Icon creation and management software for Windows. Supports 32-bit True Color, imports and exports various file formats, creates and manages icon libraries, and allows for image layering.
ArtIcons is a software that provides great opportunities for working with Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP icons. If you're looking for a way to handle Windows icons with ease, ArtIcons is definitely the software for you. It allows you to make Windows 10/8/7/Vista icons compatible with Windows XP by saving them without compression.
One of the most exciting features of Windows 10 is the new style of iconography, which brings a higher level of detail and sophistication to Windows imagery. The style of Windows Aero-style icons is more realistic than illustrative, but not quite photorealistic. The icons are symbolic images that should look better than photorealistic. Icons have a maximum size of 256 x 256, making them suitable for high-DPI displays. These high-resolution icons allow for high visual quality in list views with large icons. Finally, fixed document icons are replaced by thumbnails of the content, making documents easier to identify and find.
With ArtIcons, you can refine the visuals of your program and make it more communicative for users. In principle, XP supports a picture of a maximum size of 256 x 256 to be used as an icon. However, such an icon occupies 400Kb of disk space, which is far more than standard 25Kb of an XP icon. Aha-Soft, the developers of ArtIcons, have found a way to cast off these shackles by using advanced PNG compression to save images without losses and supporting semitransparent images with 8bit alpha channel.
ArtIcons will help you to obtain the modern Windows 10 look by allowing you to redesign your program's most prominent icons to use the Aerostyle or Metro style. Vista Icons crafted by ArtIcons will strongly impact users' overall impression of your programs' visual design. With ArtIcons, you can improve the usability of your software by making programs, objects, and actions easier to identify and find.
One of the most exciting features of Windows 10 is the new style of iconography, which brings a higher level of detail and sophistication to Windows imagery. The style of Windows Aero-style icons is more realistic than illustrative, but not quite photorealistic. The icons are symbolic images that should look better than photorealistic. Icons have a maximum size of 256 x 256, making them suitable for high-DPI displays. These high-resolution icons allow for high visual quality in list views with large icons. Finally, fixed document icons are replaced by thumbnails of the content, making documents easier to identify and find.
With ArtIcons, you can refine the visuals of your program and make it more communicative for users. In principle, XP supports a picture of a maximum size of 256 x 256 to be used as an icon. However, such an icon occupies 400Kb of disk space, which is far more than standard 25Kb of an XP icon. Aha-Soft, the developers of ArtIcons, have found a way to cast off these shackles by using advanced PNG compression to save images without losses and supporting semitransparent images with 8bit alpha channel.
ArtIcons will help you to obtain the modern Windows 10 look by allowing you to redesign your program's most prominent icons to use the Aerostyle or Metro style. Vista Icons crafted by ArtIcons will strongly impact users' overall impression of your programs' visual design. With ArtIcons, you can improve the usability of your software by making programs, objects, and actions easier to identify and find.
What's New
Version 5.49: Improved: Ability to import PNG8 images with alpha channel. Added: Ability to import icons from 64-bit DLLs.