What do you folks use to create icons?

Folks

I'm curious as to what tools folks use to create icons. Mostly
because I'd like to have a page on my website with a bit of info on
icons and links to icon editors.

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's decent
enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic skills.
However it has one irritating feature which is that the transparent
pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all. Also there is
no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a specific background or
colour transparent.

Thanks, Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:53:49 -0600, "Tony Toews [MVP]"
wrote:

I typically find them online, here for example:
www.iconarchive.com
As a matter of fact for a client using your AutoFEUpdater we needed a
dozen icons in the same family, and found them here.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP



Folks

I'm curious as to what tools folks use to create icons. Mostly
because I'd like to have a page on my website with a bit of info on
icons and links to icon editors.

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's decent
enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic skills.
However it has one irritating feature which is that the transparent
pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all. Also there is
no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a specific background or
colour transparent.

Thanks, Tony

SnagIt will also save as icon files.

I love SnagIt for lots of reasons but should also reveal that I get a free
copy which saves me less than $50 for a program worth much more.

--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP

"Tom van Stiphout" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:53:49 -0600, "Tony Toews [MVP]"
wrote:

I typically find them online, here for example:
www.iconarchive.com
As a matter of fact for a client using your AutoFEUpdater we needed a
dozen icons in the same family, and found them here.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP



Folks

I'm curious as to what tools folks use to create icons. Mostly
because I'd like to have a page on my website with a bit of info on
icons and links to icon editors.

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's decent
enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic skills.
However it has one irritating feature which is that the transparent
pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all. Also there is
no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a specific background or
colour transparent.

Thanks, Tony

I use snagit editor for basic graphic manipulation (example: I tend to take
ribbon images and want them on my forms so I change the background color a
tweak a bit).
I use IcoFx which is free for icons. Not sure how it compares to what you
are using?

HTH,

--
Mark Andrews
RPT Software
http://www.rptsoftware.com
http://www.donationmanagementsoftware.com

"Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in message
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Folks

I'm curious as to what tools folks use to create icons. Mostly
because I'd like to have a page on my website with a bit of info on
icons and links to icon editors.

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's decent
enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic skills.
However it has one irritating feature which is that the transparent
pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all. Also there is
no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a specific background or
colour transparent.

Thanks, Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/

"Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in
:

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's
decent enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic
skills. However it has one irritating feature which is that the
transparent pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all.
Also there is no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a
specific background or colour transparent.

I thought that the pixel in the upper left (or is it upper right?)
corner of the icon became the transparent color?

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

"Duane Hookom" wrote in
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SnagIt will also save as icon files.

Does it create multi-format icon files? If not, it's not much good,
as an icon file with a single icon in it is just a bitmap with the
ICO extension. In other words, if you need only a single icon size,
you don't need an icon editor at all, only something that can create
a bitmap file. It has to be the right size, though, and it has to
conform to the rule for the transparent background pixel (see my
other post).

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

"David W. Fenton" wrote:

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's
decent enough for someone of my very limited/non existent graphic
skills. However it has one irritating feature which is that the
transparent pixel feature isn't documented very well or at all.
Also there is no way, that I know of, of telling it to make a
specific background or colour transparent.

I thought that the pixel in the upper left (or is it upper right?)
corner of the icon became the transparent color?

I have no idea on that detail.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/

"Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in
:

"David W. Fenton" wrote:

I've been using Icon Edit (a Component of Icon Suite
http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/) which is freeware. It's
decent enough for someone of my very limited/non existent
graphic skills. However it has one irritating feature which is
that the transparent pixel feature isn't documented very well or
at all. Also there is no way, that I know of, of telling it to
make a specific background or colour transparent.

I thought that the pixel in the upper left (or is it upper right?)
corner of the icon became the transparent color?

I have no idea on that detail.

I know it's part of the definition of how icons work, but don't have
the time to test which way it works.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/