CNET Editors' review
IcoFX allows users to create custom icons using a variety of tools. The program's intuitive interface and many features make it a great choice for creating icons.
Much of the program's interface will look familiar to users who have experience with Microsoft Paint, although IcoFX is a little more polished. The program displays content in seven panes, all of which can easily be enabled or disabled under the View menu. One pane helpfully includes a tree layout of the user's computer files, while another holds a preview of the contents of a selected folder. This makes it easy to browse through your computer and find the files you'd like to work with. Users can start with a preselected image or create icons from scratch, and it's easy to do both. The online Help file gives detailed descriptions of the program's functions and also offers a set of tutorials. The program includes all of the standard image-editing functions that one would expect, along with a few standouts. Users can easily convert Macintosh icons to Windows icons, and vice versa. The work area can be viewed at an impressive 10,000 percent, allowing users the ability to do very detailed editing. We also liked program's powerful opacity options. The program is easy enough for novices to use, but it contains features that will be appreciated by more-advanced users as well.
IcoFX is free, and it installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users who are looking for a powerful yet easy-to-use icon editor.
Publisher's Description
From IcoFX:
IcoFX is an icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency. With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there's virtually no limit to the icons you can create.
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4.0 starsout of 36 votes
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"ultimate free icon converter/editor!"
Version: IcoFX 2.0.1
Pros
everything (things like transparency and much more all works!)
Cons
none at all really :D
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"One of the best I have used to date."
Version: IcoFX 2.0.1
Pros
Has all the requirements
Cons
None that I have found
Summary
Go get it!!
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"It was not free"
Version: IcoFX 2.0.1
Pros
Non at all.....
Cons
Save is disabled after 14 usage.
Summary
Bad!
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"it lied about being free..."
Version: IcoFX 2.0.1
Pros
the review forces an answer in the pro box so this is it
Cons
its not free its a limited trial version
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"Great product overall"
Version: IcoFX 2.0.1
Pros
Easy to work with. and amazingly fast
Cons
Paid program
Summary
I think thi one used to be free. So sad :(
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"IconFX is a solid,easy to use,icon utility."
Version: IcoFX 1.6.4
Pros
A solid tool for creating,and editing icons.The interface is simple,yet powerfull enough to satisfy most.
Brought to us free of charge by IconFX.Cons
None as far as i can see.
Summary
I was able to convert some of my pictures to icons in minutes...a 'crop' tool is included as well.
Creating icons from scratch is straight forward with a color chooser,a toolbar similar to 'mspaint',a zoomed window to paint on,and has an 'actuall size' preview box to watch your progress.
The program does exactly what it claims.My icon utility search is over. -
"You will not find a Free program as good as this one"
Version: IcoFX 1.6.4
Pros
Does everything about icons. Nothing is missing
Cons
Does not support uni-code characters so if i want to open an image i first have to copy it to a directory with no uni-code characters, with is annoying. When it is time to save the icon i have to save it to a non uni-code directory and then move it!!
Summary
Please make it support uni-code
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"Simple powerful"
Version: IcoFX 1.6.4
Pros
Every bit its well endowed.
Cons
Don't know any at moment
Summary
Long ago I have had a similar powerful software bundled with C++ from Microsoft.
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"I gues it has all you would expect and need"
Version: IcoFX 1.6.4
Pros
Most of it
Cons
None by me
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"Worth more than 5 starts"
Version: IcoFX 1.6.4
Pros
Every thing is pros, try it yourself
Cons
Nothing is con
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