48x48 is so tiny. you will never get that much definition from a 48x48 image. thats literally only 48 pixels wide and 48 pixels tall.
If you bump up the qty of pixels you are using to even just 100x100, your image will still be icon-sized and wont look like something from a mid-90s AOL newsletter.
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