Make New Icons for Windows Vista

Make New Icons for Windows Vista

Aha-Soft announced Articons Pro 5.0, the newest version ofits icon design software for the Windows OS. In addition to rendering itsassistance in creating, editing icon images, and managing icon files andlibraries, this version provides opportunities for working with Vista Icons. Andto make Vista icons compatible with Windows XP you cansave them without any compression.

 Vista Iconsintroduce a new style of iconography that brings a higher level of detail andsophistication to Windows imagery. First, the style of Windows Aero-style iconsis more realistic than illustrative, but not quite photorealistic. Second,icons have a maximum size of 256x256, making them suitable for high-DPIdisplays. These high-resolution icons allow for high visual quality in listviews with large icons. Finally, wherever practical, fixed document icons arereplaced by thumbnails of the content, making documents easier to identify andfind.

 A picture of amaximum size of 256x256 to be used as an icon, in principle, is supported byXP, yet such an icon occupies 400KB of disk space, which is far more thanstandard 25KB of an XP icon. Articons Pro 5.0 uses advanced PNG compression tosave images without losses, and supports semitransparent images.

 Articons Pro 5.0is equipped with essential drawing tools, including various kinds ofairbrushes, pencils, and paintbrushes, as well as miscellaneous text, line, andshape tools. The software also offers a variety of solid, patterned, andgradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modification, and othereffects. The program features converting from one image format into another.

 Articons Pro 5.0will help you to obtain the modern Windows Vista look. All you need is toredesign your program s most prominent icons to use the Aero-style.

 Articons Pro 5.0runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003. Registered customers are entitledto lifetime technical support and discounts on further updates. Additionalinformation, as well as a 30-day evaluation version with nag screens, isavailable from http://www.aha-soft.com.

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Price: US$39.95(single-user license)

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