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Title: icone with png format
Post by: ToutEnMasm on October 14, 2011, 03:51:46 PM

There is many icones with .png format.
What is the better way to use them ?
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: ToutEnMasm on October 14, 2011, 04:15:18 PM

http://www.convertico.com/
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: Magnum on October 15, 2011, 06:14:17 PM
Irfanview is one of the better freeware converters.

http://www.irfanview.com/
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: hutch-- on October 16, 2011, 01:46:45 AM
Yves,

Do yourself a favour, BUY IconWorkshop, its a magic tool that took a lot of hassle out of icons, toolbar bitmaps and any other small image I need to work on. You normally convert PNG to RGB/alpha when working with Windows API code.
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: dedndave on October 16, 2011, 03:09:37 AM
IconWorkshop is nice   :U

if you want a freebie, Edgar wrote one that looks pretty nice...

http://www.quickersoft.com/donkey/toolbar_paint.htm
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: GregL on October 16, 2011, 05:01:13 PM
I agree, IconWorkshop is worth the money.  There is a freebie called IconFX but it doesn't do near what IconWorkshop does.

ToutEnMasm, is this what you are talking about?  Windows Vista 256x256 PNG Compressed Icons (http://www.axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-vistaicons.html#t2)
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: ToutEnMasm on October 16, 2011, 05:34:21 PM
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ToutEnMasm, is this what you are talking about?  Windows Vista 256x256 PNG Compressed Icons

Yes it is that , i have XP and searched a way to use them.The translated format png ---> ico made big .co files . 130Ko,320 Ko.
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: dedndave on October 16, 2011, 06:23:05 PM
reduce the color depth   :P
for a 32x32 icon, 256 colors is quite adequate
you only have 1024 pixels total   :bg
Title: Re: icone with png format
Post by: ToutEnMasm on October 17, 2011, 06:26:37 AM
 :U
Thanks at all
I have reduce the color depth   to 256 colors with irfanview and all is OK