Convert a Macintosh® icon to Windows® formatConverting Icons
Conversions can be done manually (one icon by one) or automatically in batch processes (several icons in one operation). IconWorkshop™ permits to convert icons between the following formats:
Microsoft® Windows® icons (ICO)
Apple® Macintosh® icons (ICNS, RSC, BIN)
Linux® KDE® icons (PNG images) and other image formats (PSD, JPEG 2000, BMP, JPEG, GIF)
Conversion between Windows® and Macintosh®
These functions permits to convert icons preserving the various embedded image formats:
Convert a Macintosh® icon to Windows® format
Convert a Windows® icon to Macintosh® format
Convert several Macintosh® icons to Windows® format (batch processing)
Convert several Windows® icons to Macintosh® format (batch processing)
Conversion between Windows®/Macintosh® icons and PNG icons
PNG images are used as icons by various systems and applications including Linux KDE, dock programs... A PNG file contain only one image format and support alpha channel transparency. These functions permit to create icons with several formats from PNG images and vice-versa:
Convert a PNG icon to a Windows® icon - Macintosh®
Convert several PNG icons to Windows® icons (batch process) - Macintosh®
Convert a Windows®/Macintosh® icon to PNG
Convert several Windows®/Macintosh® icons to PNG (batch process)
Conversion between icons and images (BMP, PSD, JPEG 2000, GIF)
Many image file formats support transparency including alpha channel. These functions permit to create icons with several formats from such images. You can also create images, including web-optimized GIF, from specific icon formats:
Convert an image to a Windows® icon - Macintosh®
Convert several images to Windows® icons (batch process) - Macintosh®
Convert an icon to a Web-optimized GIF image
Convert several icons to images (batch process)
Icon normalization
The normalization permits to format several icons in order to produce an uniform set. As a result, all the icons have the same image formats embedded. This feature is useful if you plan to distribute your icons.
Normalize several icons (batch processing)
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