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Image sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone IconsThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's amazingly popular portable gizmo engineered 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 might be all that you would like. However , it is really easy to make your own customised icons if you know a bit of Photoshop. The fundamentals Make a new document in Photoshop that is sixty pixels by sixty pixels with a clear background. Then create a new layer and Select All. You're going to need to make the sides 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 outline the theme and it'll stay uniform. Be sure and reserve it. Ensure 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 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 usually have a delicate background. Just regard it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you will still get good results. Ensure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you might 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 easy text to get this across. Make your symbol design which could be a cutout of a photograph or graphic, a mono- or bi-color design - anything you can think of 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 centered. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to need to put it aside as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog as it won' do compression which is not required except for web pictures. Reserve it as a PSD or Photoshop file which may 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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