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bzman24

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[SOLVED]Icon generator program
« on: January 15, 2017, 06:08:40 pm »
Question - I was wondering what people are using to generate the program icon instead of using the default icon?  Back in the Delphi (1 or 2 and even up to 5) days, if I remember correctly, they had a basic icon generator program that came with Delphi.  For my needs, it worked fine and I used it as needed.  Now I don't know where to get such a program.  Searching the internet I get companies that want to sell icons or the programs they offer are overkill.  Any suggestions??

Thanks,  BZMan24
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Re: Icon generator program
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2017, 06:14:34 pm »
Search Greenfish Icon Editor, is made with Lazarus.
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Re: Icon generator program
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 06:14:54 pm »
Quote from: bzman24 on January 15, 2017, 06:08:40 pm
Question - I was wondering what people are using to generate the program icon instead of using the default icon?  Back in the Delphi (1 or 2 and even up to 5) days, if I remember correctly, they had a basic icon generator program that came with Delphi.  For my needs, it worked fine and I used it as needed.  Now I don't know where to get such a program.  Searching the internet I get companies that want to sell icons or the programs they offer are overkill.  Any suggestions??

Thanks,  BZMan24

Try GreenFish Icon Editor Pro https://greenfishsoftware.blogspot.fr/2012/07/greenfish-icon-editor-pro.html. It is open source.
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Re: Icon generator program
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 06:19:47 pm »
Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is listed in Lazarus Application Gallery:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Application_Gallery#Greenfish_Icon_Editor_Pro

Alternatively you may use GIMP, which is open source too. Some may think GIMP is too overkill, but actually it is easier. Because you don't have to draw your own icon, you can simply open any image or photo, shrink it and export it to icon.
https://www.gimp.org/
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Re: Icon generator program
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2017, 06:26:22 pm »
Quote from: Handoko on January 15, 2017, 06:19:47 pm
Alternatively you may use GIMP

On Mac, I use GIMP to create .ico for Windows and .png for Linux, then paste into Icon Composer to create the .icns file for OS X.

Examples of same image in 3 different file formats included here:

https://macpgmr.github.io/MacXPlatform/LazXProj.html
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[SOLVED]Re: Icon generator program
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2017, 02:56:58 am »
Thanks Handoko, I'll try Gimp and Greenfish Icon Editor Pro and see what I can do.

BZMan24 :)
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