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Image sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you considered using stock icons?There is definitely no lack of online businesses that sell stock icons; however, people often wonder if using these stock icons will change the look of their website template and software programs; so, here is an analysis of how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are into website designing or are a programmer adept at application programming, you must have a fair idea about how icons are often the major impact creators; they can turn your application or website from being merely functional to one that is has a professional touch, easy to use and eye catching. However, designing your exclusive stock icons can be nothing short of harrowing and of course a task that will take up a lot of your time. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will end up paying him an exorbitant amount for the icons. As opposed to this, you will be able to procure the very same quality from web graphics sold over the internet for a fraction of the cost. A collection of stock icons will generally have more than 100 images, provided in various image formats that are useful for depicting the functions common to most websites and software programs; for instance, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you could not get icons that suit your requirements, you can simply get in touch one of these websites and request them to design a custom icon for you; this is by far the most preferable option; simply, the the person who created the other icons in the series will be in a better position to retain a modicum of commonality in all the graphics of a series associated with a specific theme. The second query that several people ponder over is whether they should choose the commercial graphics or get free collections, so here is some insight on the positive attributes of commercial stock icons vis a vis the free images: Cost: The rate of an collection of graphics is to the tune of $100 and over depending on the number of graphical depictions. However, free icon collections will normally have copyright problems and/or you will have to include accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: High quality stock icon sets can be bought in a myriad of pixels, so even though you buy one icon, you should get them in several sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also get them in several states ;for instance, disabled, hot etc. But unlike these; free images can only be downloaded in a singular state and size License: You may need to tackle some problems with the licenses that are free; you will not have the liberty to make changes to the icons nor will you have the permission to use them multiple times but with professional icon collections, you can utilize the stock icons whenever and wherever you want. Usability: Good icon libraries will usually feature enough images to cover all your software and website design requirements but with free images even if you do manage to get fairly good graphics, these are very rare which means that it may be impossible to use them in your application creation and web designing. ![]()
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