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Below you find links to what our
staff considers to be the best software available in this
category. Efforts have been made to assure a good selection
while eliminating software that we do not feel is worthy of
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Any to Icon 3.20
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Any to Icon converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIFF, WMF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and CUR formats into Windows icons. You can add files and folders from Windows Explorer or other file shells using drag and drop. You also can paste bitmaps from the clipboard and change color resolution and size to create customized icons. It's possible to convert 256-color icons into True Color icons and vice versa.
Plus, you can split icon libraries into individual icons. Any to Icon allows you to extract icons from folders and libraries and place them into the directory of your choice.
The application has wizard and command line interfaces, making it simple to process multiple files at once. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your Windows desktop, in applications and much more.
Supported formats:
- ICO - Windows Icon
- CUR - Windows Cursor
- BMP - Windows Bitmap
- GIF - Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
- JPG - JPEG JFIF Image
- PNG - Portable Network Graphics
- PCX - ZSoft Publisher’s Paintbrush Image
- PSD - Adobe Photoshop Image
- TGA - Truevision Targa Image
- TIF - TIFF Image
- WMF - Windows Metafile
- EMF - Enhanced Windows Metafile
- WBMP - Wireless Bitmap
- XBM - X Bitmap
- XPM - X Pixmap
- ICL, EXE, DLL, SCR, IL, NIL and other icon libraries
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ArtCursors 4.12
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Aha-soft ArtCursors is an advanced cursor editor for Windows. ArtCursors allows you to find, create, edit, import and export cursors and manage cursor libraries.
With ArtCursors you can:
- Create and edit static and animated cursors in color depths up to 16 million colors
- Create and edit cursors for Windows XP in 32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha channel
- Create and store images containing several layers
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Modify images with drop shadow, opacity, smooth, negative, grayscale, colorize, rotate, roll and mirror effects
- Import cursors from .cur, .ani, .ico, .icpr, .wmf, .emf, .bmp, .wbmp, .jpg, .gif, .tga, .xbm, .xpm and .png files
- Export cursor images to .cur, .ico, .icpr, .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png, .xbm, .xpm, .wbmp and .rc files
- Export animated cursors to animated .gif images and image list bitmaps
- Extract cursors from Windows executables, libraries and animated cursor files
- Create cursor libraries for better and more efficient storage
- Collect cursors from folders and subfolders into libraries
- Work with image lists in BMP and PNG formats
- Delete identical cursors in libraries
- Drag and drop files from file shells
- Drag and drop cursors from one library to another
- Drag and drop cursor images from one cursor to another
- Copy and paste cursors in libraries
- Copy and paste images to other applications
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ArtIcons 4.15
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ArtIcons is an advanced icon-specific utility for Windows. It allows professional and amateur graphic artists alike to create and edit icon images and manage icon files and libraries.
With ArtIcons you can:
- Create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, in color depths up to 16 million colors
- Create and edit icons for Windows XP in 32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha channel
- Create and store images containing several layers
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Modify images with drop shadow, opacity, smooth, negative, grayscale, colorize, hue/saturation, rotate, roll and mirror effects
- Replace image colors
- Create and manage icon libraries for better and more efficient icon storage
- Paste images in various graphic formats (ICO, ICPR, BMP, JPEG and PNG) directly into icons
- Export icon images to ICO, ICPR, BMP, JPEG and PNG files
- Extract icons from Windows executables, libraries and animated cursor files
- Extract icons from all files in selected folders and subfolders and save them as icon libraries
- Convert Mac icons to Windows format
- Modify icons inside executables and other program files
- Sort images inside icons and icons inside libraries
- Customize Windows Desktop and folder icons
- Drag and drop files from file shells
- Drag and drop icons between different libraries
- Use English, Spanish, German and other interfaces
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IconLover 2.16b
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It's a powerful, easy to use utility for finding, extracting, creating and editing icons, cursors and managing icon libraries and image lists.
With IconLover you can:
- Manage icons, static and animated cursors, icon libraries, image lists
- Create and edit smooth semi-transparent icons, static and animated cursors for Windows XP
- Create and edit icons in standard and custom sizes, with color depth up to 32-bit True Color
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Create multi-layer images
- Modify images with drop shadow, opacity, smooth, negative, grayscale, colorize, rotate, roll and mirror effects
- Import and export ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, GIF, PNG, TGA, WMF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and Adobe Photoshop PSD image formats
- Import Mac OS icons from ICNS and RSRC files
- Manage icon libraries for better and more efficient image storage
- Extract icons from Windows executables, libraries and animated cursor files
- Modify icons inside executables
- Search in folders for icons
- Convert or apply effects to multiple icons at once
- Customize desktop and folder icons
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Iconutils 2.21
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IconUtils is a complete solution to create icons and cursors and manage icon and cursor collections.
