![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Image sizes: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 256x256 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Compelling Reasons to use stock icons?There is definitely no dearth of websites that offer stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if including these stock icons will change the look of their web designs and applications; so, here is a look at how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are a web designer or are a programmer adept at application programming, you probably know that graphics are often the major impact creators; they can take your application or website from being only functional to one that is is professional looking, easy to use and attention grabbing. However, designing your exclusive icon collection can be incredibly taxing and of course time consuming. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will end up paying him a bundle for the icons. As opposed to this, you will be able to find the very same quality from icon collections available online for a relatively low cost. A collection of stock icons can include 100 or more images, sold in different graphic formats that are perfect for showing the functions common to every second websites and applications; for instance, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you cannot buy graphics that suit your requirements, you can simply contact one of these internet businesses and request them to make exclusive icons for you; this is probably the most preferable option; to put it simply, the original graphics artist will display a level of comfort with the theme which will help him to hold on to some semblance of consistency in all the icons in a series devoted to a particular theme. Another doubt that a majority of people think about is whether they should choose the commercial images or go for free collections, so here is a look at some of the positive attributes of commercial stock icons as compared to the free pictures: Cost: The cost of an icon collection is to the tune of $100 and more based on the number of icons. However, free images will usually have copyright issues and/or you will need to use accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: Good quality con sets can be purchased in a plethora of sizes, so even if you pay for one icon, you should get them in an assortment of sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also purchase them in various states such as disabled, hot etc. On the other hand; free images are only available in a single size and state License: You may encounter some issues with the licenses that are free; you will not be able to make changes to the icons nor will you have the permission to utilize them multiple times but with professional icon collections, you can use the images innumerable times in the most esoteric contexts. Usability: Professional icon sets will generally contain enough images to cover all your programming and website design expectation but with free images even if you do manage to get images of an acceptable quality, these are very rare this would mean that you will not be able to incorporate them in your applications. ![]()
| Copyright © 2006-2022 Aha-Soft. All rights reserved. |
|