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Icon sizes: 512x512, 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you use stock icons?There is definitely no lack of online businesses that offer stock icons; however, people often try to analyze if incorporating these stock icons will change the look of their website template and software programs; so, here is an analysis of how you can benefit by using stock icons.If you are designing a website or are a programmer adept at application programming, you probably know that icons are often the major impact creators; they can take your program or site from being merely functional to one that is has a professional touch, simple to operate and attractive. However, designing your own stock icons is anything but easy and of course time consuming. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will end up paying him a bundle for the icons. On the other hand, you can procure similar quality from icon collections available over the internet for a fraction of the cost. A collection of stock icons usually has more than 100 images, provided in different file formats that are ideal for showing the functions common to several websites and software programs; for instance, help, copy, paste, lock etc. If you could not find stock icons that suit your requirements, you can also get in touch one of these online establishments and ask them to design exclusive icons for you; this is by far the most feasible option; simply, the the person who created the other icons in the series will be in a better position to hold on to some semblance of consistency in all the icons in a series created for a specific theme. The second query that a majority of people ponder over is whether they should select the commercial images or go for free graphics, so here is a look at some of the advantages of commercial icon collections vis a vis the free images: Cost: The cost of an collection of graphics can be in the range of $100 and more depending on the number of icons. However, free graphics will usually have infringement related concerns and/or you will have to offer accreditations while using them. Size: Commercial quality stock icon sets are available in a plethora of sizes, so even though you purchase one icon, you should get them in different sizes such as 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also buy them in various states such as disabled, hot etc. However; free images can only be downloaded in a one state and size License: You may need to tackle some issues 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 use them as much as you like but with professional icon collections, you can utilize the stock icons as many times and in any project as you deem fit. Usability: Commercial stock icons will usually feature ample of pictures to meet all your software and web graphic requirements ; however, with free graphics even if you do procure fairly good graphics, they are far and few between this would mean that it may be impossible to use them in your application creation and web designing. ![]()
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