Shiny icon maker

Erik Moberg is a Swedisch software developer who lives in Germany.  He's developed a neat tool for you to create your own shiny icons (you know, the ones that have some sort of reflection ?).  You're free to use his tool, as I have done.  It would be nice if you acknowledge his efforts and his generosity by crediting him for it, too, when you do.  Note that the icons can be saved using either .png or .svg extensions.  If you need an .ico extension I suggest to use this tool.
 

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Shiny icon maker

Erik Moberg is a Swedisch software developer who lives in Germany.  He's developed a neat tool for you to create your own shiny icons (you know, the ones that have some sort of reflection ?).  You're free to use his tool, as I have done.  It would be nice if you acknowledge his...