Do you have a great deal of icons collected from Internet? Do you admire all kinds of icons that some other applications or systems such as WinXP, Vista, Mac, Linux and so on have used. Do you wish use favorite photos of you as icons? Search for icons suit for you is hard and unpractical. I am a network administrators and my work is update and maintain webpages of company website. When I am on-line surfing I always pay attention to all kinds of icons and graphics of the webpage which I have visited. I know that beautiful and funny icons and graphics always can attract more visitors. I have a personal website too and I wish my website can have more visitor so that I can make more friends over the Internet. We often catch the vision of many lovely icons and graphics on Internet or other place, but if we want to make them ourselves, we must have a icon editor with powerful functions. Now I introduce you an icon editor which I have used for a long time. It is really different and I make sure that you will like it soon. This is Axialis IconWorkshop designed by Axialis Software. Following is the detailed introduction of this icon editing suite.

Axialis IconWorkshop is a tool to create, convert and export professional quality Windows icons. It includes an icon editor, complete with drawing tools, numerous filters, image adjustments, drop shadows and more that we can use to create new icons from scratch, modify existing icons, or import images and convert them to icons.

We can also convert Macintosh icons (up to OS-X) to Windows format, and use a plug-in to create icons from Photoshop. Axialis IconWorkshop also includes a media library to manage your icon files, and a tool to customize Windows system icons on our PC. Following are some main features of Axialis IconWorkshop, including: Axialis IconWorkshop is compatible with Windows Vista - Axialis IconWorkshop has been designed to be fully compatible with Windows Vista. The interface is adjusted automatically to integrate smoothly in Aero (user interface of Windows Vista). All file and registry operations comply with the UAC (User Account Control) specifications. Support for Windows Vista 256x256 PNG-compressed icons - Axialis IconWorkshop loads, creates, edits, saves icons for Windows Vista. This new operating system introduced a PNG-compressed image format which permits to create icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel. Compiling programs with 256x256 PNG icons using Visual C++ 6.0 and .NET 2005 - Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2005 or prior versions does not support compilation of projects which contain 256x256 PNG-compressed icons. Using IconWorkshop we can simply create the icon in 256x256 uncompressed mode in order to compile the program.

When the project is finished, open the final version of the executable file in IconWorkshop and compress directly the embedded icon. Support for MacOS 256x256 and 512x512 JPEG2000-compressed icons - Axialis IconWorkshop is an application which operates under Windows but it fully supports all the existing icon formats for MacOS up to OSX 10.4 Tiger and OSX 10.5 Leopard. An easy-to-use integrated workspace - A professional tool must be Powerful and Easy to Use. For example, creating composite icons from several images using drag and drop is really a child play. A powerful editor to create professional Windows and Macintosh icons - Axialis IconWorkshop is the first icon editor to create Windows and Macintosh icons. We can easily create icons for both systems.

It creates Windows icons up to Windows Vista and Macintosh icons up to Leopard (MacOS 10.4). Automatically create icons from images - Axialis IconWorkshop features a powerful editor. But sometimes it is easier to create an icon from an existing image (see tutorial). Basically, we can import all kind of existing images: PSD, PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF. As icons use transparency, IconWorkshop™ supports all formats containing Alpha Channel (a.k.a. 32 bit smooth transparency).

Create attractive icons using Image Objects - Various Axialis Object Packs are included in IconWorkshop. They contain thousands of image objects which permit us to create an unlimited number of icons with various glossy effects and shapes simply using drag and drop. Work like a pro with ready-to-use Adobe Photoshop templates - If we work with Photoshop, we will enjoy the ability to work with templates. This feature permits us to use the powerful tools of Photoshop to draw our icons in several formats. We can use layers and all associated effects. Convert icons between Macintosh® and Windows systems - Macintosh designers are prolific, especially when it comes to icon creation. Use IconWorkshop to read Mac icons and convert them to Windows. It reads all kind of Mac icons up to Tiger® OSX 10.4 (see tutorial). Export icons to images to illustrate our websites and applications - If we are a developer, webmaster or have a blog, we know that illustrations are important to create attractive user experience.

IconWorkshop permits to export images included in icons to external bitmap files. We will be able to easily use these images in our program to create beautiful toolbars for example (see tutorial). Compatible with graphic industry standards - We can import PSD images with layers from Photoshop and easily create a multi-resolution icon from a program or company logo (see tutorial). A powerful built-in Librarian - Use a powerful librarian to easily manage all our media and icon files. This is a dockable window (which can be hidden) where we can store, move, copy and extract all the files we are using in our work (images, icons, libraries). Use a Media File Explorer with previews - Also, A built-in file explorer permits to browse our disks and find files including images and all files containing icons.

