# What's a good icon creation tool?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253 "2004-09-14T15:43:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![highwire](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/highwire/32/107_2.png) [@highwire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/highwire)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/1 "2004-09-14T15:43:35Z")

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I need to build win app icons. Does anyone know a good versatile standalone application (not Visual Studio) I can buy that does this well?

(Sorry if this question is misplaced.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/2 "2004-09-14T16:02:27Z")

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i think any graphic software will due, like photoshop, printshop pro, etc.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/3 "2004-09-14T16:04:55Z")

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> [@SlowRoasted](#):
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> i think any graphic software will due, like photoshop, printshop pro, etc.

I use Photoshop but it doesn’t create .ico files which I think are required by Windows.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/4 "2004-09-14T16:11:04Z")

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**Microangelo**

its the best, that i know of…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/5 "2004-09-14T16:32:28Z")

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[www.iconfactory.com](http://www.iconfactory.com) has some good stuff there about this stuff.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-good-icon-creation-tool/64253/6 "2004-09-16T14:12:47Z")

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search for IconForge, it’s a free tool that lets you save bitmap images with the .ico file extension you need

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