Axialis IconWorkshop 6.33

Axialis IconWorkshop 6.33 has been designed to be fully compatible with Windows Vista™.
Use the industry standard to create, extract, convert, manage icons for Windows, MacOS and toolbars. It supports all existing icon formats up to Windows Vista (256x256 PNG compressed icons) and Macintosh OSX Leopard (512x512).

If you are a developer, you will appreciate a plugin which permits working efficiently with Visual Studio. It creates a bridge with the VS IDE to enhance your workflow. It is the only icon editor which permits creation and edition of Image Strips for toolbars. Do not struggle with wide bitmaps anymore! Just open them in IconWorkshop and edit each icon separately. Use drag and drop to easily create attractive icons from various ready to use image objects in seconds. Several packs of image objects is included in the product (more than 2000 objects).

A powerful editor permits to create icons using many tools including numerous filters and effects. Once an image is created, add several images formats in one click. Create icons from images with alpha transparency (PNG, PSD, J2000, BMP, GIF). Create PNG, JPEG 2000 and Web optimized GIF images from icons.

If you work with Photoshop and Illustrator, you can import PSD images with layers and use the plugins to transfer images in memory and make your icon in a few clicks. 10 Photoshop Templates permits to create your icon with different formats in Photoshop and transfer them in one step to create your icon. Numerous batch procedures have been implemented in IconWorkshop to automatically perform operations on a large number of files. Convert several icons between Macintosh and Windows OS in seconds.

Use a powerful librarian to easily manage all your icon and library (ICL) files. A file explorer permits to browse disks and work with files (images, icons, programs...). This explorer displays files in thumbnail preview mode. Use an exhaustive help system including getting started lessons, how to procedures and the reference manual.

Major Features:

1.  Ability to create icons compatible with all versions of Windows® including the latest XP format with alpha channel
2. Full support of Windows Vista™ icons with 256x256 PNG-compressed image formats (embedded in ICO files)
3. Supports images with alpha channel to create icons (smooth transparency, shadows and image borders)
4. Create attractive icons using ready-to-use Image Object Packs.
5. Customize Windows® icons. Adjust Windows® icon size. Repair or rebuilds Windows® icon cache.
6. Transfer images from Adobe® Photoshop® using a plug-in (through memory - no more temporary PSD file)
7. Reads Macintosh® icons from 16x16 mono to OS-X 512x512 alpha channel thumbnail format. Save them for Windows®.
8. Supports ICL Icon Libraries Create/Load/Save
9. Imports/Exports Adobe® Photoshop® PSD images with layers
10. Imports/Exports PNG and BMP with smooth transparency alpha channel
11. Import/Export Adobe® Photoshop® PSD images with layers
12. Batch create PNG, PSD or BMP images from icons (several icons at once)
13. Batch create Windows® icons from images or Macintosh icons (several icons at once)
14. Batch convert Macintosh icons to Windows® icons (several icons at once)
15. Create icon or library snapshot images (create an image showing all the image formats embedded in an icon or library)..
16. Contains several icon image filters (blur, smooth, sharpen, details, contour, emboss...)
17. Contains several icon image adjustments (Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast...)
18. Contains several icon image tools (Resize, Rotation at any angle, flip...)
19. Drop shadow effect to create Windows® XP compliant icons
20. Enhanced color swatch/palette system compatible with Adobe® and Jasc® color files.
21. Create an icon with all its formats from another icon image in one operation (easy-to-use wizard).
22. Create an icon with all its formats from an extarnal image file in one operation (easy-to-use wizard).
23. Create an icon from a screen capture
24. Create ICL icon library
25. Open any executable file (EXE, DLL, OCX...). Ability to change icons embedded in executable files. 

Enhancements:

1. Fully compatible with Windows Vista
2. Create Windows Vista and Mac OSX icons (up to leopard 512x512)
3. Create icons from Photoshop Templates
4. Compose icons from several images using drag & drop
5. Create icons from PNG, Jpeg 2000, PSD
6. Create GIF, PNG, Jpeg 2000 from icons.

Requirements:

1. Windows 2000, XP, Vista or higher
2. 30MB HD
3. 256MB RAM
4. 1024x768

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