What is Axialis IconWorkshop™?
Axialis IconWorkshop™ is a powerful tool designed to work with Windows® and Macintosh® icons. It has a fully integrated workspace which permits you to work efficiently and create professional icons in minutes.
What can I do with IconWorkshop™?
Create, read and save Windows Vista™ icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel and PNG compression.
Create, read and save Windows® XP icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel.
Create, read and save Macintosh® icons up to OSX 10.4 and 10.5 (including the latest 256x256 Tiger format and 512x512 Leopard Format).
Modify, add, remove icons in EXE and DLL files. This is very useful to compress 256x256 icons for Windows Vista™ in programs (MS VS 2005 does not support compilation of compressed icons in resources).
Creating attractive icons in seconds using ready-to-use Image Object Packs.
Composing icons in seconds using mouse drag & drop and a powerful built-in image editor.
Create icons with several built-in formats from images (BMP, PNG, JPEG 2000, PSD...) in one operation.
Convert icons from Windows® to Macintosh® and vice versa.
Apply automated operations to several icons at once (batch procedures) : Conversion Win <-> Macintosh; Icon creation from images; Image creation from icons; Icon format normalizing...
Work easily with Adobe Photoshop® using a transfer plugin. With ready-to-use Photoshop templates, create icons in one step with several formats.
Work easily with Adobe Illustrator ® using a transfer plugin.
Manage your icons using a built-in Librarian.
Browse your computer for icons and images using a built-in explorer with preview.
Customize your Windows® icons.
Compile icon libraries and distribute them.
What icon formats are compatible with Axialis IconWorkshopä?
Axialis IconWorkshop™ is the only icon tool to support creation, reading and writing of Windows® XP, Windows Vista™, (ICO, ICL) and Macintosh® (ICNS, RSC, BIN) icons. Axialis IconWorkshop™ supports Windows® XP Icons with alpha channel images (smooth transparency) and Macintosh® icons up to Macintosh® OSX v10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard).
This new version supports creation of Windows Vistaä icons with PNG compression and image sizes up to 256x256. To get more information about Windows Vistaä icons, read this topic: "Introducing Windows Vista™ Icons".
Why choose Axialis IconWorkshop™?
Because Axialis IconWorkshopä is the most complete icon tool available on the market. It has powerful features and is easy to use.
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• One program for all your icon needs (creation, edition, conversion, management...) • The program is fully integrated in one workspace • All the features are accessible at any time • Includes a built-in explorer with thumbnail preview to browse your disks, find images and files containing icons • Batch procedures permits to apply operations on a set of icons in one command: conversion mac <-> win, icon creation from images, export from icons to images, format normalizing... • With ready-to-use Photoshop templates, create icons in one step with several formats. • Create icons by assembling various overlay objects using mouse drag & drops. • A built-in Librarian helps you to work more efficiently with your icons and libraries • An image loader/viewer permits to create icons from pictures in one click! • Full Drag & Drop support in all workspace • Built-in search engines: Computer, Librarian & Web • Compilation Wizard which helps you create redistributable installation packages of your icon libraries • Professional help system with easy-to-follow getting started lessons • Detailed step-by-step how-to procedures • Built-in free online upgrade system to keep to software up to date! |
• Supports all operations (read/write/edit) on all Windows® icon formats up to Windows® XP with Alpha Channel and Windows Vista™ 256x256 icons with embedded PNG compression • Supports all operations on all Macintosh® icon formats up to Macintosh® OSX 10.4 (Tiger) 256x256 and 10.5 (Leopard) 512x512 with Alpha Channel. • Permits to create attractive icons in seconds using ready-to-use Image Object Packs • Converts icons between Windows® and Macintosh® in seconds (creating/modifying all formats) • Modify, Add, Remove icons directly in EXE/DLL files (including PNG-compressed icons). • Supports ICL Icon Libraries Create/Load/Save • Supports Macintosh® Icontainer® Icon Libraries Create/Load/Save • Saves icons in MacBinary format for easy transfer to Macintosh® as resource fork. • Imports/Exports Adobe® Photoshop® PSD images with layers • Imports/Exports PNG and BMP with smooth transparency alpha channel • Imports/Exports JPEG 2000 with smooth transparency alpha channel • Converts icons to GIF with web optimization and preserving transparency • Automatically creates a multi-format icon from an image in one click! • 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...) • Built-in drop shadow effect to create Windows® XP compliant icons • Enhanced color swatch/palette system compatible with Adobe® and Jasc® color files. |
Create quality Windows® XP and Macintosh® icons
Windows® XP and Macintosh® OSX come with a new generation of icons using variable transparency. This feature permits to create beautiful icons with smooth borders and shadows. You need a professional tool to create such icons. Axialis IconWorkshopä has been designed with one goal in mind: "Icon Quality". Enjoy the powerful editor which permits to create the various image formats of an icon from an original drawing without quality loss. Axialis IconWorkshop™ is the only icon editor to create icons for both Windows® and Macintosh® systems.
