IcoFX 1.5

IcoFX is a free icon editor. You can easily create, edit, read and save icons with transparency for Windows XP and Vista. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons to images. With the help of many tools and more than 40 effects icon creation is made easy. It offers powerful tools like Brighten, Darken, Blur and Sharpen for retouching your icons in minutes. In the integrated workspace you can easily preview, save, change your icons.

Features of IcoFX version 1.5 released 21.01.2007

* Support for Vista icons with PNG compression
* Create icons for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
* Support for alpha channel
* New: Batch processing
* More than 40 effects, including Drop Shadow
* Create custom filters
* New: Multiple language support
* Resolutions up to 256x256
* Data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha
* Extract icons (including Vista icons) from 32 bit exe and dll
* Import / export images (transparency also)
* Many useful drawing tools like brush, line, rectangle and more
* Transparent, Brighten/Darken, Blur/Sharpen tools for retouching
* Create icon from an image with a single click
* Adjust the contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, transparency and color balance of icons
* Change the dimension of images
* New: Images can be faded using the fadeout dialog
* Increase / decrease the opacity of an image
* New: Easy shadow handling
* RGB and HSB color modes
* New: History of recently opened files
* New: Window menu for easy window switching
* Possibility to store favorite colors
* Capture image from the desktop
* Grid for precision work
* New: Side bar for easy image switching
* New: File Explorer window for easy import
* New: Full drag and drop support
* Sizable preview window
* Multiple undo
* Blur the edge of the brush
* Rotate the image at any angle