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Icon sizes: 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Quick Way To Make Customized iPhone ImagesThe iPhone and its gadget-cousin, the iTouch is Apple's wildly popular portable gadget built to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is rather like the iPhone sans phone, and it works just like it excepting the phonephone portion.When it comes to icons, the iPhone is the best, and the default application icons might be all that you need. However , it is very easy to make your own customised icons if you know a little bit of Photoshop. The basics Make a new document in Photoshop that is 60 pixels by 60 pixels with a transparent background. Then make a new layer and Select All. You're going to want to make the sides of your iPhone icon rounded so Select Smooth and make it at 5 pixels. Take the graphic and wallpaper the icon which is the back part of the icon. This could outline the theme and it will stay uniform. Be certain and reserve it. Make sure that your layer is selected by Ctrl+Click on the layer preview thumbnail on the layers palette. Make the background of your icon. Be certain that the full area is selected. Make a three-color gradient for best effect with the lighter side on one. Make it a Linear gradient because if you look at iPhone icons, they generally have a sophisticated background. Just consider it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you'll still get wonderful results. Make sure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you may need to darken or lighten your background dependent on what you are counting on putting on top of it. You can now define what the icon is being used for. That is, what is it - a web browser icon, picture spectator, game app. You can use a complex image or straightforward text to get this across. Make your symbol design which could be a cutout of a photograph or graphic, a mono- or bi-color design - anything you can think about will work. Your symbol should be focused and should have anywhere from 5- to 10 pixel padding on all sides. Match as close as you can most themes which are sometimes all focused. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to need to put it aside as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it will not do compression which is not needed excepting web images. Save it as a PSD or Photoshop file which should be your template for making future icons. You can now upload the PNG file to your iPhone/iTouch and have your first unique icon for your device . ![]()
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