IconWorkshop

One professional tool for all your needs

IconWorkshop™ is a professional tool designed to Create, Extract, Convert, Manage and Redistribute Windows® Icons. You create professional looking icons. You're seen as a pro.

Create icons for both Windows® and MacOS®

IconWorkshop™ is the first icon editor to create icons for both Windows® up to Windows Vista™ and Macintosh® OS up to 512x512 for Leopard.

Be productive instantly

No complicated settings, no more pixel-by-pixel icon making . All has been designed to let you be productive and get professional results in minutes (using image objects for instance).

Access to private images objects

Some image object packs are available to registered customers only. By purchasing you get a lifetime access to these packs.

Compatible with graphic industry standards

You can convert icons between Macintosh® and Windows® formats in a click, create icons from PNG images with transparency, use Photoshop® and Illustrator® transfer plug-ins, Photoshop® templates...

• Axialis IconWorkshop™ is compatible with Windows Vista™
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ has been designed to be fully compatible with Windows Vista™. The interface is adjusted automatically to integrate smoothly in Aero™ (user interface of Windows Vista™). All file and registry operations comply with the UAC (User Account Control) specifications.
• Support for Windows Vista™ 256x256 PNG-compressed icons
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ loads, creates, edits, saves icons for Windows Vista™. This new operating system introduced a PNG-compressed image format which permits to create icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel.
  IconWorkshop™ fully supports this format in all features: edition, automatic format creation, batch creation, batch conversion, format normalization... Don't wait and create today your icons for Windows Vista™.
• Create, edit icons in Image Strips for toolbars
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ is the only icon editor which permits creation and edition of Image Strips for toolbars. If you're a developer, don't struggle with wide bitmaps anymore! Just open them in IconWorkshop and edit each icon separately.
  It can read all kinds of Image Strips in BMP and PNG. Transparency is supported in 32 BPP images through Alpha channels and in 24 BPP or less images through a fixed background color.
  Icons in image strips can be added, copied, moved and removed. You can also create new image strips from ready-to-use image objects in a few drag & drops. The object pack "Lite Toolbars" permits creating sharp and crisp icons for toolbars.
• Create, edit Bitmap Images
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ also permits creating or modifying image bitmaps in formats BMP, PNG, JPEG, JPEG2000 and GIF. Transparency is supported in 32 BPP images using Alpha channels and in 24 BPP or less images through a fixed background color.
  This feature is useful to create illustration images for applications or web sites. You can also open and convert images to different formats such as GIF and JPEG with web optimization features.
• Work efficiently with a Plug-in for Visual Studio® 2005 and 2008
  Axialis IconWorkshop includes a handy feature which permits to work efficiently with Visual Studio®. The principle of this plug-in, as we've made it, is to create a direct bridge between the VS IDE and IconWorkshop.
  The plug-in permits to easily edit in IconWorkshop an icon included in a solution. Just open the icon in the Visual Studio® resource editor and launch the associated plug-in command. The icon is automatically opened in IconWorkshop and you can work on it as necessary. When you save it in IconWorkshop, the VS IDE automatically refreshes the icon document.
• Compiling programs with 256x256 PNG icons using Visual C++ 6.0 and .NET 2005
  Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2005 or prior versions does not support compilation of projects which contain 256x256 PNG-compressed icons. Using IconWorkshop™ you can simply create the icon in 256x256 uncompressed mode in order to compile the program. When the project is finished, open the final version of the executable file in IconWorkshop™ and compress directly the embedded icon.
• Support for Mac OS® 256x256 and 512x512 JPEG2000-compressed icons
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ is an application which operates under Windows® but it fully supports all the existing icon formats for Mac OS® up to OSX 10.4 Tiger and OSX 10.5 Leopard. This new version introduced a JPEG2000-compressed image format which permits to create icons up to 512x512 with alpha channel.
  IconWorkshop permits to create, convert and transfer icons from and to a Macintosh computer. ICNS, RSC and Mac Binary icon file formats are supported.
• An easy-to-use integrated workspace
  A professional tool must be Powerful and Easy to Use. That's why we have created an intuitive fully integrated workspace. All the tools are easily available on screen. Additionally the application fully supports mouse drag & drop allowing easy and intuitive operations. For example, creating composite icons from several images using drag & drop is really a child's play.
  The multi-documents interface permits you to work with several and different types of document windows (icon projects, libraries, images, file explorers...). This is the way today's professional applications are made.
  Some icon applications available today are made of several programs resulting in applications which are difficult to use. In IconWorkshop™, all features are immediately available on screen. It permits you to work efficiently and be more productive than ever.
• A powerful editor to create professional Windows® and Macintosh® icons
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ is the first icon editor to create Windows® and Macintosh® icons. You can easily create icons for both systems. It creates Windows® icons up to Windows Vista™ and Macintosh® icons up to Leopard (Mac OS 10.4).
