Axialis IconWorkshop

IconWorkshop
Developer(s) Axialis Software
Stable release 6.6.2.0 / 22 August 2011; 6 months ago (2011-August-22)[1]
Operating system Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Size 37 MB
Available in English, French and German[1]
Type Icon editor
Website www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/

Axialis IconWorkshop is an icon editor developed by Axialis Software. IconWorkshop can create icons for Windows (.ico), Macintosh (.icns) and UNIX-like systems (.png).[2][3] IconWorkshop includes a library of objects that can be put together to create many different styles of icons.[4] The utility supports plugins and allows importing graphics directly from Photoshop and Illustrator.

Software developers can edit icons directly in image strips.[5] These images are used to populate button icons in application toolbars. Since version 6.50, the user can create and edit raster images directly without using the icon image export feature.[6]

The product is cited in an article from Microsoft Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines about Windows Vista icon creation.[7] Axialis Software in association with Microsoft offers a free version called IconWorkshop Lite. This version is available to registered users of Visual Studio 2008 Standard or above.[8][9]

Clubic reviewed the application, giving it 4.5 stars out of 5, saying that "it allows doing everything with icons, and its tools are easily accessible which makes the software intuitive".[10] IconWorkshop has been nominated in the category "Best Graphics Program or Utility" at the 2005 Shareware Industry Awards.[11]

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b "30-Day Trial Downloads". Axialis Software. http://www.axialis.com/download/. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Image Editors with PNG Support". libpng.org. March 2009. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngaped.html. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  3. ^ Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions - Icon Creation. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=PFyY-Kwlp0gC&pg=PA456. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  4. ^ "PC World - Editorial Review of Axialis IconWorkshop". pcworld.com. December 2008. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23549/description.html?&page=11. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  5. ^ "Software News from CrystalXP". crystalxp.net. July 2008. http://www.crystalxp.net/news/en295-axialis-iconworkshop-icon-editor.html. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  6. ^ Hacking Firefox - Create PNG images from ICO files. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=lmQQegn1m9AC&pg=PA396. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  7. ^ "Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines - Icons". microsoft.com. June 2009. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  8. ^ "Visual C++ developer center - Downnloads". microsoft.com. August 2008. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/cc835041.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  9. ^ "Visual C++ Team Blog - IconWorkshop Lite Now Available for Download". msdn.com. August 2008. http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2008/08/11/iconworkshop-lite-now-available-for-download.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  10. ^ "Télécharger Axialis IconWorkshop 6.3.3.0" (in French). Clubic. http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche9636-axialis-iconworkshop.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05. "ce seul programme permet de TOUT faire sur les icônes. Tous les outils sont accessibles directement et l'utilisation du logiciel est très intuitive" 
  11. ^ http://www.sharewareindustryawards.com/2005awards.php

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