[comp.sys.amiga] Icon Editor

n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Duane Fields) (12/01/90)

I am looking for a GOOD icon editor. The one on WB 2.0 is good, but can't 
support big icons. Icon Master doesn't support 8 colors, and IE has almost
zero tools and a sorry interface. Anyone suggest any others??? (Must
support color and "big" icons.)

Duane

huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner) (12/01/90)

In article <10536@helios.TAMU.EDU>, n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Duane
Fields) writes:
|> I am looking for a GOOD icon editor. The one on WB 2.0 is good, but can't 
|> support big icons. Icon Master doesn't support 8 colors, and IE has almost
|> zero tools and a sorry interface. Anyone suggest any others??? (Must
|> support color and "big" icons.)

In my experience I haven't found anything better than using Public Domain
Brush-to-Icon and vice-versa converters with DPaint III.  The conversion
utilities I have will make nice 8-color Icons using this method.  The
perspective effects let you do some neat stuff (ie: folders the open, 
icons that "fall down" when clicked on).  Best of all its free!  
(Because everyone owns DPaint, right?)

Fred Fish disks have the conversion programs.  At least, that's where I 
got them.

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stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack) (12/03/90)

In article <10536@helios.TAMU.EDU> n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Duane Fields) writes:
>I am looking for a GOOD icon editor. The one on WB 2.0 is good, but can't 
>support big icons. Icon Master doesn't support 8 colors, and IE has almost
>zero tools and a sorry interface. Anyone suggest any others??? (Must
>support color and "big" icons.)
>
>Duane

Someone out there can correct me (HA! Like you wouldn't :-) ) if I am wrong,
but my copy of IconMaster (from Compute!'s Amiga Resource before it died) was
Shareware, with the opportunity to get an 8 or 16-color version by
registering... I didn't use it enough to send in my ShareWare fee, so I can't
vouch for it...

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David.Plummer@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Plummer) (12/07/90)

Personally, I'd use Dpaint and then ZapIcon or something to convert the
brush to an icon.  The time you lose in the conversion is paid back in
the time you save in not having to deal with an icon editor.  
 
The world (or my :tools directory) still needs a better converter,
but I've never been impressed with any of the icon editors yet.



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