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Icon sizes: 256x256, 128x128, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is definitely no shortage of online businesses that offer stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if including these stock icons will change the look of their web designs and software programs; so, here is a look at how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are into website designing or writing a program, you probably know that pictorial depictions of the various functions are often the things that add to the quality of your site; they can turn your program or site from being only functional to one that is is professional, simple to operate and eye catching. However, designing your personal graphics can be nothing short of harrowing and of course a waste of time.. If you get in touch with a web graphics designer, you will end up paying him a bundle for the icon collection. On the other hand, you could procure similar quality from web graphics available online for a fraction of the cost. A library of stock icons usually has more than a hundred icons, provided in a variety of image formats that are useful for representing the functions that are popularly seen on most websites and applications; for example, copy, paste, lock and help etc. If you could not buy graphics that meet your needs, you can always approach one of these internet businesses and request them to make exclusive icons for you; this is an immensely suitable option; to put it simply, the designer who worked on the original graphics will have the experience to maintain some degree of consistency in all the graphics of a series associated with a particular theme. Another question that several people think about is whether they should select the commercial varieties or get free icon sets, so here is some insight on the positive attributes of commercial icon collections over the free collections: Rate: The rate of an collection of graphics can be in the range of $100 and over based on the number of graphical depictions. However, free icon collections will usually have infringement related concerns and/or you will need to include accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: High quality con sets are available in a variety of pixels, so although you buy one icon, you can get them in several sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also buy them in different states like disabled, hot etc. On the other hand; free images can only be downloaded in a singular state and size License: You may encounter some concerns with the a license that costs nothing; you will not have the liberty to make changes to the icons nor will you have the permission to utilize them as much as you like but with professional icon collections, you can utilize the stock icons innumerable times in the most esoteric contexts. Usability: Good icon libraries will normally have enough images to cover all your software and web graphic expectation ; however, with free graphics even if you do manage to get fairly good graphics, they are far and few between this would mean that you will not be able to incorporate them in your applications. ![]()
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