User interfaces are getting better and better every year. The most important part of any good graphical user interface is iconic graphics. A small image that takes only a couple dozens of pixels can sometimes have more meaning than a paragraph of text. Due to the nature of imagery perception icons create the strongest associations in human beings.New technologies and higher resolution rates allow developers use high-detail true color alpha-blended icons when designing user interfaces. However creating vivid icons becomes an insurmountable task unless we use the right tools.Lokas Software is proud to offer a complete icon creator toolbox - AWicons Pro! At an unbeatable price you can purchase all the tools you need to create graphically rich icons in one package!AWicons Pro allows searching, creating, editing and managing icons, cursors and other small imagery. The application fully supports Windows XP true color icons. AWicons handles many popular file formats (such as ico, icl, cur, ani, png, gif, bmp and jpg) used to store multiple icons of various dimensions (up to 256x256 pixels) as well as all possible color modes (mono, 16, 256, true-color and true-color with alpha channel)! AWicons icon management feature allows scanning various locations for images, which is very convenient when you do a lot of graphics editing. Being an icon drawing suite AWicons offers popular drawing tools (pen, line, ellipse, polygon, text, colors replace, etc.) and drawing modifiers (such as anti-aliasing, multi-color gradient, transparency, etc.). You can apply various artistic effects to your icons. Among those are 'shadow', 'bevel emboss', 'contrast', 'blur' and many others. AWicons comes with comprehensive help system that includes drawing tips and great samples libraries. Even if you have never edited icons before you will find it easy and entertaining to learn-by-play with easy-to-use multilingual interface! Humble price and amazing functionality make this software a must have!
Price: USD $39.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Perfect Icon is an easy tool for creating icons from pictures and photos. It can make stylish semi-transparent icons for Windows XP. Tweak folder and file icons. Various effects allow you to make unusual pictograms too. Simple, intuitive interface makes working with the software a snap. Perfect Icon: the rapid icon creation tool!
Price: USD $19.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Icon Seizer is a user-friendly icon tool, with which you can explore, view and extract all available icons from lots of different file formats like .icl, .dll, .exe, .ocx, .cpl, .drv, .scr, .ico, etc. Icons can be saved to disk file or be copied to clipboard. The program is intuitive and very easy to use.
Price: USD $19.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Handy Animated Emoticons lets you insert animated emoticons and smileys into your emails and message board posts with one mouse click. It is very fast and easy with Handy Animated Emoticons to find needed emoticon or smiley from hundreds and hundreds animated emoticons. Supports all popular email clients as well as most popular message boards. Enjoy!
Price: USD $19.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Create and modify icons, multi-resolution icons, cursors and animated icons for your Windows desktop, web site or other projects. Features: Complete painting tools; Transparent, Inverse paint; Extract from cursor, icon (including OS2, Linux, XP and other formats), animation, program and image files; Export to animation or image formats; Edit icons within programs (EXE, DLL, etc.); Effects filters; Animation tools; Icon or cursor albums; more...
Price: USD $37.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
PSS System Tray Icon Control is a Royalty Free control that allows you to quickly add your application to the System Tray. You can change the icon and tooltip while displayed in the system tray and a simple set of events event let you know when the icon is clicked. The setup file includes sample source code to show you the control working and provides tips on how to use it.
Price: USD $20 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Diplodock Icon Suite II is a set of professional programs for icon editing and management integrated in a single suite that will let you quickly find, extract, manage, edit, import, export, and save icons, cursors, and animated cursor. Unlike other icon editors, Icon Suite II will provide you with user-friendly, intuitive interface, very fast performance, and exceptional functionality. It also features a set of advanced tools not found in any other icon suite, for example, icon editor has seven preset effects and a powerful graphics filter that enables you to apply any graphical effect to an icon.
Price: USD $20 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
More than 1800 XP icons designed specifically for database applications, business applications, internet applications and websites. Number Of Icons: 300 File format: .ICO(NOT INCLUDE 128x128), GIF, PNG Sizes: 128x128, 64x64,48x48, 32x32, 24x24,16x16 screenshots: http://www.uiicons.com/image/xpicon.jpg preview and download xp icons please browse http://www.uiicons.com
Price: $0 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006
Space Emoticons Pro lets you insert emoticons and smileys into your emails and forum posts with ease. It isn't addon software nor freeware so you can be sure it isn't spy. It's fast with Space Emoticons Pro to find necessary emoticon or smiley from hundreds animated emoticons. Try once and use Space Emoticons Pro until you will stop using email and forums. A lot of Christmas and New Year emoticons are included. Enjoy!
Price: USD $19.95 - Platform(s): Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP - Updated: 11/11/2006