CNET Editors' review
This free program lets you create your own custom icons. It'll take a little time to master its tools, but it's worth the effort.
Greenfish Icon Editor Pro's user interface looked like a stripped down version of Photoshop, complete with tool and color palettes. A menu bar at the top of the window allows for easy access to its features. Immediately, we were asked what action we wanted to perform: Create a new graphic, Create a new library, Open an existing document, or Batch convert image files. We opted to first create a new graphic, which opened a new window containing a grid. Using the Rectangle and Ellipse tools, we were able to quickly draw a shape. The Color Picker palette let us easily select a color from an HSB Map, as well as a selection of swatches. But you can also create your own color formula or enter an HTML value. Our first icon masterpiece left lots to be desired, but we found ourselves getting better and better as we practiced with the tools. We were able to save the newly created icon as a JPEG, GIF, and BMP file, among others. The program's batch conversion feature was extremely intuitive. We simply clicked the Add button to browse for the files we wanted to convert, and selected the file type and save location. Our files were instantly converted to JPEGs.
The program does contain a well thought out online Help file should you need a little extra guidance. The program is ready to use once it's extracted, so it doesn't leave anything behind. We highly recommend Greenfish Icon Editor Pro for any users looking to create their own custom icons.
Publisher's Description
From Greenfish:
A professional tool for creating icons, cursors, and other small pixelgraphic images. It has a wide range of features, can handle ICO/CUR/PNG/XPM/BMP/JPEG files, can create Vista(tm)-compatible, PNG compressed icons and has many filters including Drop shadow, Glow and Bevel. Some sample documents are included. No installation required.
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"Great functionality and familiar interface, easy to use"
Version: Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 1.7
Pros
There were a lot of things to like. I'm not a graphics design expert but there are many times as a software engineer that creating and editing icons is vital for projects. I can do everything I need to with Greenfish Icon Editor...And it's FREE!
Cons
Not much to hate here. The only thing I can say is that it could have a more complete toolset with tools that make it easier to pick a color from the image, set transparency of existing colors, etc. But overall, it offers a lot for being free.
Summary
I'm not a graphics design expert and I've only had the tool for a day, however, I was very happy when I found Greenfish Icon Editor and saw what I could do so quickly. It's quite possible that I just don't know how to use the software yet for the things I mentioned in the "cons" list, so if you're looking for an icon editor, I highliy recommend you try this.
Main things I've used it for was to create a new PNG icon starting from an existing icon I already had. I was able to quickly select the portion of the original icon I wanted and create a new icon from what was selected. Then I added additional elements to the icon while preserving the transparency in the process.
If you're looking for a free editor and don't need the sophisticated layering and all-out Photoshop capability, this is definitely worth the money ;) -
"Great icon editor"
Version: Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 1.4
Pros
This is the best free icon editor i was able to find on cnet. It does a great job and has a lot of options.
Cons
The interface could be a bit better. It is a bit hard to get used to, and it would be nice if the toolbars would dock.
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"Just ok, nothing outstanding"
Version: Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 1.1
Pros
east to use, easy to understand. Even if your ot a pro you could use it right off.
Cons
takes awhile to read everything, but I did not find anthig bad about the program but remember I only used it one time and it was to just try out.
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