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Icon sizes: 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, 60x60, 48x48, 40x40, 32x32, 30x30, 26x26, 24x24, 20x20, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you considered using stock icons?There is certainly no lack of online establishments that sell stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if incorporating these stock icons will prove advantageous to their website template and tools; so, here is a look at how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are designing a website or are creating an application, you must already know that icons are often the major impact creators; they can change your application or website from being merely functional to one that is has a professional touch, simple to operate and attention grabbing. However, creating your personal icon collection can be nothing short of harrowing and of course a task that will take up a lot of your time. If you hire the services of a web graphics designer, you will land up spending an exorbitant amount for the icons. As opposed to this, you will be able to get similar quality from web graphics sold online for a relatively low cost. A collection of stock icons usually has more than 100 images, provided in different image formats that are ideal for representing the functions that are popularly seen on most websites and software programs; for instance, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you don't get icons that suit your requirements, you can always contact one of these online establishments and tell them to design specialized graphics for you; this is probably the most suitable option; simply, the the person who created the other icons in the series will display a level of comfort with the theme which will help him to maintain a modicum of consistency in all the graphics of a series created for a distinct theme. The second query that several people ponder over is whether they should choose the commercial varieties or go for free icon sets, so here are some thoughts on the advantages of commercial icon collections vis a vis the free images: Rate: The price of an collection of graphics can be in the range of $100 and over based on the quantity of images. However, free images will generally have infringement related concerns and/or you will need to offer accreditations while you use them on your site. Size: Commercial quality con sets are available in a myriad of sizes, so even if you buy one icon, you can get them in several sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also buy them in various states such as disabled, hot etc. However; free images can only be procured in a singular size and state License: You may encounter some concerns with the free license; you will not have the liberty to make changes to the icons nor will you have a free hand to use them as many times as you want but with commercial stock icons, you can utilize the stock icons as many times and in any project as you deem fit. Usability: Commercial stock icons will normally have enough images to cover all your programming and web designing needs ; however, with free icons even if you can 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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