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The plugin won't have anything to do with making an image look better when it's scaled down to icon size... it simply helps Photoshop to convert your image into a 'legal' icon format.

A lot of people think they can create an icon by simply renaming a bitmap... but that's not true. That icon will have problems being recognized most of the time.

I've attached the filter here.
Save it, unzip it, and move it into your /Adobe/Photoshop/plugins folder.
When you're ready to save your image, use the "Save As..." option in the FILE menu. Open the FILE TYPES menu and you'll see the "Icon Format (*.ico)" option.

Just as a test... i saved out a 300x300 image to the icon format. It got saved in my system's default size of 42x42. The image converted fine but was a fair bit fuzzy. But as i said, that fact lies in how complex the image is. If it's a simple flat colour image then it'll convert fine.

<blockquote data-quote="theKeeper" data-source="post: 8896" data-attributes="member: 29752">The plugin won&#039;t have anything to do with making an image look better when it&#039;s scaled down to icon size... it simply helps Photoshop to convert your image into a &#039;legal&#039; icon format.A lot of people think they can create an icon by simply renaming a bitmap... but that&#039;s not true. That icon will have problems being recognized most of the time.I&#039;ve attached the filter here.Save it, unzip it, and move it into your /Adobe/Photoshop/plugins folder.When you&#039;re ready to save your image, use the &quot;Save As...&quot; option in the FILE menu. Open the FILE TYPES menu and you&#039;ll see the &quot;Icon Format (*.ico)&quot; option. Just as a test... i saved out a 300x300 image to the icon format. It got saved in my system&#039;s default size of 42x42. The image converted fine but was a fair bit fuzzy. But as i said, that fact lies in how complex the image is. If it&#039;s a simple flat colour image then it&#039;ll convert fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="theKeeper, post: 8896, member: 29752"] The plugin won't have anything to do with making an image look better when it's scaled down to icon size... it simply helps Photoshop to convert your image into a 'legal' icon format. A lot of people think they can create an icon by simply renaming a bitmap... but that's not true. That icon will have problems being recognized most of the time. I've attached the filter here. Save it, unzip it, and move it into your [b]/Adobe/Photoshop/plugins[/b] folder. When you're ready to save your image, use the "Save As..." option in the FILE menu. Open the FILE TYPES menu and you'll see the "Icon Format (*.ico)" option. Just as a test... i saved out a 300x300 image to the icon format. It got saved in my system's default size of 42x42. The image converted fine but was a fair bit fuzzy. But as i said, that fact lies in how complex the image is. If it's a simple flat colour image then it'll convert fine. [/QUOTE]

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