here it is and it makes a whole series of common tasks so much easier. Tanguy Touzard, CRM MVP and tool-maker extraordinaire has a toolbox which any developer or administrator should not be without.

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I thought it was time for an update and some tips on creating those metro-like icons. In fact, Vectornator is the best application to use in conjunction with Figma, as it helps you with the creation of vector graphics and other design elements that are perfect for prototyping in your chosen design application.A while ago I talked about creating icons for Dynamics CRM for CRM. No matter what the purpose of your digital design or application prototyping Figma can help you make it as user friendly as possible.įor an alternative to Adobe Illustrator, try Vectornator! It's an excellent alternative, and can help you create vector art and illustrations, as well as vector-based designs that can be imported into Figma. Whether you're building a website prototype for the modern browser and want to make sure your developer handoff is as smooth as possible, or you're building a mobile application design to test with potential users, Figma will support your design skills with direct integration into your workflow, as well as your team's workflow with its collaboration feature. It also automatically creates a cloud version of your work, so you won't have to worry about losing progress. Figma lets your team members use collaborative design techniques to create interactive prototypes in a single workspace, and supports many different app integrations.

When it comes to prototyping apps, and you're trying to decide between Sketch or Figma, you'll find that Figma is an excellent alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud for personal users and the remote team.