 Creating Your Own Icon |
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 Apr 3 2005, 10:35 AM
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Newbie [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Malaysia Member No.: 4,702  |
It is easy to create your own icon, just pick a bitmap (.bmp) file and change its extension to .ico.
To do so, open the Windows Explorer, click on the View menu (or Tools in WinMe), click Folder Options, click View tab, remove the check on the "Hide file extensions for known files types" option, and then click OK. Select a bitmap file, press F2 key, and then change its extension to .ico. Have fun learning:) |
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Apr 3 2005, 03:28 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 8-March 05 From: Mawson, Antarctica Member No.: 4,254 |
Dude! That's so awesome! I never knew you could do that.
 This is gonna save me from installing unnecessary programs because I just formatted my computer. Good job!  Edit: I corrected a typo, "unnessary" :
This post has been edited by snlildude87: Apr 3 2005, 03:30 PM |
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Apr 3 2005, 03:43 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 324 Joined: 23-January 05 From: India Member No.: 3,388 |
Well i know that tip but i also figured out there is software called Folderstyle that can let you cahnge your folder icon.and best of all its free.anyway like the tip.
Do you know any place where we can download cool icons? |
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Apr 3 2005, 06:11 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 318 Joined: 5-January 05 Member No.: 3,136 |
WTF????
Dude... You just changed the FILE EXTENSION from BMP to ICO!!! That doesn't mean that you have converted a BMP file to an icon! It's still a BMP image file! You can try and open it in any icon editing program and it will display a message "Unknown Icon Format". Bitmaps and icons are very different! Icons have to contain information about the number of colors in the icon, alpha blending information (in case of Windows XP icons) and the size of the icon. If you want to convert image files to icons, you have to have the right software for that! If you follow this tutorial, your newly created "icons" will be unusable! Creating your own icon can be (and usually is) very difficult, because you have to define the transparent, inverted and semi-transparent areas of the icon... |
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Apr 3 2005, 08:02 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 8-March 05 From: Mawson, Antarctica Member No.: 4,254 |
QUOTE(bureX @ Apr 3 2005, 03:11 PM) If you follow this tutorial, your newly created "icons" will be unusable! Creating your own icon can be (and usually is) very difficult, because you have to define the transparent, inverted and semi-transparent areas of the icon...  Well, that depends on your definition of "usable." You can open the icon file with Paint and still edit it (I tried). You can view the uploaded icon file in your browser by adding the code CODE <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico"> between the <head> tags in your HTML files (I tried this, too).
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Apr 3 2005, 10:38 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 318 Joined: 5-January 05 Member No.: 3,136 |
That's kind of weird... You can trick browsers with this
 !BTW: Paint?  When you open a (real) icon in paint, the transparent areas are colored black! Anyway, the icon cannot be used in many icon editing programs such as "Icon Cool Editor" or Borland’s Image Editor... It can't be even viewed in ACDSee! Therefore, it is NOT a valid icon file! See for yourself: 
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Apr 3 2005, 11:59 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 8-March 05 From: Mawson, Antarctica Member No.: 4,254 |
Hmm....well....*thinks of something to say*...everybody knows Paint is the best picture editing program anway!
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Apr 4 2005, 06:32 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Malaysia Member No.: 4,702 |
Yeah, I also have try many experiment with the bitmap(doesn't work for me
). Seems you need a software especially beginners. But if you clever enough you can use it .
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Apr 7 2005, 04:06 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 186 Joined: 3-April 05 From: Wichita, KS Member No.: 5,194 |
I use a nifty little program called "Artcursors" that works with .ico, .gif, .cur, .jpg, .png, and .rc files. If you're looking to create or convert icons, I recommend this program.
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