How to convert .PNG to .ICO

[dreamz Veteran]

icon sushi is a great app: http://towofu.s5.xrea.com/soft/e-index.html

it's my default. :)

[galoosh33]

I got an error message when trying that one ^ :(

[sycamore]

I got an error message when trying that one ^ :(

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yeah same ere

[deejayelectro]

Yeah I google it and it says no match's I guess this means that Google isn't always the answer!

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i clicked his google link and all i got was this page on neowin.net!

-Stephen Rose

[sycamore]

do u want somple simple or complex...

eg drag , drop [ convert png ] = icon

[CrisCr0ss]

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=15304

for aveiconifier

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Hi all!

Okay, I know icon Workshop can convert PNGs to ICOs, but what if i have 1400 ICOs that i want converting - it'll take me forever!

I recently downloaded Gant 3 and there is a nice little program included that is simply a Batch file to convert them.

However, upon running it, it deleted all the PNGs i had in "C:\WINDOWS" after converting the ones in the "not yet" folder to ICOs. I had to put it in there because thats where the BAT file was looking for it.

Hope it helps someone else - although it would be better if it was easier to customize - maybe some sort of interface for batch Converting!

[Hankyone]

Hi all!

Okay, I know icon Workshop can convert PNGs to ICOs, but what if i have 1400 ICOs that i want converting - it'll take me forever!

I recently downloaded Gant 3 and there is a nice little program included that is simply a Batch file to convert them.

However, upon running it, it deleted all the PNGs i had in "C:\WINDOWS" after converting the ones in the "not yet" folder to ICOs. I had to put it in there because thats where the BAT file was looking for it.

Hope it helps someone else - although it would be better if it was easier to customize - maybe some sort of interface for batch Converting!

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axialis icon workshop, use the batch convert feature

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Which is where? :/

[Hankyone]

in the icon workshop explorer select all your icon/pngs and rigth click, the option is there

[FiREFLi]

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=15304

for aveiconifier

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owns :ninja:

it's really all that needs to be here :D

free and awesome :ninja:

If you havent seen it, you're missing out:

Drag pngs > Drop > conversion > .icos output

Drag icos > drop > conversion > .pngs output

how much simpler do you want it?

[armagan]

I registered to share my experiences on this matter. I've tried every single software mentioned here and I've found that Axialis IconWorksop indeed is the best. You can see it on this screenshot:

Advanced Batch Converter: looks great but converts only selected icon size, not all embedded sizes.

IrfanView: jagged, no alpha channel.

png2ico: jagged, no alpha channel.

Xnview: jagged.

Photoshop CS plugin posted on this topic: jagged.

IconWorkshop: the best.

Icon Sushi: jagged.

AveIconifier2: jagged.

SnIcon Edit: jagged.

I don't know if I'm making a mistake while converting for these jagged icons but since IconWorkshop does it right, I don't care :whistle:

Edited June 13, 2005 by armagan

[icecaveman]

You forget to mention Stardock's solution, it has the most advanced filtering and you can control it much better than axialis's filtering. Plus Stardock's solution gives you more icons in less time since when you've configured it to your liking it does the rest almost automatically

[Dirtie]

Are you talking about IconPackager?

Personally, I resize the original PNG to the 3 required sizes in Photoshop (using bicubic filtering) which are 48x48, 32x32, and 16x16 - Then use each of those images for my respective icon size in Microangelo Creator, and compile the icon.

I must have a look at IconWorkshop though.

[vlasta]

I think RealWorld Icon Editor is worth mentioning here. It can convert an image to icon and you can configure image sizes and color depths to generate. You can also let it apply a custom (shadow, outline) effect. A different one on each generated image!

No batch processing in current version though. You would have to click four times per image: Drag & Drop to Open, then Generate, Save, and OK.

RealWorld Icon Editor download - www.rw-designer.com/downloads.php

icon editor screenshots - www.rw-designer.com/icon_editor_features.php?subsection=icon_maker

[samxt]

"C:\Program Files\Axialis\IconWorkshop\IconWorkshop.exe"

Nuff said.

[Phantom589]

ok, once u have it in ico format how do u actually apply it and change the look of ur icons?

[dev1nsan]

howdo you change in photoshop

[CrisCr0ss]

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=15304

best png to ico n vice versa

[vlasta]

Hi *,

I have put together a tutorial on how to convert images to icons in RealWorld Icon Editor.

Hope you'll like it.

[dawnerlee]

this will make things easyer

:devil: :devil:

[lordtinuviel]

just use AVEICON its so easy, just drag&drop

[starmatrix]

i was about to say aveicon, but he beat me to it. its amazingly simple, just drag and drop.

http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/Aveicon.zip

[illicit]

i was about to say aveicon, but he beat me to it. its amazingly simple, just drag and drop.

That sounds pretty good. I will need to check that out.

[valdazzar]

Jimmerz28, use IconWorkshop File Explorer (Crtl+E), browse to the .png folder, select all .png files (Ctrl+A), right click and select Batch Create Windows Icons From Selection

thanks boy. this forum rocks, it has answers to anything..