Icon editor

[Super Lloyd]

I need an icon editor for my app. Nothing fancy, just basic icons! I was using IcoFX but it seems you have to pay for it now... Any alternatives to suggest?

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[Lost User]

I use GIMP ... it might seem like an overkill, but it has some very nice features for icon creation, e.g. easy packaging multiple layers with "the same" image in different pixel size to single ICO file.

[GuyThiebaut]

Paint.net[^] is what I have used. [edit - fixed link, click on one of the icons on from the linked site to get the dll plugin]

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[Johnny J]

I've used Microangelo for decades. The UI looks a little old now, but it works like a charm all the same... :thumbsup:

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[Rage]

Since nobody said it : Write one !

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[Mark_Wallace]

+1

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[Mark_Wallace]

Or even better: Why do you need icons at all? Why not just work on the command line?

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[Mark_Wallace]

I use Microangelo, but I've heard good about this one[^]. [edit] heh. I just read the requirements for icoFX: - Intel Pentium / AMD Athlon processor or equivalent running at 2 Ghz or more - 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended) It's a fruggin icon editor! It should require a 286 and 73 bytes of ram! Can we spell "bloatware", children?

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Does paint.net support .ico?

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[GuyThiebaut]

Yes, once you have installed a pluggin as detailed here[^].

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[Johnny J]

Don't you know any good commandline icon editor you can recommend? :laugh:

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[SteveKing]

I use the Greenfish Icon Editor. It's free and even open source.

[Mark_Wallace]

Just swear a lot; that will probably accomplish as much.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

I have use Paint.net for year (very rarely) and didn't consider it supported plug ins. Thank You

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[GuyThiebaut]

You're welcome - I use it as my standard image editing tool. It's simple, it does support layers, and does not have lots of extra stuff that an amateur like me does not need.

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[Super Lloyd]

Oh.. gonna do that then!:)

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[Slacker007]

Mark_Wallace wrote:

Why not just work on the command line?

:thumbsup: +24

[Richard Deeming]

The link for the plugin on the "fishofprey.com" site is broken - it just goes to a "buy this domain" page.

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[GuyThiebaut]

fixed it

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[Lost User]

Mark_Wallace wrote:

Why do you need icons at all?

Windows 8 Metro Tiles anyone? :laugh:

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