IconEmpire 2.0 is a powerful utility for creating and editing icons and cursors in standard and custom sizes with the color depth up to 32-bit True Color. Developers can give their graphics an added gloss with numerous visual effects, ranging from semi-transparency to drop shadows. In addition to graphics design, the program allows for extracting and modifying standard icons or cursors stored in Windows executables, libraries and cursor files.
Besides icon/cursor design and management capabilities, IconEmpire enables developers to create multilayer images that can be used as interface items. A sophisticated collection of effects will help breathe life into the software design. Along with gradient and chess fill effects, developers can resort to dozens of other stylistic options including drop shadow, opacity, smooth, negative, grayscale, colorize, rotate, and more.
Availability
IconEmpire 2.0 runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003 and costs $29.95 (USD) for a single-developer license. Registered customers are entitled to free updates and lifetime technical support. A demo version of the program is available for free at:
http://www.iconempire.com/downloads/iconempire.exe (1.5 MB).
