creating icons?

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jason05
Sep 11, 2003
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Can Photoshop 7 be used to create custom icons for Windows XP?

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Thee_DarkOverLord
Sep 11, 2003
search the forum for results, this has been answered before.
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Photo Help
Sep 11, 2003
Short answer. Yes.
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stacy mark
Sep 11, 2003
Search for IconBuilder for XP. It’s a PS plugin program that works pretty sweet to make icons in PS and XP. (you can get the free trial version, which has a delay tactic to get you to pay for the full version… up to you whether you use it enough to justify the purchase)
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Tina Hayes
Sep 11, 2003
Yes you do need a plugin or a seperate icon builder.

You can’t simply save as image.ico from Photoshop, as icon files contain certain data that Photoshop can’t generate. (Without a plugin anyway)
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Photo Help
Sep 11, 2003
Tina,

Only if you need the icons for application development. If you just want to make an icon for a local file you can use BMP files with an ICO extension. It is a cheap alternative to buying software if you don’t need to make true ICO files.
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Trevor Morris
Sep 11, 2003
There is also a free ICO plugin available from here <http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/>.
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r_harvey
Sep 11, 2003
The author of the software mentioned in the post above asks for a reasonable $5 donation.

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