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Image sizes: 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is definitely no dearth of online establishments that offer stock icons; however, people often wonder if incorporating these stock icons will make a difference to their website design and applications; so, here is some information on how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are designing a website or writing a program, you probably know that icons are often the first impression creators; they can turn your program or website from being just functional to one that is is professional looking, simple to operate and attractive. However, designing your own icon collection can be incredibly taxing and of course a task that will take up a lot of your time. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will have to dole out an exorbitant amount for the icons. As opposed to this, you will be able to find the precise quality from stock icon sets available over the internet for a percentage of the price. A set of stock icons can include more than 100 images, offered in a variety of graphic formats that are perfect for representing the functions common to several websites and applications; such as, help, lock , copy, paste and others. If you could not buy icons that suit your requirements, you can simply contact one of these internet businesses and tell them to make a custom icon for you; this is an immensely feasible option; simply, the the person who created the other icons in the series will be in a better position to retain some semblance of similarity throughout the series of images associated with a particular theme. Another query that several people ponder over is whether they should choose the commercial images or pick free collections, so here is some insight on the benefits of commercial icon collections as compared to the free pictures: Price: The rate of an icon collection is generally in the vicinity of $100 and above based on the number of graphical depictions. However, free icon collections will generally have copyright concerns and/or you will need to use accreditations while using them. Size: Good quality con sets can be purchased in a plethora of pixels, so although you buy a singular image, you will get them in different sizes such as 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also purchase them in different states ;for instance, disabled, hot etc. On the other hand; free images are only available in a single size and state License: You may encounter some concerns with the a license that costs nothing; you will not be able to modify the icons in anyway nor will you have the permission to use them multiple times but with commercial stock icons, you can utilize the stock icons innumerable times in the most esoteric contexts. Usability: Commercial stock icons will normally have quite a few graphics to suit all your programming and website design requirements but with free icons even if you were to find fairly good graphics, they cannot be found easily which means that you will not be able to incorporate them in your applications. ![]()
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