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Image sizes: 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16, 512x512, 256x256 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone PictogramsThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's wildly popular portable gadget built to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is the same as the iPhone sans telephone, 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 could be all that you need. However , it is very 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 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 five pixels. Take the graphic and wallpaper the icon which is the back part of the icon. This could define the theme and it will stay uniform. Be sure and reserve 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 whole 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 generally have a sophisticated background. Just regard it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you'll still get wonderful results. Make sure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you could need to darken or lighten your background dependent 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 - an internet browser icon, picture spectator, game app. You may use a complex image or simple text to get this across. Make your symbol design which could be a cutout of a photo or graphic, a mono- or bi-color design - anything you can think of will work. Your symbol should be focused and should have anywhere from 5- to ten pixel padding on all sides. Match as near as you can most themes which are typically all targeted. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to want to save it as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it will not do compression which is not needed except for web pictures. Put it aside 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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