Create custom application icon with Iconion
Mar 30, 2014Application icon is typically displayed in the top-left corner of application's top-level windows. To change the icon of the executable application file itself which is presented on the desktop, it’s necessary to employ another platform-dependent technique. Various operating systems have different standard icon sizes.
For windows, the icons format should be in .ico extension and the application icon size should include: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 and 256x256. Also windows 8 support 30х30, 50x50 and 150x150 application icon. For toolbar icon, it has to be 16x16, 24x24 and 32x32.
While for Mac OS, the icon format should be .icns extension and the application icon size should be 1024x1024, 512x512, 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, 32x32 and 16x16.the size of toolbar icon in Mac, it should be 32x32 and 64x64. For toolbar icons, use the .png format.
You can also change the default icons by using ICONION tool. Changing icons are not just for fun; but it can also help you better identify oft-used folders and apps to save you time searching. Replacing any application or folder's icon is very easy in Windows and in Mac.
To do this you have to install ICONION tool. This tool is available for both Windows OS and Mac OS. Once you installed this software, you can easily change the default web application icons with the icon you want which is given in this tool. For that, you have to choose .ico file for your icon for Windows and .icns for Mac which you can easily get from this tool.
First you open iconion.com, after that you can see that there are two different options to download for both Windows and Mac. So, according your OS, you can download this tool for your desktop or laptop. This software is very easy install and use.
Using ICONION, you can change your desktop or laptop’s application icon set which makes easy to identify the folder or file. Also it makes some attractive look for your desktop or laptop.
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