This is quite possibly the best pixel art converter ever...
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It's ideal for index painting things. If you're looking for suggestions for how to improve this, a small suggest I would have would be allowing users to define their own "background removal" parameters as well. Like stuff that on the inside of silhouette that the auto process would miss, maybe you can add an option to select the insides as well. (again if the converter works with png's or transparency anyway this is also just a minor feature.)