We all know that Photoshop is a powerful and a widely used photo editor. The only thing it lacks is its inability to create or edit .ico (Icon Files) photos for websites or windows. Thus, using this simple Icon Plugin for Photoshop enhances Adobe Photoshop with an ability to export and import Windows icons (.ico). Using this feature, users can create beautiful icons directly in Adobe Photoshop, using its large arsenal of creative tools and a convenient and familiar design environment.

The plugin is totally free to use and distribute and can be downloaded from the following website or by clicking here:

http://www.sibcode.com/icon-plugin/index.htm

This plugin provides all the features, which are required to achieve professional results in creating icons. It supports multi-format icons, transparency and semi-transparency and allows making icons, which are compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

How to install

Unpack archive and copy “ico.8bi” and “png.8bi” (optional) files into the “File Formats” folder inside your Photoshop Plugins folder. The Photoshop Plugins folder can be found in the directory you installed photoshop in. Generally it is inside the Adobe Photoshop folder found inside the Adobe folder in Program Files which is in the Hard Disk drive you used to install Windows or OSX. After that Quit and relaunch Photoshop, if it’s already running.

How to use the plugin

Use Photoshop’s Open command from the File menu to open .ICO files (which will now appear in the file browser). Use Photoshop’s Save command to create .ICO files or to add images to existing icons.

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