  Windows® XP and Mac OSX come with generations of icons using variable transparency. This feature permits to create beautiful icons with smooth borders and shadows (learn more). You need a professional tool to create such icons. Axialis IconWorkshop™ has been designed with one goal in mind: "Icon Quality".
  Enjoy the powerful editor which permits to create the various image formats of an icon from an original drawing without quality loss.
• Automatically create icons from images
  Axialis IconWorkshop™ features a powerful editor. But sometimes it's easier to create an icon from an existing image (see tutorial). Basically, you can import all kind of existing images: PSD, PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF. As icons use transparency, IconWorkshop™ supports all formats containing Alpha Channel (a.k.a. 32 bit smooth transparency).
  An exclusive feature permits to create an icon, with its several image formats, in just one operation! All is done automatically: Alpha channel is preserved, palettes are calculated for 256 color formats and transparency is generated.
• Create attractive icons using Image Objects
  Various Axialis Object Packs are included in IconWorkshop™. They contain thousands of image objects which permit you to create an unlimited number of icons with various glossy effects and shapes simply using drag & drop.
• Work like a pro with ready-to-use Adobe Photoshop® templates
  If you work with Photoshop®, you’ll enjoy the ability to work with templates. This feature permits you to use the powerful tools of Photoshop® to draw your icons in several formats. You can use layers and all associated effects. When done, export the whole artwork to IconWorkshop and the icon is automatically created with all its formats in one step.
• Convert icons between Macintosh® and Windows® systems
  Macintosh® designers are prolific, especially when it comes to icon creation. Use IconWorkshop™ to read Mac icons and convert them to Windows®. It reads all kind of Mac icons up to Tiger® OSX 10.4 (see tutorial).
  If you're a software developer, you'll enjoy the ability to create applications for both Windows® and Macintosh® platforms by converting your icons. If you're simply a Windows® user you'll be able to use Mac icons on your Windows® XP desktop. This new version includes a feature which permits to convert icons between the two systems in batch-processing mode (several icons are converted in one fast operation). IconWorkshop™ fully supports Mac Binary file format. It permits to easily transfer icons between Macintosh® and Windows®.
• Export icons to images to illustrate your websites and applications
  If you're a developer, webmaster or have a blog, you know that illustrations are important to create attractive user experience. IconWorkshop™ permits to export images included in icons to external bitmap files. You'll be able to easily use these images in your program to create beautiful toolbars for example (see tutorial).
  If necessary, the alpha channel is preserved. You can create 256 color versions with or without transparency. 32 bit PNG creation with transparency is also possible to make Linux® icons.
  Object packs named "Web 2.0 Icons" and "Web Illustrations" permit creating illustration images for your websites in a few seconds.
• Compatible with graphic industry standards
  You can import PSD images with layers from Photoshop® and easily create a multi-resolution icon from a program or company logo (see tutorial).
  The application includes plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator®. These features permit to transfer images directly in memory and make your icon in a few clicks. No more temporary image files.
  You can also export an icon image to Photoshop® or Paint Shop Pro® for modification (preserving transparency).
• A powerful built-in Librarian
  Use a powerful librarian to easily manage all your media and icon files. This is an integrated window (which can be hidden) where you can store, move, copy and extract all the files you're using in your work (images, icons, libraries).
• Use a Media File Explorer with previews
  Also, A built-in file explorer permits to browse your disks and find files including images and all files containing icons. This advanced explorer permits to display files in thumbnail mode. By a simple click you open any file in a viewer or editor window.
• Batch procedures
  Numerous batch procedures have been implemented in IconWorkshop™ to automatically perform operations on a large number of files: Create icons from a set of image files (see tutorial), convert several Macintosh® icons to Windows® (see tutorial), export images included in icons to images (PNG, BMP, PSD).
• Learn using a Comprehensive Help
  We have created a professional and comprehensive help in IconWorkshop to permit you to learn all the features included in the product. Unlike other competitor tools, the help file describes more than the product features. It is amply illustrated and written in easy-to-read English.
• Redistribute your icons
  A new compilation feature permits you to create professional installation packages to redistribute your Icon Libraries (Professional Edition only). It produces a compressed install program (the result is up to 70% smaller) convenient for Web distribution.
  Also, an advanced system, based on activation codes, permits you to protect your Icon Libraries. The user will be prompted for a personal code to proceed with the installation. An activation code generator is also provided (see tutorial).
• Customize Windows® icons
  A built-in feature permits you to customize many Windows® icons (desktop, drives, trash, my computer...). It works with all Windows® version up to Windows® XP. This new version permits you to customize each folder icon individually.

Axialis IconWorkshop™ has been designed to work with Windows 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows Vista™, Windows 7.

Axialis IconWorkshop™ is fully compatible with Windows Vista™ and Windows 7.

Minimum Requirements

• Pentium® class CPU - 350 Mhz
• 65636 color Video Card - 800x600
• 64 Mo RAM
• Microsoft Windows® 2000.

Recommended Configuration

• Pentium® class CPU - 1.4 Ghz or more
• True color (16,8 M colors) Video Card - 1280x1024
• 1GB MB RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista™ or Windows 7