Applies the Target Icon onto your original Photoshop layer. NOTE: This will completely replace the current layer. Allows you to “extract” any icon’s mask or data.
Exit IconBuilder and return to Adobe Photoshop.
This window previews your Photoshop layer as it will appear as an icon. Use the mouse to drag or the arrow keys to nudge the icon into position.
This window previews the icon data and mask currently shown in the Target Icon file.
Click here to add only your layer’s visual data (not the mask) to the currently selected grid cell.
Click here to add only your layer’s mask outline to the currently selected grid cell.
Click here to add both your layer’s visual data and the layer’s mask outline to the currently selected grid cell.
Click here to revert to the last saved version of the selected grid cell. Shift-click to revert an entire column. Control-click to revert an entire row.
Click here (or use the delete key) to clear the currently selected grid cell. Shift-click to quickly delete an entire column. Control-click to delete an entire row.
Click on this controls to cycle through IconBuilder’s grayscale background textures.
Click on this controls to cycle through IconBuilder’s color background textures.
Click on this controls to cycle through IconBuilder’s patterned background textures.
Click on this controls to cycle through IconBuilder’s checkerboard background textures.
Build icons by adding resources to the cells of this grid. Fill the grid one by one, or automatically with QuickBuild. Click and select cells to change size and depth.
Click here to view small icons.
Click here to view large icons.
Future versions of IconBuilder will support huge (48x48 pixel) icons.
Click here to view 1-bit data.
Click here to view 4-bit data.
Click here to view 8-bit data.
Click here to view 32-bit data.
Click here to view 1-bit masks.
Click here to view 8-bit masks.
Click here to toggle between dithered and non-dithered draw mode.
Click here to center the current view. Option-click to center all views.
Will quickly create all icon sizes and depths by automatically filling every cell in the grid. Shift-click to build an entire column, Control-click to build a row.
View the Target Icon by its visual data combined with its outline mask to see how the icon will appear on the desktop.
View the Target Icon only by its visual data.
View the Target Icon only by its outline mask.
Clears all columns and rows of the icon grid.
This allows you to import any exsisting icon’s data and mask resources directly into the icon grid.
Click here to open and edit a previously saved icon file.
Click here to save your current icon. Make sure you’ve selected the proper format prior to saving.
Select this format to build and save icons for all versions of the Mac OS up to the current version. Creates the largest file sizes.
Select this format to build and save icons for Mac OS 8.5 and later. No backward compatible resources will be included.
Future versions of IconBuilder will support saving icons for Mac OS X.
Future versions of IconBuilder will support saving icons for the Windows platform.