Benefits:
- Express your artistic nature and create your own unique icons
- Convert existing images and use them as icons
- Give the unique look and feel to your desktop
- Customize the icons used to display various folders to be able to distinguish them at a glance
With IconUtils you can:
- Create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, in color depths up to 32-bit True Color
- Create and edit smooth semi-transparent icons for Windows XP
- Create and edit static and animated cursors
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Modify images with drop shadow, smooth, grayscale, rotate, roll and mirror effects
- Make icons and cursors from various graphic formats, including ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, GIF, PNG, TIFF, PCX, WMF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and Adobe Photoshop PSD
- Convert Mac icons to Windows format
- Save icon images as ICO, BMP, JPEG, CUR, PNG, WBMP, XBM, XPM, PSD (Adobe Photoshop) and RC (Resource Compiler) files
- Convert multiple files at once
- Create and manage icon and cursor libraries for better and more efficient icon storage
- Extract icons and cursors from Windows executables, libraries and animated cursor files
- Modify icons inside executables
- Search in folders for icons and cursors
- Customize desktop and folder icons
- View images fullscreen
- Browse folders in thumbnail mode
- Convert images to BMP, JPEG and PNG formats
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IconXP 2.15
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IconXP allows professional and amateur graphic artists alike to create and edit icons with smooth transparency.
With IconXP you can:
- Create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, in color depths up to 16 million colors
- Create and edit icons for Windows XP in 32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha channel
- Open and edit images in sizes up to 3000x3000
- Import images in various graphic formats (ICO, ICPR, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, GIF, PNG, WMF, XPM, XBM, WBMP and Adobe Photoshop PSD) directly into icons
- Export icon images to ICO, ICPR, BMP, JPEG, CUR, PNG, GIF, RC, XPM, XBM, WBMP and Adobe Photoshop PSD files
- Capture screen images
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Modify images with drop shadow, smooth, rotate, grayscale, colorize, hue/saturation, roll and mirror effects
- Replace image colors
- Import and export icon color palettes
- Sort images inside icons
- Modify the default icons Windows uses to display My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, shortcut and sharing overlays, system folders and other objects
- Customize desktop attributes
- Customize folder icons
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AWicons Pro
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AWicons Pro allows searching, creating, editing and managing icons, cursors and other small imagery. The application fully supports Windows XP true color icons. AWicons Pro handles many popular file formats (such as ico, icl, cur, ani, png, gif, bmp and jpg) used to store multiple icons of various dimensions (up to 256x256 pixels) as well as all possible color modes (mono, 16, 256, true-color and true-color with alpha channel)!
AWicons Pro icon management feature allows scanning various locations for images, which is very convenient when you do a lot of graphics editing. Being an icon drawing suite AWicons Pro offers popular drawing tools (pen, line, ellipse, polygon, text, colors replace, etc.) and drawing modifiers (such as anti-aliasing, multi-color gradient, transparency, etc.). You can apply various artistic effects to your icons. Among those are aqua, shadow, bevel emboss, contrast, blur and many others.
AWicons Pro comes with comprehensive help system that includes drawing tips and great samples libraries. Even if you have never edited icons before you will find it easy and entertaining to learn-by-play with easy-to-use multilingual interface! Humble price and amazing functionality make this software a must have!
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IconWorkshop 5.0
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The next generation of icon editors!
Icon creation has evolved. Use the industry standard to create, convert and export icons like never before.
One tool for all your needs
IconWorkshop is a professional tool designed to Create, Extract, Convert, Manage and Redistribute Windows® Icons.
The future of icon creation
No more pixel-by-pixel icon making. Many features permits you to create Windows® XP compatible icons in minutes.
Compatible with graphic industry standards
You can convert Macintosh® icons (up to OS-X) to Windows® format in a click, create icons from PNG images with transparency, use a Photoshop® direct transfer plug-in...
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IconEdit2
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TrueColor icon editor and icon maker!
IconEdit2 is an award-winning easy-to-use and powerful icon editor and icon maker. It supports ICO, ICL, NIL, EXE, DLL, GIF, TIFF, BMP and JPEG files for open/extract/convert to icons. IconEdit2 icon editor can save your work as TrueColor, 256-color, or 16-color 48x48, 32x32 or 16x16 ICO, as well as GIF, TIFF, BMP or JPEG files. Allows you to create and edit buddy icons for AOL Instant Messenger™. You can paint, undo/redo, search for icons in your files and create new icons instantly by capturing screen areas. Contains a library of sample icons.
Key features:
- Easy to use;
- TrueColor;
- Capture screen areas;
- Search icons in your files;
- Multiple Undo/Redo;
- Buddy icons;
- Various image filters.
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IconEmpire version 1.0
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It's a powerful, easy to use utility for finding, extracting, creating and editing icons, cursors and managing icon libraries and image lists.
With Icon Empire you can:
- Manage icons, static and animated cursors, icon libraries, image lists
- Create and edit smooth semi-transparent icons, static and animated cursors for Windows XP
- Create and edit icons in standard and custom sizes, with color depth up to 32-bit True Color
- Paint images with gradient and chess fill
- Create multi-layer images
- Modify images with drop shadow, opacity, smooth, negative, grayscale, colorize, rotate, roll and mirror effects
- Import and export ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, GIF, PNG, TGA, WMF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and Adobe Photoshop PSD image formats
- Manage icon libraries for better and more efficient image storage
- Extract icons from Windows executables, libraries and animated cursor files
- Modify icons inside executables
- Search in folders for icons
- Convert or apply effects to multiple icons at once
- Customize desktop and folder icons
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