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Icon sizes: 256x256, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 16x16 File formats: ICO, GIF, PNG, BMP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you considered using stock icons?There is surely no shortage of online establishments that sell stock icons; however, people often ponder if including these stock icons will prove advantageous to their website design and applications; 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 must already know that icons are often the first impression creators; they can change your application or site from being just functional to one that is is professional looking, easy to use and attractive. However, making your exclusive icon collection is anything but easy and of course a task that will take up a lot of your time. If you enlist the help of a web graphics designer, you will end up paying him a bundle for the icons. As opposed to this, you can get the precise quality from stock icon sets offered online for a relatively low cost. A collection of stock icons can include more than 100 images, sold in a variety of graphic formats that are ideal for depicting the functions that are popularly seen on most websites and applications; such as, copy, paste, lock and help etc. If you cannot find graphics that suit your requirements, you can also approach one of these websites and ask them to design exclusive icons for you; this is an immensely suitable option; to put it 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 retain a modicum of commonality in all the icons in a series created for a specific theme. The next question that most people think about is whether they should choose the commercial varieties or go for free graphics, so here is some insight on the benefits of commercial icon collections over the free collections: Rate: The rate of an collection of graphics is generally in the vicinity of $100 and over based on the quantity of icons. However, free images will generally have copyright issues and/or you will have to include accreditations while using them. Size: Good quality con sets are available in a variety of pixels, so even though you buy one icon, you should get them in different sizes like 16x16, 24x24 etc; you can also get them in different states ;for instance, disabled, hot etc. On the other hand; free images are only available in a one size and state License: You may need to tackle some concerns with the licenses that are free; you will not be able to alter the images in any sense nor will you be able to utilize them as many times as you want but with commercial stock icons, you can utilize the stock icons whenever and wherever you want. Usability: Commercial stock icons will generally contain enough images to cover all your application and web graphic requirements ; however, with free icons even if you were to find fairly good graphics, these are very rare 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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