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Image sizes: 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is certainly no shortage of online establishments that provide stock icons; however, people often ponder if using these stock icons will change the look of their website design and tools; so, here is an analysis of 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 major impact creators; they can turn your program or website from being only functional to one that is has a professional touch, simple to operate and attractive. However, making your exclusive graphics can be nothing short of harrowing and of course time consuming. If you hire the services of a web graphics designer, you will land up spending a bundle for the icon collection. As opposed to this, you can get the very same quality from web graphics available online for a fraction of the cost. A library of stock icons usually has 100 or more images, provided in different image formats that are useful for showing the functions common to every second websites and software programs; for instance, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you don't find graphics that suit your requirements, you can simply contact one of these internet businesses and ask them to make exclusive icons for you; this is an immensely feasible option; to state it factually, the designer who worked on the original graphics will be in a better position to hold on to some semblance of consistency in all the icons in a series devoted to a specific theme. Another question that several people ponder over is whether they should select the commercial images or go for free collections, so here are some thoughts on the benefits of commercial stock icons vis a vis the free images: Price: The price of an icon set can be in the range of $100 and above depending on the number of images. However, free images will usually have infringement related concerns and/or you will need to offer accreditations while you use them on your site. Size: High quality image collections can be purchased in a plethora of pixels, so even though you pay for a single icon, you should get them in an assortment of sizes such as 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also purchase them in different states such as disabled, hot etc. However; free images can only be downloaded in a one state and size License: You may encounter some problems with the licenses that are free; you may not be allowed to make changes to the icons nor will you be able to use them as much as you like but with professional icon collections, you can use the images innumerable times in the most esoteric contexts. Utility: Commercial stock icons will usually feature enough images to cover all your application and web graphic expectation ; however, with free graphics even if you can find images of an acceptable quality, they are far and few between this would mean that it may be impossible to use them in your application creation and web designing. ![]()
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