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IconCreator |
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The IconCreator is a very simple but powerful tool to create Icons or Cursors in
the standard icon sizes 16x16, 32x32, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48 and 72x72 (a custom
format will be supported in the next version). Create new icons or cursors from
scratch in your favorite picture editor, open exciting picture files or paste
pictures from the clipboard.
Create from scratch
- Create a new picture in your favorite
picture editor (i.e. Paint Shop Pro) with the desired pixel size and with
the desired color depth. Choose a background color you will not use in the
actual icon. This color will become transparent in the created icon. Save it
as a GIF, JPG, BMP or copy it to the clipboard.
- Start the IconCreator by selecting Tools,
IconCreator from the IconBook main menu. Open the previously saved graphic
file or paste it from the clipboard.
- Click on the left icon on the color which
you want to be transparent. The right icon will show the result. Don’t
click on the left icon if you don’t use transparency.
- Save the icon as an icon or cursor in the
desired color depth. If you save it as a cursor, IconBook will ask you to
define the hotspot of a cursor (i.e. the hotspot of the standard mouse
pointer is the top of the arrow). A window pops up with the icon 10 times
enlarged. Just click on the pixel which should act as the hotspot.