Creating icons

[ra2fan7]

How do I create icons (drawn in Paint) that I can use in my projects. I know I can just use them as bitmaps but then there is no transparent color. I am using VB6.0. Thanks.

[MeTTa@]

Id suggest you google it up, took me 5seconds to find a real good one.

[Fox]

If you have VS98 you can use VC++ to create the icons.

[RadBrad]

Which is unlickley for someone have if you have vb6 really.... you might find some on tutorialized.com I saw some in a graphics programming section?? Can't remember where though!

[neicedover1982]

I would suggest using Parabens Icon Builder. It is a free program and lets you create as many icons (.ico) as you wish. I use it for all my icons. You can even load a bitmap into it and tinker with it and then create the ico since paint cant do it. You also have the ability to make the back transparent. They look very professional and you can create any size icon you want.

[Hack]

I Googled Parabens and I got a whole lot of wierd returns that had nothing to do with Icons.

Do you have a link for this icon builder?

[neicedover1982]

Sorry, here you go. http://www.paraben.com/html/icon.html
You can just download the program, dont bother paying, it allows you to do pretty much everything and you just have to put up with a small splash screen on the startup.

[Hack]

Cool. Thank you very much Kevin.

[zaza]

IconEdit Pro is another good one. Actually written in VB6 as well.

zaza

[chemicalNova]

You don't even have to do that. You can just use a mask to create the transparent colour in any image type. Search for TransparentBlt.

chem

[agent]

or you can do it the way microsoft did for windows xp: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e&hidetoc=true

They list the tools used and even provide a link to GIF Movie Gear (used to create the .ico file)

I recommend using .png as the intermediate file format rather than .psd if you choose not to use photoshop in favor of something else (i.e. Corel Photo Paint or Paint Shop Pro)

[rock-n-glock]

or you can do it the way microsoft did for windows xp: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e&hidetoc=true

They list the tools used and even provide a link to GIF Movie Gear (used to create the .ico file)

I recommend using .png as the intermediate file format rather than .psd if you choose not to use photoshop in favor of something else (i.e. Corel Photo Paint or Paint Shop Pro)

That page has been moved, the updated link is here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997636.aspx