Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is a free, lightweight and easy using application developed to create icons and cursors, plus, it supports filters and layers.ĥ, Create the Icon with an Image Editor and Convert PNG to ICO GIMP is a well-known free image processing program, it works on Windows as well as Linux, GIMP allows users to read and write an icon without any restrictions.
To use " ICO FORMAT", just download the compressed archive from the official webpage, extract the package and copy the file "ICOFormat.8bi" to the corresponding folder, for example, "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop\Plug-Ins\File Formats", then restart Photoshop. On, you can combine multiple PNG images into a single icon, split icons into images, or create an icon in circle or heart shape with ease.Ģ, Using Adobe Photoshop and the "ICO FORMAT" PluginĪdobe Photoshop does not allow to open, edit or save an ico file directly, but with the assistance of a free and open source plugin named "ICO FORMAT", you can open and save an icon file within Photoshop. Converting the image in PNG( or jpg, gif ) format to ICO format with an online application( for example, ICO Convert ) might be more efficient if you do not have a large quantity of icons to convert, an online conversion tool always allows you to perform the conversion task without registration and downloading any software, you can use any Internet browser in any operationg system to visit the web app.