Unfortunately the integrated icon editor isn’t very sophisticated and it can be hard to produce a really good result. To add a new icon type, right-click in this area and select New Image Type. To delete a size, right-click on it and select Delete Image Type. Use the list of icon sizes and types on the left to pick the kind of image to edit. Use the tools in the toolbar to draw shapes. Use the color palette on the left to select foreground and background colors. Then use the editor shown above to create the icons. To use the integrated editor, open the Project menu, select Add New Item, select Icon File, give it a good name, and click Add. Both of these approaches are described below. You can also use third party icon editing tools. Unfortunately this editor isn’t included with all version of Visual Studio so if you have the Express/Community Edition, it may not be there. One obvious option is to use the icon editor integrated with Visual Studio. There are many ways to make an icon file. Second you need to assign the file to the program. First, you need to create the icon file (containing images at all of the necessary sizes). There are two things you need to do to make a program display nice icons. That brings me to the most important single fact for producing attractive icons:įor best results, the icon file must at least include images at the sizes 16 x 16, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, and 256 x 256 pixels. That can result in aliasing effects that make the icon look ugly.
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If the application’s icon file doesn’t provide a required size, then Windows scales it to make the size it needs. The icons in the various displays have different sizes.
Also note that both icons have transparent backgrounds. The icon is smaller but it’s still nice and smooth. The picture above shows the icon in the Alt-Tab task switcher. Notice how it displays a high-quality smooth circle for the application. The picture shown above is displaying this example’s executable in the Medium Icons view.
When you make an application, its icons appear in at least 10 ways: Clearing the Windows Explorer Icon Cache Icon Sizes.
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This is a pretty long tutorial on how to build and use icons in an application.
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