Re: Creating Icons

Subject: Re: Creating Icons
From: Sandra Law <sandra -at- qmaster -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:38:59 -0600

"Bowen, Marianne" wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> can anyone point me to a utility that can convert .bmp or .jpg files to .ico
> format? I have been browsing for a while now, and all I can find are
> utilities that go from .ico to .jpg.

I have used a shareware product called Icon Easel to create icons from *.bmp
files originally created in Freehand and Photoshop. When I save the file that I
want to use for the icon I save a copy with the correct dimensions - 32 x 32
pixels. When you open Icon Easel select View\Paste from File, browse for the
image file that you want to save as an icon, and select OK. I suppose that
seems obvious but I originally looked under the File menu for an Import option
and did not find one. You might be queried about the image palette when you
paste your image.

I have tried saving files as *.ico in Photoshop and opening them in Easy Icon
(another utility available from the creators of Icon Easel) but they were not
recognised as the *.ico file type.

If you would like to download a free trial of the product go to the following
URL:

http://www.softseek.com/Desktop_Enhancements/Icons/Utilities_and_Tools/Review_9882_index.html

Good Luck.

Sandra Law





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