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7.  Now you have a square with your picture of your mesh in the middle of it.  This will make a great icon, but it's got all this yellow in the background, plus the green/blue/red arrows from NifSkope (depending on the angle).  Now click on Select--By Color.  Click the yellow background.  Now click Edit--Cut.  The yellow is gone.  If your picture doesn't have an alpha channel, you'll see white.  This means you need to go to Layer--Transparency--Add Alpha Chananel, then repeat and delete the white.   
7.  Now you have a square with your picture of your mesh in the middle of it.  This will make a great icon, but it's got all this yellow in the background, plus the green/blue/red arrows from NifSkope (depending on the angle).  Now click on Select--By Color.  Click the yellow background.  Now click Edit--Cut.  The yellow is gone.  If your picture doesn't have an alpha channel, you'll see white.  This means you need to go to Layer--Transparency--Add Alpha Channel, then repeat and delete the white.   


If your picture automatically has an alpha channel, like mine, you'll see a grid:
If your picture automatically has an alpha channel, like mine, you'll see a grid:
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