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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 ImagesThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's amazingly popular portable gadget designed to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is just like the iPhone sans phone, and it works just like it excepting 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 very easy to make your own customised icons if you know a bit of Photoshop. The basics Create a new document in Photoshop that is sixty pixels by 60 pixels with a transparent background. Then create a new layer and Select All. You're going to need 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 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 regard it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you will still get excellent results. Ensure 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're counting on putting on top of it. You can now define what the icon is being used for. That is, what is it - a web browser icon, picture spectator, game app. You may use a complex image or straightforward 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 near as you can most themes which are generally 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 as it won' do compression which is not needed except for web images. Put it aside as a PSD or Photoshop file which should 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 gadget. ![]()
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