IconDeveloper: Turn PNG directly into icons from Explroer
Saturday, November 8, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
If you have Object Desktop you can download tonight's new build of IconDeveloper.
IconDeveloper is a program that makes it incredibly easy to create Windows icons.
Tonight's build let's you literally right click on a .PNG file (like all those PNGs in the ObjectDock section on the left) and choose to turn them directly into Windows icons (with full Windows XP support).
If you don't have Object Desktop you can purchase it at: https://www.stardock.com/order.asp
See the screenshot attached to see what we mean.
Lastshot
Reply #2 Saturday, November 8, 2003 1:58 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, November 8, 2003 1:58 PM
this program Bites FUbarded my icons when installed and Cheaged EVER i con i had to there defult Red ugly Icon
GCube
Reply #4 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:17 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:17 PM
How do you find it?? I do not see it in Stardock Central...
Thanks for your help??? (is it part of the Icon Packager??)
Thanks for your help??? (is it part of the Icon Packager??)
mormegil
Reply #5 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:27 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:27 PM
It is part of Object Desktop. This feature will save me alot of time I tell you what.
Frogboy
Reply #6 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:05 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:05 PM
I used it tonight to update some of Ed Deans icons. He only made 32x32 (and below) versions of most of his icons. With the smart scaling stuff, I can make decent large versions of them. There's a ton of different scaling options.
themorphium
Reply #7 Sunday, November 9, 2003 9:09 AM
Reply #7 Sunday, November 9, 2003 9:09 AM
Thats very nice about those scaling options. Especially if theres many algorithms to choose from 
DesignCaddy
Reply #9 Sunday, November 9, 2003 4:31 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, November 9, 2003 4:31 PM
greg echo.. check the box for "show pre-release versions of software".. its still a beta i think, so it doesnt show up in the regular list. also be sure to click on "more" at the bottom of the list to show ALL programs available.
this thing is sweet..! the first thing i tried to do was make an icon port of jairo's whitemate png's.. in a few clicks i was able to port out a transparent icon. unfortionately, the immediate icon result wasn't any better then the ones i tried to make earlier from a trial version of another icon program
there are just certain details, like the fine edges, in his graphics that are lost when put into icon. however - since the process using this new program was INSTANTANIOUS, i hope someone will take the time to use it to refine whitemate for use in iconpackager 
way to go crew.. a great program. it will continue to be available from stardock, ya? any decent icon program out there now is 20-50$
this thing is sweet..! the first thing i tried to do was make an icon port of jairo's whitemate png's.. in a few clicks i was able to port out a transparent icon. unfortionately, the immediate icon result wasn't any better then the ones i tried to make earlier from a trial version of another icon program
there are just certain details, like the fine edges, in his graphics that are lost when put into icon. however - since the process using this new program was INSTANTANIOUS, i hope someone will take the time to use it to refine whitemate for use in iconpackager 
way to go crew.. a great program. it will continue to be available from stardock, ya? any decent icon program out there now is 20-50$
joetheblow
Reply #10 Sunday, November 9, 2003 7:23 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, November 9, 2003 7:23 PM
ah ha
So this along with Skin Studio and Icon Packager you can make some decant icon for XP
Farely decent... farely decent indeed.
So this along with Skin Studio and Icon Packager you can make some decant icon for XP
Farely decent... farely decent indeed.
Nannok of the north
Reply #11 Monday, November 10, 2003 6:09 AM
Reply #11 Monday, November 10, 2003 6:09 AM
Cant get it to work,get the popup saying icondeveloper etc etc , but no ico file is generated from png.When starting the app,same thing,just the popup,then nothing.doesnt show up on taskmanager 
is it only for XP ?
is it only for XP ?
Adam Najmanowicz
Reply #14 Monday, November 10, 2003 10:01 PM
Reply #14 Monday, November 10, 2003 10:01 PM
There should be a refined version - not breaking your icons images in explorer in a day or two.
Marten Langbraten - try switching (Alt+Tab) to another program then (Alt+Tab) back. if there was a modal dialog that popped down below the main window it should show up when you switch back.
mverzella - you chould try some fine tuning by selecting/experimenting with dithering and resampling options while creating subimages. I'm sure you can create a perfect XP icon with the recent release. However if you're on another OS (not Windows XP) none of those XP icons will ever look perfect for you.
Last but not least it's not only for XP, however there may still be some problems when you try to recolor an IconPackage theme with lots of icons in it.
Marten Langbraten - try switching (Alt+Tab) to another program then (Alt+Tab) back. if there was a modal dialog that popped down below the main window it should show up when you switch back.
mverzella - you chould try some fine tuning by selecting/experimenting with dithering and resampling options while creating subimages. I'm sure you can create a perfect XP icon with the recent release. However if you're on another OS (not Windows XP) none of those XP icons will ever look perfect for you.
Last but not least it's not only for XP, however there may still be some problems when you try to recolor an IconPackage theme with lots of icons in it.
Nannok of the north
Reply #15 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:51 AM
Reply #15 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:51 AM
GOT it to work,had to delete the icondeveloper folder , then a fresh install
DesignCaddy
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:49 AM
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:49 AM
thanks skin, i'll check it out. if i get something that works i'll get permission from jiaro to show off icon versions of whitemate
DesignCaddy
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:49 AM
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:49 AM
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Reply #1 Saturday, November 8, 2003 5:47 AM