Icon design software?
Hi all , I'd love to know what software do you use to design icons ? I'm too new for this. =P
Thank you
tin
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vihugo
on Jan 03, 2008
Hi tintin,
the majority of Designers uses Adobe Illustrator to create Vector Graphics as a basis of creating the final icons. Axialis IconWorkshop is another good step regarding the final step. If you have not that much of bucks to spend for the Adobe stuff, Xara Xtreme 3.2 is a really good vector alternative for a 10th of the price ;). Just see yourself!
Hope it helped.
Cheers vihugo
wotan
on Jan 03, 2008
Iconbuilder from Iconfactory is a very good "plugin" for Photoshop (but it's $79).
opello on Jan 03, 2008
Not necessarily for icons, but inkscape is an open source vector graphics program.
I'm no artist, but for the few things I've done playing around it's been pretty handy.
louiemctool on Jan 03, 2008
um, it doesn't do vector graphics or .ico files, but paint.net is pretty handy, and it's free.
think of it as the "special" little brother of photoshop, and you get an idea of what it can do...
:)
tintin on Jan 03, 2008
Thank you guys... *HUGZ*
minienvelope on Jan 03, 2008
I've never been able to "get" vectors. I mean, the partial resolution independence is nice, but I never learned Illustrator.
If you're into bitmaps, you could use either Adobe Photoshop, or opensword's Pixen
minienvelope on Jan 03, 2008
Actually, this link is better.