Super Awesome Blog » Icons http://www.superawesomeblog.com Roleplaying, GURPS, News, Reviews, and lots of AWESOME. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How To Make Your Own Windows Icon Using Vista and Photoshop http://www.superawesomeblog.com/2009/03/21/how-to-make-your-own-windows-icon-using-vista-and-photoshop/ http://www.superawesomeblog.com/2009/03/21/how-to-make-your-own-windows-icon-using-vista-and-photoshop/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:54:42 +0000 SAB http://www.superawesomeblog.com/?p=474 sab-bigI love customizing my computer, and recently I had the urge to change the folder icon I use for my Super Awesome Blog files to have a “Super Awesome” Icon!  After a little research I discovered that it’s suprisingly easy.  Here’s what you need:

The Easy Way:

1. Get a .PNG file that’s already to go. If you use PhotoShop like I do, you might find the Free Icon Plugin by Sibcode helpful, it lets you edit Icons in PhotoShop (pretty handy!)

2. Point Your Web Browser to ConvertICO.com, a free site where you can upload your image file and convert it to a high quality .ico file!

How I Made Mine!

1. Get your source files ready.  I simply used my Print Screen button on my keyboard, pasted it into photoshop and cropped out the window I wanted.  I found an empty Vista Folder Icon on Deviant Art.

2. I used the Skew to create a 3D effect, and sized it to what I wanted.

3. Then I made a duplicate layer. I changed the Opacity to 50% on the duplicate layer, and cropped out the original screen cap (the area that looks like it’s inside the folder. Once I was all done, I saved the file as a PNG.

4. Then I simply went to ConvertICO.com, uploaded the PNG, and voila!  You can test it by converting the PNG in this article.

Happy Icon Creating!


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