Icons In Photoshop

[gamehead200]

I've been trying to make icons with Photoshop recently, but everytime I save it, there is always a black line on the bottom and on the right. I keep saving it as a BMP file, then I change it to a ICO file. How can I get rid of this black line and how can I add transparency?

[XPerties]

dont know about that but I use Axialis.IconWorkshop.v5.01.Corporate and its easy as crap. Sedative might be able to help you with this.

[LS_Dragons]

You cannot just change the name to ICO. To get the BEST results for XP icons (with alpha transparency etc) you need to save the image as a PNG. Then you can use many different tools to convert to actual icon files. The best is Axialis IconWorkShop. Very easy to use - but will cost a few bucks for a full version (or you can search real hard and find several freeware tools that are almost as good.

LS_Dragons

[gamehead200]

Sweet! I found this plug-in for Photoshop that lets you make an icon of whatever size you want and then makes it into a .ICO file.

Here's the link: http://www.iconfactory.com/iconbuilder.asp (Download the one for XP)

And here is an icon I made: http://joker.servehttp.com/msfn/icons/longhorn.zip

For best results, only make an icon of 48x48!

[XPerties]

Sweet!  I found this plug-in for Photoshop that lets you make an icon of whatever size you want and then makes it into a .ICO file. 

Here's the link:  http://www.iconfactory.com/iconbuilder.asp  (Download the one for XP)

And here is an icon I made:  http://joker.servehttp.com/msfn/icons/longhorn.zip

For best results, only make an icon of 48x48!

69 bucks.....screw that!

[gamehead200]

There's always the "easier" way, if you know what I mean ! Wink wink, nudge nudge! w00t

[Doggie]

thats a waste of money,, use freeware icon editors