Problem opening an image with alpha transparent channel

There might be situations that you might be opening up a png file that was created by someone else and you have to edit it. So here's the question, how can you workaround the problem?

You have a png like the above.

Outcome when you open it using Photoshop. There's a strange black border around the image.

So here's a workaround for it. First click here to open up 'Photo editor online - Pixlr.com'. Reopen and save the image as a new file.

This would be the new file that I have created using "Pixlr.com".

Now, when you open it using Photoshop, you won't be getting anymore unnecessary black color border. :D Case closed. Happy Days...

* Click here for the official website of 'Pixlr.com'.

Playing with Google Search :)

Google search isn't just a search tool. It also comes with...

'Calculator' Click here to give the 'Calculator' a go.

'Unit Converter' Click here to give the 'Unit Converter' a go.

Click here for more interesting search results in Google.

Charles: Tampering Data

Being a developer or user, there might be numerous situations where you are going to send/fecth some data to a web service. And there might be numerous situations where there's a need to tamper some of the data. Therefore...

'Charles' Click here to download and install 'Charles' before moving on to the next step.

Step 1 - Open up the website that you are going to tamper and also run the 'Charles' application.

Step 2 - Right Click on the domain that you are going to tamper in 'Charles'.

Step 3 - Make sure that the option 'Breakpoints' have been selected on the Right-Click Menu.

Step 4 - As you send an request out to the domain, the you will be given the option of tampering the request under the 'Breakpoints' tab in 'Charles'. Remember to click on the 'Execute' button to send out the tampered request.

Step 4.1 - As you receive some data from the domain, you can also tamper the data too. It will also appear under the 'Breakpoints' tab in 'Charles'. Similar to the previous step you will also need to click on the 'Execute' button to fetch the tampered response. By the way, if it is a Request, the tab 'Edit Request' will be shown and the tab 'Edit Response' will be shown for a Response. Enjoy playing with all the tampered data.

Creating a Favi Icon for your web site

If you are a web developer or for some reason you need to grab a favion from a website, you might encounter some cross browser issues. (Trust me, this can be quite annoying sometimes. Some Favi Icon might appear in some browsers, but on some other browsers it does not. You will be pretty amazed with the number of web sites that have this issue. =="")

Image taken from the website of 'favion.ico generator'.
Therefore, I will grab the favicon that I'm getting from website
and do a import and re-export the favicon to generate a new
favicon that can work for most of the browser.

Alternatively, you can create a new favicon for your website
through this website too.

* Click here for the website of 'favion.ico generator'.