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IconBuilder
IconBuilder
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IconBuilder free download for Mac

IconBuilder

Version 8.5.3

Photoshop filter for creating icons with ease.

3.3
Based on 5 user ratesRead reviews & comments
$79.00
One-Time Purchase

IconBuilder overview

Note: IconBuilder is not being sold anymore and is listed only for people who had purchased it in the past.

IconBuilder is a filter for use with Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Fireworks that makes creating icons for either the Mac or Windows operating systems a snap. IconBuilder has been enhanced for increased compatibility for use with Photoshop CS / Fireworks MX and Mac OS X.

Keep in mind that IconBuilder itself is not an icon editor. You use your existing image editing software as your editor in combination with IconBuilder as your assembly tool. Using this method, making icons has never been easier!

What’s new in version 8.5.3

Updated on Dec 02 2011

Version 8.5.3:

Note: This product is not compatible with macOS Yosemite and later.

  • Free upgrade for registered users of 8.5
  • Support for 1024×1024 icons in OS X 10.7
  • Updated links to external help pages

Information

License

Shareware

Size

9.6 MB

Developer’s website

https://iconfactory.com/

Downloads

41948

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later
  • Photoshop or Fireworks (CS3 or CS4) installed
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mstsuji
mstsuji
Jan 1 2012
8.5.3
0.5
Jan 1 2012
0.5
Version: 8.5.3
Still doesn't work with CS5.1/64 bits. Unacceptable.
Tim27
Tim27
Dec 6 2011
8.5.3
0.0
Dec 6 2011
0.0
Version: 8.5.3
So, I'm not sure about all these icon creation utilities anymore. Apple has a free one in their free Xcode kit called Icon Composer. Seems to work pretty well, can make both icns and ico resources, and…free.
Macrophelia
Macrophelia
Nov 20 2010
8.5.2
0.0
Nov 20 2010
0.0
Version: 8.5.2
Worked great for CS4 but isn't recognized in CS5
Corpsecorps
Corpsecorps
Nov 16 2007
8.5.1
3.0
Nov 16 2007
3.0
Version: 8.5.1
IconBuilder is very versatile and powerful, but as ever when i've tried it in the past, i find it's methodology of getting the job done overly complex, what with having to use grid files, and get them synchronized with settings in the filter window, and the rest. The ability to create custom grid files and work on toolbar sets *could* be handy for somebody. Perhaps for a pro requiring the cross-platform support it would be worth it to have all the flexibility of going back and forth between various formats and to pay $80, but i could come up with a dozen ways to make a simpler UI that didn't require all these grid files to get proper alignment. It would make more sense to have something similar to the simplicity of Apple's IconComposer, that would include dropping variants and output to formats other than .icns files, and have it integrated with Photoshop (or not). This to too much money for a bizarre UI. .
Sheik-Yerbouty
Sheik-Yerbouty
May 5 2007
8.5
5.0
May 5 2007
5.0
Version: 8.5
If you're looking for an application that does everything you wish for creating icons, then IconBuilder is the application you're looking for: it saves icons in all possible formats, comes with great documentation, GUI is nice to look at an user friendly, easy to implement in a workflow, stable, great website, good support, great community, etc. I been using it several years to make all my icons and couldn't live without it. As Luther mentioned, the first steps are not easy. You have to know the different icon formats to make the right icon. Beginners want to create quickly without reading a manual. So, if you only make icons once in a while and just for your self, then yes there are easier tools available and you should avoid IconBuilder at all costs. Those tools will mostly let you save your icons in 1 or 2 formats and avoid trouble by giving you only a few features. But! If you're serious about icons and you don't want to be limited then there is only one, IconBuilder, no other app does what IconBuilder can. Professional icon makers have NO choice, if they want to be called professional that is. The combination of Photoshop & IconBuilder has brought me to 'Icon Nirvana', and it's good living there. About the price: I'm split in 2 on this one. As a non professional icon maker I would like IconBuilder to be cheaper. $79 is too much for me and most people, free would be good :) But for the creation needs that I have, no single app can fulfill them, except IconBuilder. Unless I buy several apps that would complement each other, but that would be tedious to work with and make a it hard to implement in a work flow. Also, you must know that there businesses that depends on this little gem. From this point of view, IconBuilder is quite cheap. It all comes down on how frequently you make icons and which are your targets. If it's only 1 icon in a year and only for 1 platform, then there are much cheaper and easier tools that will do the job and give you a satisfactory result. As a professional, you have no choice, this is the one, the only one.
Mac-Adam
Mac-Adam
Apr 12 2007
8.1
0.0
Apr 12 2007
0.0
Version: 8.1
Add bug bar ?!? If is because is pirated Serial, I Will search for other app, because 79$ for made icon is sod, isn't it ?
iPhone4S
iPhone4S
May 24 2006
8.0.1
3.0
May 24 2006
3.0
Version: 8.0.1
I had always downloaded Mac icons other people made to replace my hard disk icon. But now I purchased a MacBook, and the only MacBook icon I found was a little small, so I downloaded IconBuilder to try to make my own MacBook icon using Photoshop Elements. After spending over an hour reading the tutorial and attempting to create my own MacBook icon, I failed. Then I ran across Easy Bake Icon and IconDroplet, and with those freeware tools, I was able to create my own MacBook icon in a matter of minutes! IconBuilder may be right for others, but for me, the freeware tools were the way to go. It was so fun and easy, I might just make myself a few more icons.
Guest
Guest
Aug 8 2005
8.0
4.8
Aug 8 2005
4.8
Version: 8.0
Excellent plug - thanks a bunch
Guest
Guest
Aug 6 2005
8.0
4.8
Aug 6 2005
4.8
Version: 8.0
Scandalously overpriced! It's just not that difficult to create icons with Photoshop and a couple of cheap, or free utilities.
Guest
Guest
Aug 6 2005
8.0
4.8
Aug 6 2005
4.8
Version: 8.0
"expected this update to fix the strange "black bar bug" in 128x128 icons. but OH NO it's still there! you're lucky if you can still get a version 4.0" That means your using a pirate serial, or have done in the pasted lol
Guest
Guest
Mar 18 2005
5.1
4.8
Mar 18 2005
4.8
Version: 5.1
expected this update to fix the strange "black bar bug" in 128x128 icons. but OH NO it's still there! you're lucky if you can still get a version 4.0.
Guest
Guest
Mar 17 2005
5.1
4.8
Mar 17 2005
4.8
Version: 5.1
It's not really worth the money when Apple's own Icon Composer application (part of the developer tools) does a better job (even when creating the sub-128x128 sizes) and in less time.
Guest
Guest
May 7 2004
5.0
4.8
May 7 2004
4.8
Version: 5.0
it seems there is a graphic bug while export from Photoshop CS : a tiny black line on icon : strange !!!
mstsuji
mstsuji
Jan 1 2012
0.5
Jan 1 2012
0.5
Version: null
Corpsecorps
Corpsecorps
Nov 16 2007
3.0
Nov 16 2007
3.0
Version: null
Sheik-Yerbouty
Sheik-Yerbouty
May 5 2007
5.0
May 5 2007
5.0
Version: null
iPhone4S
iPhone4S
May 24 2006
3.0
May 24 2006
3.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 8 2005
4.8
Aug 8 2005
4.8
Version: null
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