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Icon sizes: 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, 57x57, 48x48, 36x36, 32x32, 29x29, 24x24, 16x16, 512x512 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is surely no shortage of online businesses that offer stock icons; however, people often ponder if including these stock icons will make a difference to their website design and tools; so, here is an analysis of how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are a web designer or are a programmer adept at application programming, you must have a fair idea about how graphics are often the first impression creators; they can take your software or website from being just functional to one that is is professional looking, easy to use and attention grabbing. However, creating your exclusive stock icons can be incredibly taxing and of course a waste of time.. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will have to dole out a bundle for the graphics. As opposed to this, you can procure the very same quality from web graphics offered over the internet for a fraction of the cost. A set of stock icons can include more than a hundred icons, sold in different file formats that are useful for depicting the functions common to every second websites and applications; such as, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you don't buy icons that meet your needs, you can always contact one of these internet businesses and request them to make a custom icon for you; this is by far the most preferable option; to state it factually, 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 similarity throughout the series of images created for a distinct theme. The second query that most people ponder over is whether they should opt for the commercial varieties or get free graphics, so here is a look at some of the positive attributes of commercial graphics as compared to the free pictures: Rate: The rate of an icon collection is to the tune of $100 and more based on the quantity of images. However, free graphics will normally have infringement related problems and/or you will have to include accreditations when they are put to use on your site. Size: Good quality image collections are available in a variety of pixels, so although you pay for a singular image, you will get them in different sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also buy them in various states like disabled, hot etc. On the other hand; free images can only be procured in a single state and size License: You may have to face some problems with the licenses that are free; you will not be able to modify the icons in anyway nor will you have a free hand to utilize them as many times as you want but with commercial stock icons, you can incorporate the images in web designing whenever and wherever you want. Utility: Commercial stock icons will generally have ample of pictures to meet all your programming and website design needs ; however, with free icons even if you can find fairly good graphics, these are very rare this would mean that it may be impossible to use them in your application creation and web designing. ![]()
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