IcoFX
IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency.
With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. With IcoFX you can extract icons from other files, including Windows Vista files. You can easily work with multiple files using the batch processing capability of IcoFX.
Main Features
Support for Vista icon with PNG compression
Create icons for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
Support for transparency (alpha channel)
Batch processing for import, export and extract
Multiple language support
More than 40 effects + custom filter
Resolutions up to 256×256
Data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha
Extract icons from 32 bit exe and dll
Import and export images
Transparent, Brighten/Darken, Blur/Sharpen tools
Support for Vista icons with PNG compression
Create icons for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
Support for alpha channel
New: Batch processing
More than 40 effects, including Drop Shadow
Create custom filters
New: Multiple language support (Available translations: Catalan, English, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Romanian and Spanish)
Resolutions up to 256×256
Data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha
Extract icons (including Vista icons) from 32 bit exe and dll
Import / export images (transparency also)
Many useful drawing tools like brush, line, rectangle and more
Transparent, Brighten/Darken, Blur/Sharpen tools for retouching
Create icon from an image with a single click
Adjust the contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, transparency and color balance of icons
Change the dimension of images
New: Images can be faded using the fadeout dialog
Increase / decrease the opacity of an image
New: Easy shadow handling
RGB and HSB color modes
New: History of recently opened files
New: Window menu for easy window switching
Possibility to store favorite colors
Capture image from the desktop
Grid for precision work
New: Side bar for easy image switching
New: File Explorer window for easy import
New: Full drag and drop support
Sizable preview window
Multiple undo
Blur the edge of the brush
Rotate the image at any angle