This advanced explorer permits to display files in thumbnail mode. By a simple click we open any file in a viewer or editor window. Batch procedures - Numerous batch procedures have been implemented in IconWorkshop to automatically perform operations on a large number of files: Create icons from a set of image files (see tutorial), convert several Macintosh icons to Windows, export images included in icons to images (PNG, BMP, PSD). Learn using a Comprehensive Help - It includes following topics: General information on Windows and MacOS icons, icon creation and Windows Vista new format (4 topics). Getting started lessons (14 topics).

How-to step-by-step tutorials (35 topics). Full feature reference (150+ topics). Redistribute our icons - A new compilation feature permits us to create professional installation packages to redistribute our Icon Libraries (Corporate Edition only). Customize Windows® icons - A built-in feature permits us to customize many Windows icons (desktop, drives, trash, my computer...). It works with all Windows version up to Windows XP. This new version permits us to customize each folder icon individually.

In a word, Axialis IconWorkshop has a friendly and easy-to-use interface. This is a very nice, easy to use and full-functions icon editing suite. Not only can beginners use it simply but also experienced users can also use it for advanced application. With all these features, simple interface, excellent usability, low cost and free trial period - why are you still reading? Download the free trial now and experience what powerful and effective it is at once!

Axialis IconWorkshop 6.5.1.0 is a Icon Software product from axialis.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Axialis IconWorkshop is a software to to create, convert and export professional quality Windows icons. It includes an icon editor, complete with drawing tools, numerous filters, image adjustments, drop shadows and more that you can use to create new icons from scratch, modify existing icons, or import images and convert them to icons. You can also convert Macintosh icons (up to OS-X) to Windows format, and use a plug-in to create icons from Photoshop. Axialis IconWorkshop also includes a media library to manage your icon files, and a software to customize Windows system icons on your PC.
Axialis IconWorkshop Features:
* Axialis IconWorkshop is compatible with Windows Vista
* Support for Windows Vista 256x256 PNG-compressed icons
* Compiling programs with 256x256 PNG icons using Visual C++ 6.0 and .NET 2005
* Support for MacOS 256x256 and 512x512 JPEG2000-compressed icons
* An easy to use integrated workspace
* A strong editor to create professional Windows and Macintosh icons
* Automatically create icons from images
* Create attractive icons using Image Objects
* Work like a pro with ready-to-use Adobe Photoshop templates
* Convert icons between Macintosh and Windows systems
* Export icons to images to illustrate your websites and applications
* Compatible with graphic industry standards
* A strong built-in Librarian
* Use a Media File Explorer with previews
* Batch procedures
* Learn using a Comprehensive Help
* Redistribute your icons
* Customize Windows icons
Axialis IconWorkshop Powerful features:
* Ability to create icons compatible with all versions of Windows including the latest XP format with alpha channel
* Full support of Windows Vista icons with 256x256 PNG-compressed image formats (embedded in ICO files)
* Supports images with alpha channel to create icons (smooth transparency, shadows and image borders)
* Create attractive icons using ready-to-use Image Object Packs.
* Customize Windows icons. Adjust Windows icon size. Repair or rebuilds Windows icon cache.
* Transfer images from Adobe Photoshop using a plug-in (through memory - no more temporary PSD file)
* Reads Macintosh icons from 16x16 mono to OS-X 512x512 alpha channel thumbnail format. Save them for Windows.
* Supports ICL Icon Libraries Create/Load/Save
* Imports/Exports Adobe Photoshop PSD images with layers
* Imports/Exports PNG and BMP with smooth transparency alpha channel
* Import/Export Adobe Photoshop PSD images with layers
* Batch create PNG, PSD or BMP images from icons (several icons at once)
* Batch create Windows icons from images or Macintosh icons (several icons at once)
* Batch convert Macintosh icons to Windows icons (several icons at once)
* Create icon or library snapshot images (create an image showing all the image formats embedded in an icon or library)..
* Contains several icon image filters (blur, smooth, sharpen, details, contour, emboss...)
* Contains several icon image adjustments (Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast...)
* Contains several icon image tools (Resize, Rotation at any angle, flip...)
* Drop shadow effect to create Windows XP compliant icons
* Enhanced color swatch/palette system compatible with Adobe and Jasc color files.
* Create an icon with all its formats from another icon image in one operation (easy-to-use wizard).
* Create an icon with all its formats from an extarnal image file in one operation (easy-to-use wizard).
* Create an icon from a screen capture
* Create ICL icon library
* Open any executable file (EXE, DLL, OCX...). Ability to change icons embedded in executable files. The license of this design software is Free Trial Software, the price is $49.95, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Axialis IconWorkshop, you can buy this design software.