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Icon sizes: 512x512, 256x256, 128x128, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP Compelling Reasons to use stock icons?There is certainly no dearth of websites that provide stock icons; however, people often wonder if incorporating these stock icons will make a difference to their website template and software programs; so, here is some information on how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are into website designing or are creating an application, you must have a fair idea about how pictorial depictions of the various functions are often the first impression creators; they can take your application or website from being just functional to one that is has a professional touch, simple to operate and eye catching. However, designing your own icon collection can be nothing short of harrowing and of course a task that will take up a lot of your time. If you hire the services of a web graphics designer, you will land up spending an exorbitant amount for the graphics. As opposed to this, you can find the very same quality from web graphics offered online for a percentage of the price. A library of stock icons will generally have 100 or more images, sold in a variety of image formats that are ideal for representing the functions common to most websites and applications; such as, copy, paste, lock and help etc. If you could not find graphics that suit your requirements, you can also approach one of these internet businesses and request them to make exclusive icons for you; this is probably the most suitable option; to put it simply, the designer who worked on the original graphics will have the experience to maintain some semblance of commonality in all the graphics of a series associated with a specific theme. The second query that a majority of people wonder about is whether they should opt for the commercial images or get free collections, so here is some insight on the benefits of commercial stock icons vis a vis the free images: Rate: The price of an collection of graphics can be in the range of $100 and more depending on the number of icons. However, free images will normally have royalty issues and/or you will have to include accreditations while you use them on your site. Size: Good quality stock icon sets are available in a variety of pixels, so although you buy one icon, you should get them in several sizes such as 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also get them in different states like disabled, hot etc. However; free images are only available in a single state and size License: You may have to face some problems with the free license; you will not be able to alter the images in any sense nor will you have a free hand to use them as many times as you want but with commercial stock icons, you can utilize the stock icons whenever and wherever you want. Usability: Good icon libraries will normally feature enough images to cover all your application and website design expectation ; however, with free images even if you can manage to get images of an acceptable quality, they cannot be found easily which means that you may find it very hard to make use of these graphics when designing applications or websites.
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