Making Icons

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EnJay
Oct 12, 2004
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Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32 pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file. So far I have been unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig

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The Doormouse
Oct 12, 2004
"EnJay" wrote:

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon.

Purchase an icon editor. It’s a hassle otherwise, and the editors are cheap (about $30, last I looked).

The Doormouse


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Ian
Oct 12, 2004
"The Doormouse" wrote in message
"EnJay" wrote:

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon.

Purchase an icon editor. It’s a hassle otherwise, and the editors are
cheap
(about $30, last I looked).

Although some of the retail editors are very good if its only for a small project there are lot of freeware apps. out there, have a look at –

http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/gmm/fwicontools.shtml

Cheers
Ian
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The Doormouse
Oct 12, 2004
"Ian" wrote:

http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/gmm/fwicontools.shtml

Cool. Thanks.

The Doormouse


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toby
Oct 12, 2004
"EnJay" …
Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32 pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file.

ICO file format plugin for Photoshop: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/#icoformat

–Toby

So far I have been
unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig
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bagal
Oct 12, 2004
Is it freeware?

Arty

"Toby Thain" wrote in message
"EnJay" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and
then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32
pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file.

ICO file format plugin for Photoshop:
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/#icoformat

–Toby

So far I have been
unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise
it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig
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Clive Croucher
Oct 12, 2004
There is a piece of excellent ‘Freeware’ called Irfanview which will do your icons for you. It can be downloaded free of charge from www.irfanview.com

Clive

"EnJay" wrote in message
Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32 pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file. So far I have been unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise
it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig

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BIG ONE
Oct 12, 2004
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:37:11 +0100, "EnJay"
wrote:

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32 pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file.

just save it as .BMP then change the extension to .ICO
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EnJay
Oct 12, 2004
Thanks a lot guys. The plugin I think is the way to go.

Many thanks

Nig
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toby
Oct 13, 2004
"Arty" …
Is it freeware?

Like nearly everything on my site, http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ – Free download. GPL source code. Make a donation if you feel like it.

–Toby

Arty

"Toby Thain" wrote in message
"EnJay" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and
then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32
pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file.

ICO file format plugin for Photoshop:
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/#icoformat

–Toby

So far I have been
unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise
it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig
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bagal
Oct 14, 2004
looks good Toby!

Arty

"Toby Thain" wrote in message
"Arty" wrote in message
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Is it freeware?

Like nearly everything on my site, http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ – Free download. GPL source code. Make a donation if you feel like it.
–Toby

Arty

"Toby Thain" wrote in message
"EnJay" wrote in message
news:<ckgc40$s0t$>…
Hi all

I have been issued a project which involves making 2 Desktop themes and
having custom made icons.

Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can create and
then save the icon so it is recognised as an icon. I know it must be 32×32
pixels in size and needs to be saved as a .ico file.

ICO file format plugin for Photoshop:
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/#icoformat

–Toby

So far I have been
unable to get the theme software I am using (Desktop Architect) to recognise
it as such.

Your help and advice is much welcomed.

Nig

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