Ronniebootwest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I know that this topic has been discussed before but most people tend to use Irfanview to make their icons. I want to use Phostoshop! I used to have a small 'plugin' that allowed you to save as an .*ico file but I lost it when my hard drive failed. (please don't remind me about back-up - I know i should have done it) Can anyone remember the web site that can provide this plugin please?Ron West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Ron,Did you do a search for "icons"? Here is an old thread that may help:Icons .I don't remember now where I found the plugin I use in Photoshop, but a search on Google resulted in the following hits:http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ (photoshop plugin)http://www.icon-editor.net/http://www.iconcool.com/http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/gmm/fwicontools.html (freeware)http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_if.htmlhttp://www.hermancompute.com/http://www.iconedit2.com/etc., etc.Most are shareware, but even if you just download a free trial version every time you want to save an icon, there are probably enough there to keep you going for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronniebootwest Posted April 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Hello Al, thanks for your reply.I linked to your first suggestion - http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ (photoshop plugin) and recognised this as the plugin I had before. I have downloaded it now and have also saved the details in cas I lose it again. Thanks!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Ron & AlSince I upgraded to Photoshop CS, I have not been able to get PTE to accept my *.ico (Ico (Windows)) file prepared in Photoshop. I have to open it in Irfanview, then do a Image>Decrease Color Depth>16 colors, then reverse the process Image>Increase Color Depth>256 colors and save. Then it works. Don't ask me why. Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Ron,I haven't had a problem saving as a suitable icon with my installation of PS-CS and the plug-in I'm using ("icoformat.8bi").You may have to convert the image to "Indexed colour" mode first - I had to do this with one of mine. Note also that you have to convert the image mode to 8 bits per channel before you can select "indexed colour". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Thanks Al. Followed your advice re "Indexed Colour" with success. Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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