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Icon sizes: 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone PictogramsThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's wildly popular mobile device designed to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is rather like the iPhone sans telephone, and it works just like it except for the telephone portion.When it comes to icons, the iPhone is the best, and the default application icons could be all that you want. However , it is really easy to make your own customized icons if you know a little bit of Photoshop. The basics Make a new document in Photoshop that is 60 pixels by 60 pixels with a transparent background. Then make a new layer and Select All. You're going to require to make the edges of your iPhone icon rounded so Select Smooth and make it at 5 pixels. Take the graphic and wallpaper the icon which is the back part of the icon. This may outline the theme and it will stay uniform. Be sure and save it. Make sure that your layer is selected by Ctrl+Click on the layer preview thumbnail on the layers palette. Make the background of your icon. Be sure that the entire area is selected. Make a three-color gradient for best effect with the lighter side on one. Make it a Linear gradient because if you look at iPhone icons, they typically have a subtle background. Just consider it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you can still get good results. Make sure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you could need to darken or lighten your background depending on what you are counting on putting on top of it. You can now outline what the icon is being used for. That is, what is it - a browser icon, picture spectator, game app. You may use a complicated image or easy text to get this across. Make your symbol design which can be a cutout of a photo or graphic, a mono- or bi-color design - anything you can think about will work. Your symbol should be focused and should have anywhere from 5- to 10 pixel padding on all sides. Match as near as you can most themes which are generally all centered. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to want to put it aside as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it will not do compression which is not needed except for web pictures. Reserve it as a PSD or Photoshop file which may be your template for making future icons. You can now upload the PNG file to your iPhone/iTouch and have your first unique icon for your machine. ![]()
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