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Icon sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone IconsThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's wildly popular portable gizmo built to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is rather like the iPhone sans phone, and it works just like it apart from the phonephone portion.When it comes to icons, the iPhone is the best, and the default application icons might be all that you want. However , it is really easy to make your own customized icons if you know a bit of Photoshop. The fundamentals Make a new document in Photoshop that is 60 pixels by 60 pixels with a transparent background. Then create a new layer and Select All. You're going to want to make the perimeters 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 define the theme and it'll stay uniform. Be sure and save it. Ensure that your layer is selected by Ctrl+Click on the layer preview thumbnail on the layers palette. Make the background of your icon. Be certain the full 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 think of it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you'll still get good results. Ensure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you may 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 - an internet browser icon, picture viewer, game app. You can use a complicated image or simple 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 targeted and should have anywhere from 5- to 10 pixel padding on all sides. Match as close as you can most themes which are typically all focused. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to need to save it as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it won' do compression which is not needed except for web photographs. Save it as a PSD or Photoshop file which will 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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