IconWorkshop

Axialis IconWorkshop is a professional tool for creating, extracting, converting, and managing icons for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. The software supports ICO, ICNS, PNG, and SVG formats, with resolutions up to 1024x1024 pixels. It includes an integrated editor, predefined objects, and cross-platform conversion.

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• Multi-resolution editor. Editing tool with support for multiple resolutions within the same icon file. Allows you to modify each frame individually with drawing tools, color adjustment, and transparency effects. Works with color depths from 1-bit to 32-bit True Color with alpha channel.
• Cross-platform conversion. Bidirectional conversion of icons between Windows ICO and macOS ICNS formats. Maintains quality during transformation and automatically adapts the resolutions required by each operating system. Support for legacy and modern formats.
• Creation from images. Generation of complete icons from PNG, PSD, SVG, or BMP files. Analyzes the source image and produces frames in all standard resolutions. Configuration of scaling and anti-aliasing parameters for each output size.
• Object library. Collection of predefined graphic elements for icon composition. Includes basic shapes, interface symbols, and decorative elements. Objects maintain vector quality and adapt to different resolutions without loss of definition.
• Resource extraction. Ability to extract icons from EXE, DLL, CPL files, and code libraries. Visualization of all iconographic resources contained in applications and systems. Individual or batch export of extracted icons.
• Compressed PNG support. Implementation of PNG compression within ICO files for Windows Vista and later. Reduces file size while maintaining visual quality. Supports resolutions up to 768x768 pixels with full alpha channel.
• Photoshop templates. Set of preconfigured templates for Adobe Photoshop with organized layers for different icon resolutions. Integrated workflow via plugin for direct transfer of designs between applications.
• Batch operations. Automatic processing of multiple files for conversion, resizing, or export. Configuration of work profiles to apply the same operations to groups of files. Processing queue interface with progress monitoring.
• Cross-platform export. Generation of icons for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Unix/Linux systems in a single operation. Automatic detection of specific technical requirements for each platform. Configuration of densities and resolutions according to standards.
• Visual Studio integration. Add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio that allows editing project icons directly from the development environment. Automatic synchronization of changes between IconWorkshop and project resources. Support for RC and RES formats.
• Library creation. Compilation of individual icons into ICL (Icon Library) files for organized distribution. Generation of custom installers for icon packages. License key protection options for commercial products.
• Cursor editor. Specific tools for creating and editing mouse cursors for Windows. Definition of hot spot and animation frames. Support for CUR and ANI formats with different color depths.

Axialis IconWorkshop was developed by Axialis SA, a French company founded in 1999. The first commercial version was released in the year 2000. The software is primarily written in C++ with Assembler components for critical graphics operations. The interface uses native Windows APIs to ensure compatibility and performance.

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