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hey, all. a recent thread in the Newcomers forum HERE made me wonder if 1) others had a proper Icon Editor and 2) others realized the need to have (and the ability to) include various sizes/formats of your custom icon within itself.

first, here's a link to AWIcons. they offer a completely free version (AWIcons Lite) that i've been using for many years which includes features such as alpha/transparency tools, antialiasing, gradients, text, and many standard drawing tools. beside icons, it loads/saves cursors, animated cursors, and icon libraries.

second, a reminder to include standard formats in your icon so windows has something appropriate to display, which it will do automatically if one is included in your icon.

AWIcons makes it pretty easy (see the screenshot). once you create your standard 32x32x32 bit icon, right-click it as shown and choose "create standard formats...". it will then generate the rest for you. you also have the option to include completely different icons for various sizes/formats. ie, 1 for desktop shortcuts and 1 for the taskbar, so you can be creative here, too. when you save your icon, all formats are saved inside the single .ico file.

Cool! Until now, I've been using easyicons xp.

All I use is MSPaint as Darkbasic can also use a BMP as an icon

yeah, but what does your app use as an icon in the taskbar? that's what the thread i linked to was about. trying to give your app. just a little extra "polish". plus trans/alpha stuff an .ico gives vs bmp's. but, it's all better than the DB Pyramid anyway.

I bought a few packages, but the one I like the most is Axialis IconWorkshop 6. Is great for mixing up templates and shoving out pro looking icons in no time. Plus they have a pretty good library for most requirements and so is dead easy to just chuck out a batch of good looking alphablitted png icons in no time.

Cheers