Peter S Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Some rather long time ago I downloaded a free plugin that gave me the facility to save files as *.ico. I could then use these as icons anywhere I chose. I have been unable to get this to work in CS2. I may well have forgotten some aspect of the process but I cannot find anything to help me via my web searches.Does anyone know if this is possible in CS2 and if there is a plug in that will do the trick? It always looks good to use your own icon.Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmccammon Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 You could make your icon in CS2, save it as a jpg or png and then open it in IrfanView to save it as an icon. Not a direct solution but it should work.Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatter Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 The Irfanview route should work.Alternatively, is this any good? (Not tried it myself.)http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icoform...ist/README.htmlGareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Try this1. Set up a new folder to contain your Icons2. In Photoshop open an image from which you are going to crop a square for the icon.3. Crop the image 1:14. Insert any lettering – max 3 and highest font size possible to fit5. Now go to Image> Mode and select 8 bits per channel. Same again and select “Indexed colour”. A box will appear which in my case shows Palette: Uniform, Colours: 256 and Transparency: Un-checked. Click OK You are asked to flatten the image so click OK6. Now change the image size. Image>Image size – change to 32pixels by 32 pixels using Constrained Proportions.7. Finally File>Save as>ICO(Windows Icon) (*.ico) format in your Icon folder. Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter S Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hi Ron,Thanks very much indeed. I tried your method and it worked a treat. I could not find anywhere in Photoshop help files how to get to the 256 colours demanded by PTE. I never even looked at Mode! Gareth,I had an old telegraphics file version 1.6f2 and that would not work I updated to 1.6f9 and that was fine.Many thanks Kind RegardsPeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmccammon Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 sure doesn't seem to work in CS3 Ron. ICO is not an output option that I see. Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlion Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Try SnICO at http://www.snidesoft.eu/It is simple, free to use for non commercial and easy.H.lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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