Vista icons with PNG compression also supported. Supported data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha (transparency) channel. Icon types supported: All Windows Icons including XP and Vista (256×256).This is an interesting and powerful feature but I do not foresee it to be useful for most people. The keys to doing this well, therefore, seem to be (a) experimentation, and (b) loading up pre-existing filters and changing the existing values for those. This is done through entering values in a 5×5 table/grid, but I was not able to find any satisfying documentation as to how to best do this. Custom effect creation: IcoFX allows you to create own custom effect if you want.The drop shadow effect in particular is a nice one. Effects: supports more than 40 effects, including multiple embossing, sharpening, blurring and edge effects.You can also change the dimensions of the icon you are working with. Other editing option include flipping and rotating (including free rotation), brightness/contrast manipulation, color balance manipulation through sliders, opacity, fadeout, and shadow. Editing Tools: in addition to the default tools that you would expect, this program includes tools such as an opacity tool, a gradient tool, and a blur/sharpen tool.Capture icons: just tell IcoFX the icon size you want, and the capture tool will allow you to ’snap’ any area on your screen and edit is/use it as an icon.It can do this individually or in batches of files/icons. Icon Extraction: point IcoFX to an EXE file or icon DLL library and it can extract any available icons (including Vista icons).You can also export images if you like (including transparencies). Unlike Imagicon, another program that I reviewed recently, IcoFX will create individual icon files that contain multiple icon sizes. Images to icons: IcoFX can do batch image to icon conversions (supports BMP, JPG, PNG, and GIF image formats).Most importantly, allows multiple undos (yes, you can trace your work all the way back to the point before you messed everything up). ![]() Sidebar contains all different icon size incarnations for easy switching and access. ![]() Zoom up to 1000% for precision editing, switch grid off/on.
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