Frequently Asked Questions

How to make a point transparent?

To make a point transparent, please follow the following steps

Step 1. Select the "Erase All" menu item from the pull-down menu "Tools", or select the "Rubble" button from the toolbox.

Step 2. Select the Rubble's size under the toolbox.

Step 3. Use the Rubble to erase the point to transparent.

How to make a color to transparent?

To make a color transparent, please do according to the following steps

Step 1. Select the "Pipe" tool (also called color picker) from the toolbox, or select menu item "Pipe" from the pull-down menu "Tools".

Step 2. Use the color picker to pick a color from the editor window.

Step 3. Click the "Transparent Color ..." menu item from the "Tools" pull-down menu to activate the color palette dialog.

Step 4. The color that picked should have been set to the selected color in the palette, if not please re-select the color that you want it to be set to transparent. Then click the "OK" button.

Step 5. All the points that matches the selected color will be set to transparent.

How to add text to an icon?

To add text to icon, please do according to the following steps

Step 1. Select the "Text" tool from the toolbox, or select menu item "Text ..." from the pull-down menu "Tools".

Step 2. Click on the editor window's appropriate position, then the "End text" dialog will be activated.

Step 3. Enter the text in the text box, and click the "Font" button to set the text's properties.

Step 4. Click "OK" button.

Step 5. The text will be drawn in the editor window.

How to make a 32-bit icon?

To make a 32-bit icon, please do according to the following steps

Step 1, Click the menu item "File > New...", or press the short key "Ctrl+N".
Step 2, Set the color to "True Colors + Alpha (32-bit colors)".
Step 3, Edit the icon in the grid window.
Step 4, Click the button "Alpha" from the bottom or check the menu item "Edit > Edit in Alpha Mode".
Step 5, Edit the alpha values in the grid window, this will make the icon seems smooth and transparent.

How to make an icon with many formats?

Most icons includes more than one format for different using. For example, an icon might be displayed on windows with different environments, it might be switched to display among different formats such as 16*16 and 16 colors, 16*16 and 256 colors, 32*32 and 16 colors, 32*32 and 256 colors, and more. On this case, for displaying the icon under different environments with good effects, you'd better add many formats in one icon for meeting all the requirements.

With "Add Format ..." and "Delete Format" menu item under the "Edit" menu, or the "Add Format ..." and "Delete Format" button on the toolbar, we may add formats with different sizes, colors to the icon.

How to change an application's icon?

You may had made a beautiful icon, and you want to use it to replace your application's icon. With the Easy Icon Maker, it's very easy if you do according to the following steps,

Step 1. Click the "Icon Changer ..." menu item from the pull-down menu "File".

Step 2. When the icon changer dialog is activated, open the application file on the top and the icon file at the below.

Step 3. Click "OK" button to change.

Note: make sure the icon that you used to replace the application's icon must be the same format as the application's. That means, the size and the color must be the same. Otherwise, it will not replace it correctly.

How to remove the association of *.ico files?

You may want to remove the association of *.ico and the Easy Icon Maker. It's easy. Click the "Associations Manger ..." from the pull-down menu "Tools". Uncheck the association options and click the "OK" button, the association will be removed. That means, when you double click an icon file, it will not be opened by the Easy Icon Maker automatically.