Icon Editing Software Review

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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$48.94
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$39.95
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$39.95
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$49.95
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$39.95
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$47.00
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$29.95
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$29.95
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Overall Rating
Ratings
Creating Icons
Editing Icons
Managing Icons
Ease of Use
Help/Support
 
Creating Icons
Import Image File
  
Import Cursor File
     
Import Web Image
  
Import Clipboard Contents
    
Different Color Versions
     
Design Original
   
Templates    
 
 
  
Import Digital Images  
    
3D Effect/Graphics
 
  
Draw Tools
  
Editing Icons
Add New Image Formats
  
Remove an Image Format
  
Change Image Format  
 
  
Work with Colors
  
Move/Copy Image
  
Resize/Rotate Image
  
Adjust Brightness/Contrast
 
  
Adjust Hue/Saturation
 
  
Adjust Opacity
 
  
Apply Filters
   
 
   
Add a Drop Shadow
 
  
Add Text
  
Import an Image Into an Icon
  
   
Modify/Extract Icons included in Program
 
   
Convert Icons
   
  
Formats/Colors
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000
 
  
Windows XP
  
Windows Vista
 
 
    
Mac
         
16 x 16
  
24 x 24
    
32 x 32
  
48 x 48
  
64 x 64
 
 
   
72 x 72
 
 
  
  
96 x 96
 
 
     
128 x 128
 
  
  
256 x 256
 
    
Custom Size
  
Monochrome
  
16 Colors
  
256 Colors
  
True Color
 
  
True Color + Alpha
  
Managing Icons
Create Library
      
Add Individual/Multiple Icons to Library
      
Import Into a Library
        
Export From a Library
        
Delete/Rename Icons in Library
      
Sort Icons in Library
  
      
Edit Icons in Library
      
Copy Icons Between Libraries  
        
Compatible With Third-Party Applications
Adobe Photoshop
 
     
Corel Paint Shop Pro
         
Macromedia Freehand
         
Other Features
Perform Batch Operations
      
  
Customize Interface
 
    
Manage Favorites File
         
Customize Windows Icons
  
  
  
Create/Edit Cursors
      
Animate Icons/Cursors  
 
     
Capture
 
  
Help/Support
Phone Support           
eMail
  
Tutorials
  
 
    
Product Help/Manual
  
Search Option Within Help
 
 
  
FAQ
 
 
  
User Forums
 
 
    
Supported Configurations
Windows Vista
 
 
    
Windows XP
  
Windows 2000
  
Windows NT
 
  
Windows ME
  
Windows 98
 
  
Windows 95
   
   
Mac