What Can You Do With Icon Editing Software?

Icon editing software enables you to create and manage your own icon designs or capture existing icons. Casual users can personalize their operating system with unique icons or cursors or professional graphic designers can create icons for new software, websites and more.

With icon design programs you can create original designs, import various image file types or customize Windows or Mac icons. With powerful draw and effect tools you can easily edit or create attractive, one-of-a-kind icons. You can keep track of all your creations with icon library managers.

In this site, you'll find articles related to icon editing as well as comprehensive reviews of icon editing software to help you make an informed decision on which icon creator is right for your design needs. At TopTenREVIEWS We Do the Research So You Don't Have To.™

Icon Editing Software: What to Look For

Good icon design software makes creating, editing and managing icons easy. It should give you a variety of methods for creating icons including importing images, downloading images from the web and creating your own designs. Editing tools and library managers should complete the program.

Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate icon design software:

Creating Icons
Icon design software should give you a variety of creating options. An icon maker should create original designs as well as import existing image files.

Editing Icons
Icon editors contain tools for changing the effects of icons. Commands that adjust the opacity, hue, color and more should be included. You should be able to change the format of icons as well.

Managing Icons
Icon design software should have a library manager that can save, sort, and import and export icons. Full access to icons saved in the libraries is ideal for future editing or use.

Ease of Use
Novice computer users should be able to manipulate their current system icons and should be able to create original designs using good help documentation and tutorials. Icon design software should also enable professional designers to create unique icons for new software, websites and more.

Help and Support
Icon design software should include good help documentation, step-by-step tutorials, and efficient technical support through email, FAQ, telephone and user forums. 

For powerful icon design programs be sure to check out our top ranked products: IconWorkshop, Icon Craft and AWicons.

 
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2012 Icon Editing Software Review Product Comparisons

TopTenREVIEWS  |  Software  |  Multimedia  |  Icon Editing Software Review
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Excellent score   Excellent
Very good score   Very Good
Good score   Good
Fair score   Fair
Poor score   Poor
IconWorkshop Icon Craft AWicons Microangelo Toolset IconCool Studio RealWorld Icon Editor Easy Icon Maker Pretty Icon Maker PC Icon Editor Perfect Icon
IconWorkshop Icon Craft AWicons Microangelo Toolset IconCool Studio RealWorld Icon Editor Easy Icon Maker Pretty Icon Maker PC Icon Editor Perfect Icon
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Lowest Price Buy IconWorkshop 6.51
$48.94 		Buy Icon Craft 4.1
$39.95 		Buy AWicons Pro
$39.95 		Buy Microangelo Toolset 6.0.1
$49.95 		Buy IconCool Studio 2.4
$39.95 		Buy RealWorld Icon Editor
$47.00 		Buy Easy Icon Maker 5
$29.95 		Buy Pretty Icon Maker 1.5
$19.95 		Buy PC Icon Editor 2.6
$19.95 		Buy Perfect Icon 2.03
$19.95
 
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Creating Icons Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Fair Very Good
Editing Icons Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good
Managing Icons Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Fair Poor Poor Poor Good Poor
Ease of Use Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good
Help/Support Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Very Good Fair Good Fair
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Editing Icons
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Manage Favorites File Check Mark          
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Lowest Price IconWorkshop 6.51
$48.94 		Icon Craft 4.1
$39.95 		AWicons Pro
$39.95 		Microangelo Toolset 6.0.1
$49.95 		IconCool Studio 2.4
$39.95 		RealWorld Icon Editor
$47.00 		Easy Icon Maker 5
$29.95 		Pretty Icon Maker 1.5
$19.95 		PC Icon Editor 2.6
$19.95 		Perfect Icon 2.03
$19.95
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