IconMaker

IconMaker is quite an easy to use application that can convert common image formats to icons.

The program comes with the essential tools exclusively, so in case Photoshop or all the other complex products are not your cup of tea, this may very well be.

And the design of the GUI is the living proof that IconMaker is very user-friendly, with all tools nicely organized in the left part of the main window. There are no less than four preview panels for the original image, transparency layer, icon preview and transparency preview, respectively.

Just as expected since we’re dealing with an icon creator, IconMaker lets you choose the icon dimensions, with available options ranging in between 16x16 and 256x256.

There are several editing utilities included, such as a dropper, a transparency brush, zoom and selection tools, all of which are available right in the main window.

Aside for helping you convert JPG, GIF and PNG photos to icons, IconMaker can also create cursors, with just one dedicated option in this regard in order to select the hotpoint.

IconMaker doesn’t hamper system performance and it runs flawlessly on all Windows iterations. It can save your projects to image formats, but also to ICO and CUR extensions.

Overall, IconMaker is one basic app that does its job and nothing more. The basic tools are there, and so is a simple interface to easily interact with all users. No help manual is included though, so this is one thing to be improved in the next versions.