AWicons

Year after year, user interfaces are improving and becoming more intuitive. A crucial element of any excellent graphical user interface is the use of iconic graphics. Sometimes, a small image that takes only a few pixels can convey more meaning than a full paragraph of text. This is due to the way that human beings perceive imagery - icons create strong associations, and as a result, they are essential to a successful interface.

With the advent of new technologies and higher resolution rates, developers can now use high-detail true color alpha-blended icons when designing user interfaces. However, creating these vivid icons can be a daunting task without the right tools. That's where Lokas Software's AWicons comes in. This comprehensive icon creator toolbox offers all the tools you need to create graphically-rich icons in one package, all at an unbeatable price.

AWicons boasts a variety of helpful features, including searching, creating, editing, and managing icons, cursors, and other small imagery. The application fully supports Windows XP true color icons and handles many popular file formats, such as ico, icl, cur, ani, png, gif, bmp and jpg. It can store multiple icons of various dimensions (up to 128x128 pixels) as well as all possible color modes (mono, 16, 256, true-color and true-color with alpha channel).

AWicons offers an icon management feature, which allows you to scan various locations for images - a convenient feature for graphics editing. As an icon drawing suite, it also offers popular drawing tools (pen, line, ellipse, polygon, text, colors replace, etc.) and drawing modifiers (such as anti-aliasing, multi-color gradient, transparency, etc.). You can apply various artistic effects to your icons, such as 'shadow', 'bevel emboss', 'contrast', 'blur' and many others.

AWicons comes with a comprehensive help system that includes drawing tips and great sample libraries, making it easy and entertaining to learn-by-play with its easy-to-use multilingual interface. Even if you've never edited icons before, you'll find AWicons user-friendly and straightforward to use. With a humble price tag and amazing functionality, AWicons is a must-have software for any designer.