Custom Icons for Windows Standalone

2006-02-07 Thread Ben Bock
I'd like to create a custom icon for a standalone in Windows. It appears as if this is more involved than creating a file .ico using IconMaster XP shareware, because I received an error message listing 9 required image formats that my .ico was lacking. I've searched thru docs and the Google

Re: Custom Icons for Windows Standalone

2006-02-07 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Ben, Have a look at http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/ StandaloneBuilderTutorial/PDFdocument.htm As I said to Jim Carwardine on the list recently, You might be interested in Resources Picker, a plugin available from my website. I used it to reply to you by entering icon as a keyword and

Re: Custom Icons for Windows Standalone

2006-02-07 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ben Bock wrote: I'd like to create a custom icon for a standalone in Windows. ... Before I buy any software, I'd like to find what others' experience has shown. If you're only building for Windows, then Axialis IconWorkshop is a pretty comprehensive tool (does way more than just

Re: Custom Icons for Windows Standalone

2006-02-07 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Rossi wrote: If you're building crossplatform and you use Photoshop, IconBuilder 8 from IconFactory does a great job of building for Win/Mac platforms. It's a plugin that ships with a bunch of additional resources (ie Photoshop actions) that really streamlines the process. In my

Re: Custom Icons for Windows Standalone

2006-02-07 Thread Chipp Walters
Plus there's a tutorial on how to build Rev icons using it at: www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/StandaloneBuilderTutorial/BuildingIconsforMacOSXandWindowsXP.htm -Chipp Richard Gaskin wrote: Absolutely. I've been using it for years. Wonderful plugin. FWIW it's now compatible with Fireworks too.