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Subject: bmp or jpeg or tiff etc to .ico?


marvlin ( ) posted Wed, 07 July 2004 at 12:26 PM · edited Sun, 24 November 2024 at 2:46 AM

Struggling a bit here :o) I am trying to convert a small icon I have made into "standard Windows icon file format" I have PS7 and adobe imageready, how do I do it? Thanks for any help MaRv

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dreamer101 ( ) posted Wed, 07 July 2004 at 2:59 PM

I don't think PS or ImageReady will convert to an .ico file. There are a bunch of icon editors out there like Axialis IconWorkshop or Microangelo. These are more for creating/editing icons but if you just need to convert an image to .ico you can get something like Irfanview which will do the job and is freeware.

Remember that the required size of a shortcut icon is 16x16 pixels as per link below:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/Author/dhtml/howto/ShortcutIcon.asp


Boxx ( ) posted Wed, 07 July 2004 at 8:19 PM

Icon files are not a standard graphics format. To comment on Dreamer101's comment - 16x16 isnt quite what it was: That was the old desktop icon size in earlier versions of windows, but this has changed. The ICO format is actually a container for a number of icons at different sizes and resolutions, that can be used in different modes, ie: in XP, the desktop icon is more detailed than the mini version on the shortcut bar or tray. Macs have a similar concept. There are a number of packages available, some for designing and exporting, whilst some are editors only. There are even some as PS plugins. Hope this helps.


Hoofdcommissaris ( ) posted Thu, 08 July 2004 at 5:18 AM

Attached Link: link

I recently searched and found a plug-in: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/


IndigoSplash ( ) posted Thu, 08 July 2004 at 9:11 AM

It might depend on what you're using it for, but I just save the image as anyname.bmp then go into windows explorer and rename the file to anyname.ico That may not work for web usage but for desktop icons and such, it works ok for me.


karosnikov ( ) posted Sun, 11 July 2004 at 1:18 AM

file_115449.jpg

nice stuff, I looked into the " icoformat" plug-in the image I provide is comparison of my understanding of another product thus far. the .ico plug-in has yet to make transparency from my point of view. the other product is "Folder Icon X 1.9 for Mac OS X" application for mac, It involved a much longer process- save the image file. and mask file. and import both to achieve transparency once saved. I'll have a look for a .icns format plug-in to make my life easier.


Divian_Solid ( ) posted Sat, 24 July 2004 at 10:55 AM

The link hoofdcommisaris said http://www.telegraphics.com.au/ rocks!! I was looking for the website of the freeware plugin I recently used. And indeed one and the same! Use instaid of al the shareware programs. Just a sample sav as*.ico in PS :-)


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