QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

• License:

  Free to try; $22.00 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  2.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 48 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  287,250

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/NT/2000

• Limitations:

  See description

• Date Added:

  May 29, 2001

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.1 QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.0 QTam Bitmap to Icon 2.5 QTam Bitmap to Icon 2.1

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Publisher's description of QTam Bitmap to Icon

From QTam Computer:

QTam Bitmap to Icon is a small program designed for creating icons. Simply resize your image to 32x32 or 48x48 pixels and then use this program to convert the BMP to ICO. No other runtime DLL is needed. The program has an autoconvert function and the ability to mask all valid BMPs in the directory to ICOs with one touch.

Version 3.1 fixed the black spot bug from the previous version. Version 3.5 supports a Multi-Resource Icon Format. Also, the Preset Answers option lets you work much faster than before.

CNET Editor's Note: In this unregistered version, you can't input GIFs or JPEGs, and you can convert only up to three files at a time.

Editor's review of QTam Bitmap to Icon

• 2.0 stars

• "QTam Bitmap to Icon"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

With so few features and an interface only a mother could love, this image-conversion program is hardly worth the 22 bills requested. QTam Bitmap to Icon helps you convert images into ICO files. This trial version lets you convert only three files in a batch, and only BMP format is allowed. Even if this were remedied in the paid version, the program doesn't offer you much else, as only 16- and 256-color formats are supported. Though you can select among three standard icon sizes, you can't create a custom size. You can, however, crop images or apply automasking. Yet the program doesn't allow you to select an output path for your converted files. All files are automatically stored in the program's main folder. The largest bugaboo for us is the program's many, many screens, which require you to break your finger clicking through each to start converting. All the options scattered among these screens could have fit comfortably into one or two--but the designer's approach just slows down the process. Better options are out there, and many are freeware. Though we'd love to support QTam, a lot of design work has yet to be done before it's a powerful program.

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• Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 48 votes
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• 4 stars

  Version: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

  "This software is quite nice"

  by definitiz on May 29, 2007

  Pros: This software is quite nice and easy to use

  Cons: N/A

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• 5 stars

  Version: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

  "Does what it says"

  on August 10, 2003

  Summary: The product isn't for people who make icons seriously because the features are just so so. Plus you can only change three at a time if you don't want to pay for it. You shouldn't have a problem using it I am moron who took a week to get Greymatter t... read more >>

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• 5 stars

  Version: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

  "VERY GOOD ICON MAKER"

  on June 19, 2003

  Summary: VERY GOOD ICON MAKER.INSTEAD of trying to find or download the right icon.Use this program and just make your own from BMP pictures.Options are available for icon color depth and option for icon size.A++++++

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• 5 stars

  Version: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

  "Great For Visual Basic!"

  on March 7, 2003

  Summary: I used this program for the first time today and am amazed that you can do so much with this program, This product is great, If they would lower the price a little, I would buy this. It's just so easy to use, no wonder it's number one :-)

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• 5 stars

  Version: QTam Bitmap to Icon 3.5

  "quick and dirty icon creator"

  on January 5, 2003

  Summary: The features included may be limited, but if you already have a bitmap created that you want to turn into icon format, this is the tool. It is fast and simple.

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