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Image sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16 File formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, ICO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is surely no lack of online businesses that provide stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if including these stock icons will prove advantageous to their website template and applications; 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 must already know that pictorial depictions of the various functions are often the major impact creators; they can change your program or website from being only functional to one that is has a professional touch, user friendly and attractive. However, creating your own icon collection can be incredibly taxing and of course time consuming. If you hire the services of a web graphics designer, you will have to dole out a bundle for the graphics. On the other hand, you will be able to procure similar quality from icon collections offered over the internet for a percentage of the price. A set of stock icons usually has more than 100 images, offered in different file formats that are perfect for representing the functions common to every second websites and applications; for example, help, lock , copy, paste and others. If you cannot get stock icons that suit your requirements, you can also get in touch one of these online establishments and tell them to design exclusive icons for you; this is probably the most feasible option; to state it factually, the original graphics artist will be in a better position to hold on to some degree of commonality throughout the series of images created for a specific theme. The second query that several people wonder about is whether they should choose the commercial graphics or pick free collections, so here are some thoughts on the advantages of commercial graphics vis a vis the free images: Price: The price of an collection of graphics is generally in the vicinity of $100 and above depending on the quantity of icons. However, free images will generally have copyright issues and/or you will need to include accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: Good quality con sets are available in a plethora of sizes, so although you purchase one icon, you can get them in an assortment of sizes such as 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also purchase them in different states ;for instance, disabled, hot etc. However; free images can only be procured in a one size and state License: You may have to face some problems with the licenses that are free; you may not be allowed to make changes to the icons nor will you be able to utilize them multiple times but with professional icon collections, you can use the images whenever and wherever you want. Usability: Professional icon sets will usually contain enough images to cover all your software and website design needs ; however, with free graphics even if you can manage to get images of an acceptable quality, they are far and few between this would mean that you will not be able to incorporate them in your applications. ![]()
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