IconDeveloper Suggestion Thread
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
We are in the process of updating IconDeveloper, and we wanted to take this opportunity to ask the community for feedback.
https://www.stardock.com/products/icondeveloper/
Basically, what you like to see to make IconDeveloper really shine? We would also be interested to hear if you use IconDeveloper, and reasons why or why not.
We are looking for feature suggestions, but if you have bugs you want to bring to our attention, please tag it with #bug in your comment so we can sort through them.
Thank for your help!
Reply #2 Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:40 AM
I've found IconDeveloper to be quite useful so far, but (whether it's possible or not) I'd like to see the option to add drop shadows and maybe even reflections.
Also, while IconDeveloper imports images and converts tham 'as is', would it be possible to include tools to smooth/round edges of images to give a cleaner look to the finished ICO??
Reply #5 Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:42 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:39 PM
Yeah, that's more or less what I was trying to say.... cos sometimes, as hard as I try to clean up my images in PSP, relics have appeared once the icon is made. The ability to clean/tweak images in the final stage of icon production would be excellent, but also a background that better shows up imperfections would be nice.
Reply #7 Friday, March 13, 2009 12:03 AM
Reply #8 Monday, March 16, 2009 11:24 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:29 AM
Now that would be a bonus.... the icon gallery over at DA has quite a few OS-X dedicated icons that 'd look good in a Windows environment.
Also, enabling the Alpha Channel when batch converting images... at present I'm finding it disabled for bulk conversions
Reply #10 Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:33 AM
Support for importing OSX icons in mac binary format would be awesome.
Now that would be a bonus.... the icon gallery over at DA has quite a few OS-X dedicated icons that 'd look good in a Windows environment.
I got a reply on this request >HERE< (note that the reply was posted after I reposted the suggestion here, so I'm not a crossposting freak 
), and it seems like we have a shot on getting it.
Reply #11 Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:25 AM
Quoting starkers, reply 9
Support for importing OSX icons in mac binary format would be awesome.
Now that would be a bonus.... the icon gallery over at DA has quite a few OS-X dedicated icons that 'd look good in a Windows environment.
I got a reply on this request >HERE< (note that the reply was posted after I reposted the suggestion here, so I'm not a crossposting freak ), and it seems like we have a shot on getting it.
I just took a look... sounds promising and something to look forward to.
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:05 AM
I haven't used it because I don't have that much of time.
I will try it later in summer vacation... 
Still I would like it to be capable of.......
Texture Brush or Fill.
Add, Place & Resize Cliparts.
Containers For Icons eg spheres, cubes, pyramids etc.
Anti-aliasing (at edges)
Some effects filters.. morph, border, glow, fill with shapes, snow, rain, lines, glitter etc...
Sorry If I am talking silly, I have no experience of creating icons...
Reply #13 Wednesday, December 29, 2010 7:59 AM
A very nice feature would be if IconDeveloper could be used to change the "embedded" icon of an .exe file.
Google finds dozens of such utilities, I dare to try none of those.
Reply #14 Friday, December 31, 2010 9:18 PM
Reply #15 Friday, June 6, 2014 3:29 PM
Hi !
I use IconDeveloper ocasionaly, but so far it's the StarDock tool that I use most.
I use IconDeveloper to Create Icons to my Folders, so that the Image gives me a quick Idea of what is inside. It may seem too simple, but along the day it saves a precious time.
My Feed back is;
- But.., IconDeveloper it's not a quite friendly tool. No ! It's very simple, but I did not find out how to change the Size the Icon appears in front of the folder
- It does not "See" the .dll icons that I can choose from the System32, those standard Windows Icons.
- I cannot save as a .dll !! I also don't know IF it worths !!??
- The PREVIEW should show us How exactly the Icon will appear, with its real Size.
- It "suggest's" too much ! I don't know to choose, e.g., It does not say much to me 256x256 or 16x16 !! What is that ? It should say HOW BIG would be the File of the Icon.
- I should ASK --> How will I use this Icon, In a File manager, or ...,
- The Color adjust tool works good, surprised me the way I can change the color of something, but it's difficult to come back to the original color, I had to close without saving and open again.
- I DO RECOMMEND that you DON'T ABANDON the IconDeveloper because it's a great tool and there is not much programs like this. So.. it worths to maintain and I, of course would purchase an upgraded version.
That's my Feed back
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:54 PM