Create icons for Windows Vista™
Windows Vista™, the next version of Windows® to arrive, includes a new PNG compressed icon format. It permits to create icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel with smaller file size. Axialis IconWorkshop™ now fully supports this new format in all features: edition, automatic format creation, batch creation, batch conversion, format normalization... Don't wait and create today your icons for Windows Vista™. To get more information about Windows Vista™ icons, read this topic: "Introducing Windows Vista™ Icons".
Make program files containing Windows Vista™ compressed icons
Microsoft Visual Studio versions 6 to .NET 2005 do not support creation of executables with PNG-Compressed 256x256 icons for Windows Vista™. Axialis IconWorkshop permits to compress icons directly in EXE/DLL files.
Create icons the professional way using ready-to-use Photoshop templates
Create icons the professional way using ready-to-use Photoshop templates - 10 ready-to-use Photoshop® templates are provided with Axialis IconWorkshop™. Load templates in Photoshop® directly from IconWorkshop™, draw your icons in several formats and transfer the whole work in IconWorkshop: Your icon is created in one step. You can even create your own template using an easy to use XML descriptive format.
Create attractive icons from Image Objects in seconds
The first Axialis Object pack for icons has been included in Axialis IconWorkshop™. It is a library of 150 graphical objects which will permit you to create an unlimited number of icons with various glossy effects and shapes simply using drag & drop. The images come in 256x256 high-quality PNG format. It permits to create icons containing various sizes up to 256x256 for Windows® XP, Windows Vista™ and MacOS®. To read more about this exclusive feature, read this topic: "Creating Icons from Image Objects".
Convert icons between Macintosh® and Windows® formats
Macintosh® designers are prolific, especially when it comes to icon creation. Use Axialis IconWorkshopä to read Macintosh® icons and convert them to Windows®. It reads all kind of Macintosh® icons up to OS-X. You can also convert your Windows® icons for the Macintosh®.
If you're a software developer, you'll enjoy the ability to create applications for both Windows®and Macintosh® platforms by converting your icons. If you're simply a Windows® user you'll be able to use your icons on both systems.
Automatically create icons from images
Axialis IconWorkshopä features a powerful editor. But sometimes it's easier to create an icon from an existing image. Basically, you can import all kind of existing images: PSD, PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, JPEG 2000...
An exclusive feature permits to create an icon, with its several image formats, in just one operation! All is done automatically: Alpha channel is preserved, palettes are calculated for 256 color formats and even 16 color formats with transparency are generated.
Export icons to images to illustrate your applications
If you create applications, you know that images are required to create an attractive user interface. Axialis IconWorkshop™ permits to export any image included in an icon (Windows®/Macintosh®) to an external bitmap file. You'll be able to easily use these images in your program to create beautiful toolbars for example.
Redistribute your icons
A compilation feature permits you to create professional installation packages to redistribute your Icon Libraries. It produces a compressed install program (the result is up to 70% smaller) convenient for Web distribution. Also, an advanced system, based on activation codes, permits you to protect your Icon Libraries. The user will be prompted for a personal code to proceed with the installation. An activation code generator is also provided.
Customize Windows® icons
A built-in feature permits you to customize many Windows® icons. It works with all Windows® version up to Windows® XP. This new version permits you to customize each folder icon individually.