EasyIconMaker

You surely noticed that almost every file on your desktop is fitted with a different little picture, known as the icon. It’s neat for the program in question to somewhat depict its features through an icon. You can easily convert pictures to icons to use with your own files, but it’s also possible to unleash your skills and create new ones with the help of applications like EasyIconMaker.

One first note is that the application requires Java Runtime Environment to function, which can also be grabbed and deployed through the application installer in case it’s not already on your computer. On the other hand, this means that EasyIconMaker can function on more than just Windows operating systems.

The overall design of the application is intuitive. The center space is the canvas, fitted with a grid by default to carefully tell pixels apart. The upper and side sections are fitted with some tool panels to handle general functions, canvas operations, and selecting colors.

You can either start from scratch or load a picture to be transformed into an icon. Image files need to be under formats like BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, or ICO. What’s more, these are also the supported formats when it comes to exporting, but ICO is generally the one to use when applying an icon to a file.

There’s a general brush to use in order to draw. A large color palette is at your disposal, with multiple slots to save tints. You can zoom in and out, flip and rotate the picture, or move it across the canvas. It’s a good idea to also set the size specifications of the file, which range from 8x8 to 256x256. It’s possible to create an icon under all size values.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that EasyIconMaker is a lightweight tool you can use to create new icons for your files. It’s possible to work on existing ones, with decent file support and a variety of drawing tools and effects to work with.