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Image sizes: 512x512, 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Compelling Reasons to use stock icons?There is surely no dearth of websites that sell stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if using these stock icons will make a difference to their web designs and tools; so, here is a look at how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are a web designer or are creating an application, you probably know that graphics are often the major impact creators; they can change your software or website from being just functional to one that is is professional, user friendly and eye catching. However, creating your own 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 a bundle for the icons. On the other hand, you will be able to find the very same quality from stock icon sets offered online for a fraction of the cost. A set of stock icons will generally have 100 or more images, sold in different graphic formats that are ideal for showing the functions common to most websites and software programs; for example, copy, paste, lock and help etc. If you could not find stock icons that live up to you expectations, you can simply contact one of these internet businesses and ask them to create specialized graphics for you; this is by far the most suitable option; to put it simply, the the person who created the other icons in the series will be in a better position to maintain some degree of consistency throughout the series of images devoted to a specific theme. The second doubt that most people ponder over is whether they should opt for the commercial graphics or go for free collections, so here are some thoughts on the advantages of commercial graphics as compared to the free pictures: Rate: The cost of an collection of graphics is generally in the vicinity of $100 and above depending on the number of images. However, free graphics will generally have copyright concerns and/or you will have to offer accreditations while using them. Size: High quality stock icon sets can be purchased in a myriad of pixels, so even if you purchase a single icon, you should get them in several sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also get them in various states like disabled, hot etc. But unlike these; free images can only be downloaded in a one size and state License: You may need to tackle some issues with the licenses that are free; you will not have the liberty to alter the images in any sense nor will you be able to use them as many times as you want but with commercial stock icons, you can use the images innumerable times in the most esoteric contexts. Utility: Good icon libraries will usually contain ample of pictures to meet all your programming and web graphic requirements ; however, with free graphics even if you were to manage to get good quality images, they cannot be found easily this would mean that you may find it very hard to make use of these graphics when designing applications or websites. ![]()
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