Make your own icons for Windows® and Macintosh OS®

+ Full support for Windows Vista™ PNG-compressed icons

• IconWorkshop™ loads, creates, edits, saves icons for Windows Vista™. This new operating system, includes a PNG-compressed icon format. It permits to create icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel with smaller [file] size.
• Axialis IconWorkshop™ now fully supports this new format in all features: edition, automatic format creation, batch creation, batch conversion, format normalization... Don't wait and create today your icons for Windows Vista™. 
  

+ Create hi-quality icons for Windows®, Mac OS®, Unix®

• Axialis IconWorkshop™ is the first icon editor to create Windows®, Macintosh® and Unix® icons. You can easily create icons all major operating systems. IconWorkshop™ creates Windows® icons up to 256x256 for Windows Vista™ and Macintosh® icons up to 512x512 for Leopard (Mac OS® 10.5). Unix® uses PNG icons. Axialis IconWorkshop creates PNG images with alpha channel in a few clicks including from exising Windows® and MacOS® icons.
• The new generation of icons uses variable transparency (a.k.a alpha channel). This feature permits to create beautiful icons with smooth borders and shadows. You need a professional tool to create such icons. Axialis IconWorkshop™ has been designed with one goal in mind: "Icon Quality".
  

+ Create attractive icons using Image Objects

• The use of image objects to ceate icons is an exclusive feature of IconWorkshop. It permits to create professional-looking icons in minutes using a few mouse drag & drops.
• The principe is quite simple: A large quantity of basic image objects are provided in a library. By associating them together (on top of each other) you create a personalized icon 
  

+ Convert icons between MacOS® and Windows®

• MacOS® designers are prolific, especially when it comes to create icons. Use IconWorkshop™ to read MacOS® icons and convert them to Windows®. It reads all kinds of Macintosh® icons up to OSX 10.4 Tiger and OSX 10.5 Leopard.
• If you're a software developer, you'll enjoy the ability to create applications for both Windows® and Macintosh® platforms by converting your icons. If you're a Windows® user you'll be able to use Macintosh® icons on your Windows® XP desktop.
• In addition, IconWorkshop™ includes a feature which permits to convert icons between the two systems in batch-processing mode (several icons are converted in one fast operation).
  

+ Automatically create icons from images

• Axialis IconWorkshop™ features a powerful editor. But sometimes it's easier to create an icon from an existing image. You can import various file formats, such as PSD, PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, JPEG2000...
• An exclusive feature permits to create an icon with its several image formats in just one operation! All is done automatically: Alpha channel is preserved, palettes are calculated for 256 color formats and even 16 color formats with transparency are generated:

+ Export icons to images to illustrate your websites

• If you're a webmaster or have a blog, you know that illustrations are important to create attractive visitor experience. IconWorkshop™ permits to export images included in icons (Windows® or Macintosh®) to external bitmap files.
• You'll be able to easily export these images in various Web-optimized formats such as JPEG, GIF, PNG and JPEG2000.
• An object pack named "Web 2.0 Icons" permits to create illustration images in the style of Web 2.0 in a few seconds.
  

+ Create beautiful toolbars in your applications

• If you're a developper, you'll easily create beautiful icons and export them as images for inclusion in toolbars. You'll be able to easily export these images in various compatible formats such as PNG and BMP with alpha channel.
• An object pack named "Quick Toolbar" permits to create nice toolbars in a few seconds.
  

Use a professional icon authoring tool

+ Use a Powerful Editor

• IconWorkshop™ features an editor with advanced functions: Easily create images formats using one command, import/export images, resize, ajust with numerous filters, change hue, contrast, lightness, drop shadows and more...
  

+ Create composite icons using drag & drop

• An exclusive feature permits to create composite icons using mouse drag & drop only. Just place your different objects in the icon using the mouse and create all the image formats in a snap!
  

+ Work in a fully Integrated Workspace

• IconWorkshop™ features a fully integrated workspace. This is the way today's professional applications are made. Additionally it has been developped in C++ using Microsoft® MFC which is the industry standard in software engineering. It results in a fast and strong-coded application.
• Some icon softwares available on the market are made of several programs resulting in applications which are difficult to use. In IconWorkshop™, all features are immediately available on screen. This interface permits you to work efficiently and be more productive than ever. The multi-documents interface permits you to work with several and different types of document windows (icon projects, libraries, images, file explorers...).
  

+ Learn using a Comprehensive Help

• We have created a professional and comprehensive help in IconWorkshop to permit you to learn all the features included in the product. Unlike other competitor tools, the help file describes more than the product features. It is amply illustrated and written in easy-to-read english. It includes following topics:
• General information on Windows and MacOS icons, icon creation and Windows Vista™ new format (4 topics).
• Getting started lessons (14 topics).
• How-to step-by-step tutorials (35 topics).
• Full feature reference (150+ topics).
  

+ Compatible with graphic industry standards

• You can import PSD images with layers from Photoshop® and easily create a multi-resolution icon from a program or company logo.
• Use Photoshop and Illustrator plug-ins to transfer images directly in memory and make your icon in a few clicks. No more temporary document files.
• With 10 ready-to-use Photoshop templates, create your icons like the professional icon designers. Use the powerful drawing tools of Photoshop to create the different formats of your icons and export the whole artwork in IconWorkshop. The icon is automatically created in seconds with all its embedded formats. You can even create your own templates. 
  

+ Batch Procedures

• Numerous batch procedures have been implemented in IconWorkshop™ to automatically perform operations on a large number of files. For example, you can create icons from a set of PNG files (ICO files are created). You can also automatically convert several icons between Macintosh® and Windows® OS in seconds.
  

+ Librarian & Explorer with previews

• Use a powerful librarian to easily manage all your media and icon files. This is a dockable window (which can be hidden) where you can store, move, copy and extract all the files you're using in your work (images, icons, libraries).
• Also, A built-in file explorer permits to browse your disks and find files including images and all files containing icons. This advanced explorer permits to display files in thumbnail mode. By a simple click you open any file in a viewer or editor window

What included in the download file at pnasoft
1. Setup version file
2. Keygen and Serial file.