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Icon sizes: 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16, 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone IconsThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's wildly popular mobile device engineered to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is rather like the iPhone sans telephone, and it works just like it except for the telephone 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 customised icons if you know a bit of Photoshop. The basics Make a new document in Photoshop that is sixty pixels by sixty pixels with a transparent background. Then make a new layer and Select All. You're going to want to make the sides of your iPhone icon rounded so Select Smooth and make it at 5 pixels. Take the graphic and wallpaper the icon which is the back part of the icon. This will outline the theme and it'll stay uniform. Be certain 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 certain that the entire 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 typically have a delicate background. Just consider it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you can still get excellent results. Make sure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you might need to darken or lighten your background depending on what you plan on putting on top of it. You can now define what the icon is being used for. That is, what is it - a browser icon, picture spectator, game app. You may use a complex image or straightforward text to get this across. Make your symbol design which can 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 ten pixel padding on all sides. Match as close as you can most themes which are sometimes all focused. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you will want to reserve it as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it will not do compression which is not needed except for web images. 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 device . ![]()
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