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Yes, the Iconfactory offers custom icon design services. Contact us for our rates, practices and availability.
The "Create archive" feature in Mac OS X 10.3 and later can lead to problems and we recommend against using it.
Information such as how many icons, what sizes and delivery formats are all helpful in creating an accurate estimate.
Custom icons are a visual way to quickly identify and locate various files and folders on your computer's desktop.
Turnaround times for contract icon design work vary greatly based on a number of factors including size and quantity.
There are really three parts to designing icons: concept, creation and construction. Read on to learn more.
Our rates and practices PDF guide is available at your request. Simply contact us and we'll send it via email.
They represent the different types of downloads available for that set: iContainers, Mac format and Win format.
Many factors can prevent custom icons from being applied to Mac files or folders including locked items and more.
No, our stock icon collections are only available for purchase as complete sets at the current time.
Unfortunately creating icons for the Palm and other handheld devices is difficult and requires unique resources.
During the transition from Mac OS 9 to OS X, the way custom icons are stored on disks changed. Read on for more.
Yes, after creating a projector bundle you can change the Info.plist file so that CFBundleIconFile uses a .icns file.
Save as a resource file when incorporating into an application and as a folder for simple use on the Mac desktop.
Certain versions of the Mac Finder have a bug that prevents it from updating properly and showing icon changes.
Yes, there are many good reasons to update cicn resources to icon suites including millions of colors and transparency.
There are several important tips and tricks for developers working with Mac based icon resources. Read on for more.
Working with 32-bit icons in Cocoa and NIB-based Carbon applications, is surprisingly easy. Read on for more.
There are some important things to know when working with 32-bit Windows icons. Read on to learn more.
A quick way to clear the cache is to go to the Appearance tab of Desktop properties and change the default icon size.
There are several tools on Windows that allow you to change application icons. One of them is Microangelo Librarian.
Microsoft only supports 32-bit icons with their newer products. Its best to focus on backward compatibility first.
Yes, we worked closely with Microsoft to develop a suite of icons including the Recycle Bin, My Computer and others.
The Iconfactory specializes in custom icon design and does not offer website design services at the current time.
Yes, we honor discounts of several types including Apple ADC memberships and large volume projects.
We prefer that you don't since we have worked hard on the code, design and graphics for this website.
A popular way to distribute your creations is via disk images. These steps will help you create your first Mac disk image.
Yes, adding a custom icon to a Mac disk image is easy. Please read on to learn the steps to perform this process.
Yes, but the trick is to make sure the picture you are adding is in a subfolder of the disk you are creating.
Follow the instructions in the full description to extract the pixels of the standard icon for manipulation in Photoshop.
You can create an Autorun.inf file to change the icon displayed when the CD-ROM is loaded in Windows.
Use Iconbuilder to create icons for cross-platform projects.
Instead of double-clicking the archive, Windows users need to right-click and select "Extract All..." to view icons.
Depending on your need, BMP and ICO toolbar icon files can be made using IconBuilder and Photoshop.
Once art work is finalized, we turn to the filter we created for use with Photoshop, IconBuilder, to construct our icons.
The Iconfactory search engine is a great tool to help you find whatever you are looking for. We have associated keywords with all of the content available on the site. These keywords span icon sets, desktop pictures, iPulse Jackets, software products, support items, design services projects and even news page postings.
In order to make it easy for you to find what you are looking for, we have built some features into our search engine that allow you to customize your search: