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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 amazingly popular portable gizmo designed to make phoning that next level of cool. The iTouch is the same as the iPhone sans phone, and it works just like it apart from the telephone portion.When it comes to icons, the iPhone is the best, and the default application icons could be all that you want. However , it is very easy to make your own customized icons if you know a little bit of Photoshop. The basics Create a new document in Photoshop that is 60 pixels by 60 pixels with a transparent background. Then create a new layer and Select All. You're going to want to make the perimeters 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 may outline the theme and it'll stay uniform. Be sure and put it aside. Ensure 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 typically have a delicate background. Just regard it as if you are making desktop wallpaper and you will still get good results. Make sure that your text on top has good contrast to your background, so you might need to darken or lighten your background dependent on what you plan 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 viewer, game app. You may use a complicated image or straightforward text to get this across. Make your symbol design which could be a cutout of a photo or graphic, a mono- or bi-color design - anything you can think of will work. Your symbol should be centered and should have anywhere from 5- to 10 pixel padding on all sides. Match as near as you can most themes which are typically all focused. Make A Template Of Your First Icon When you save the icon files, you are going to want to save it as a PNG file. Use the File >> Save As dialog because it won' do compression which is not needed apart from 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 machine. ![]()
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