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Image sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you considered using stock icons?There is certainly no shortage of online establishments that sell stock icons; however, people often ponder if using these stock icons will change the look of their website design 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 a programmer adept at application programming, you must already know that pictorial depictions of the various functions are often the things that add to the quality of your site; they can take your application or site from being just functional to one that is has a professional touch, easy to use and attention grabbing. However, designing your exclusive graphics 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 have to dole out an exorbitant amount for the icons. On the other hand, you will be able to get similar quality from icon collections sold over the internet for a percentage of the price. A library of stock icons will generally have more than a hundred icons, provided in a variety of graphic formats that are useful for showing the functions that are popularly seen on several websites and applications; for example, copy, paste, lock and help etc. If you cannot buy stock icons that suit your requirements, you can always approach one of these websites and request them to design exclusive icons for you; this is probably the most suitable option; to put it simply, the original graphics artist will display a level of comfort with the theme which will help him to retain some degree of consistency throughout the series of images created for a specific theme. The next query that a majority of people think about is whether they should choose the commercial varieties or go for free collections, so here is some insight on the benefits of commercial stock icons vis a vis the free images: Price: The price of an collection of graphics is generally in the vicinity of $100 and above based on the quantity of images. However, free images will generally have royalty concerns and/or you will need to offer accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: Commercial quality con sets can be bought in a myriad of pixels, so even though you buy a singular image, you will get them in different sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also buy them in several states like disabled, hot etc. However; free images are only available in a singular size and state License: You may need to tackle some problems with the a license that costs nothing; you may not be allowed to make changes to the icons nor will you be able to use them as much as you like but with commercial stock icons, you can use the images as many times and in any project as you deem fit. Utility: Professional icon sets will generally contain ample of pictures to meet all your application and website design expectation ; however, with free icons even if you can find images of an acceptable quality, they cannot be found easily this would mean that it may be impossible to use them in your application creation and web designing. ![]()
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