Q. Does IconCool Studio support vista icon?

Yes.IconCool Studio can support windows vista icons completely, you can create edit and save vista icon easily.

Q. What is the photoshop plug-in?

A. The IconCool Studio allows user to transfer an image to IconCool Studio from Adobe Photoshop or send an image to Adobe Photoshop from IconCool Studio editor area.

Install the PhotoShop Plug-in
If user has installed the PhotoShop application, IconCool Studio will install the plug- in automatically, you just need to choose the menu item “File-> Install the PhotoShop Plug-in”, then a prompt box will show “Install IconCool Studio to Photoshop plug-in successfully”.
Before using the plug-in, you must first install the PhotoShop application.
If you have not installed the PhotoShop application, the prompt box will show “Current IconCool Studio catalog does not find the PhotoShop Plug-in”.

How to use the PhotoShop Plug-in?
Choose the menu item “File-> Install the PhotoShop Plug-in”, a prompt box will show “Install IconCool Studio to Photoshop plug-in successfully”.
Run PhotoShop application, open or create an image and select whole layer image or part of image in PhotoShop editor area.
Then choose menu item “File->Export ->IconCool Studio”.
A “Icon Set” window will appear in IconCool Studio, here you can select all image or part and customize the size, format and so on, then click on the “Import Now” button, the image from PhotoShop application will appear in the IconCool Studio editor area.

Send an image to PhotoShop from IconCool Studio editor area
IconCool Studio also allows user to send an image to PhotoShop from IconCool Studio, user just choose the item “Send this image to PhotoShop” in pop-up menu. The current image will be transferred to PhotoShop editor area.

Q. How do I load the icons hidden color within DLL, EXE, ICL files?

A. 1. Choose the menu item "File -> Open"; to load an icon from a DLL, EXE or ICL file; Choose file formats in the selection box; locate your file in the folder.
2. Double-click the filename, or click the "Open" button. A dialog box will open. Use custom format and size, then select all or a portion of the image to load. The selected will be displayed in the preview box.
3. Click the "import now", the load will be finished.
4. Then save as ".ico" .
5. Choose the menu item, "File->Save".

Q. How do I extract an icon from an external file and edit/replace it?

A. Choose the menu item "File -> Open"; Choose file formats in the selection box; locate your file in the folder.
Double-click the filename, or click the "Open" button. A dialog box will open. Use custom format and size, then select all or a portion of the image to convert. It will be displayed in the preview box.
Click "import now" to return to editor area. Now you can edit or replace it After editing or replacing the extracted-icon, choose "File->Save." to save it .

Q. How do I convert a colorful icon to a gray icon?

A. 1. Load the Colorful Icon (True/256/16 colors) as the Current Icon;
2. Choose the menu item "Filter -> Convert to gray".

After the operation, if the number of the colors used is more than the number permitted for the current color depth, a dialog box will open.

Q. How do change the system icons?

A. Method 1:
Choose the menu item "Tools-> Customize Windows Icons" ; Here you can modify the folder icon, the Start Menu icon, the desktop icon, hard disk icon and so on.

Method 2:
Click the "customize windows icons" button in tool bar, then you can modify the icons you want.

Q. How do I make an icon transparent?

A. Switch the current color to "Transparent Color" by clicking: "Transparent Color". Now you can use any drawing tool to draw transparent pixels. Also you can adjust the A (ALPHA) value by dragging the slider (the less value is, the more transparent is) or adjust the RGB value.

Q. How do I create an animation GIF?

A. The IconCool Studio supports to edit animation GIF files, this function is more easily to use.
1. Create a new GIF files
Choose the menu item “Tools-> Edit GIF” or click the “Edit GIF” button in the toolbar.
An “Edit GIF” window will pop up, click the “New” button in toolbar, or right-click and choose the “Create New” item. The former edited frames will be cleared, now you can create the new Animation GIF project.

2. Send GIF Project from this image
Right-click in the editor area, then choose the “Send GIF Project from this image” item.
The “Edit GIF” window will pop up, and the edited image will appear in the current frame location.
Select it and right-click choose the “Edit” or click on the “Edit” button, then it will back to the Icon editor area, you can edit and modify it in editor area.

3. Insert the external image file to GIF
Choose the menu item “Tools-> Edit GIF” , or click the “Edit GIF” button in the toolbar.
The “Edit GIF” window will pop up, click the “Insert” button, an “Open” Window will open, then you can locate the file, click “Ok”, the selected file will appear in the current frame location, then you can edit it.