hi, i want to ask that if i create any image(PNGs) in photoshop how can i export them as icons (and i want them to be atleast 48 x 48 pixels). also could anyone tell me if there is a way to export icons from coreldraw with alpha (transparency). I used the no background option but even then the icons are exported with the white background.
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hi,  you can do it with Paint(bitmap) - \n1. darw and edit any picture with photoshop\n2.open 1 Icon that is in Windows to bitmap\n3.erase that Icon to white.\n4.open the picture that you maked by photoshop for Icon in Bitmap\n5. put that picture in the white Icon\n6. Save it ! ((when you want save it - it automatically save as a Icon Format)) - and you can use it for ICON!\n Good luck - My Yahoo!ID : all2all_meysam
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.NEF is a specific format for your camera (like PSD is for Photoshop). You are going to have to convert it into a jpeg or a gif to view it in photoshop. I don't know how to do this the easy wya.. but thi is the hard way.\n\nOpen up the .NEF image in the image editor your camera came with. Then use the square marquee and select the entire image. W=Once you have copied it open up photoshop and select "NEW" from the "FILE" tool. Photoshop will automaticly set the dimensions that corrispond with the image so you dont have to adjust anything... unless you want to. Then paste it onto the canvas. You can either choose to save it as a JPEG or a PSD... which ever format you desire. I suggest working with a transperant canvas. Because with the white one i get confused because sometimes i think its just a layer with white paint on it.
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Simply use photoshop (paint might work).\n\nLook in your preferences on your computer for what screen resolution you are using.\n\nThere is 800x600, 1024x768, etc. Then just create the image and make it that size.
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You can even do this in Windows paint program.  Open the BMP file in your chosen photo editing software.  Then just hit "Save As" and set the extension (by way of the drop-down box) to JPEG or JPG.  Some "bigger" photo editing packages may want you to "Export" to this format.  Both of these options are available through the FILE button at the top left corner of the application window.
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You need a program that will save a graphic as a .ico\nThere are several freeware programs that do this, I'll have a rummage for their names and come back.\nIn the meantime, try searching on\nwww.computeractive.co.uk/downloads\nThis is a magazine that gives clean, free downloads.\n\nIcon Developer, LiquidIcon XP  and Icon X have all been given away on magazine cover discs over the last 6 months, I haven't tried any of them though.\nYou can store all your icon files in one folder in your My Picture folder.
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create a new doc in photoshop. Now open up the image you want to blend and copy and paste them into your new doc. This should put them on their own layer. Select the 'retangular selection' tool (the upper left most icon in your toolbar) and change the 'feather' property (in your main toolbar) to something like 20px. Now you can select a portion of the top most image and click your 'delete' key'. this will feather out the deleted area and you can see it blend in with the image below it. it will probably take some playing around but hopefull this helps?
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Standard buttons grey out automatically.\n\n If you have a custom bitmap on your button, convert it to greyscale in another tool, save the greyscale into the app resources and switch the image to the greyscale when not enabled.\n\n Likewise for custom painting operations.
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Are you sure they are not blank to begin with? When you do the Thumbnail view in Windows Explorer...does it show the thumbnail...or nothing...you should see the image there. If there is one. Or when you go to open the file in a program...before you open. Does it show anything in that preview pane? Do you get any type of errors when trying to open the file?\n\n\nWell...sorry I'm not much help. I don't know what could be wrong. Especially if they open on other computers. Do you have the same program that was used to open it on other computer on your computer? Even that shouldn't matter. If you can't even see image in thumbnail view...something is wrong. FYI...a file can be any size and have nothing on it. I can make a white or transparent square that is 12x18 in Photoshop and save it as a jpeg...and it can be 10mb. File size doesn't always indicate that there is anything there. But yes...it usually does. Can a jpeg be encrypted? I don't know much about that. Maybe there is copywrite and encrypted. I don't why with a jpeg though.\n\nSorry...I'll quit rambling. I'm no help here
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You cant make a jpeg with a transparent background. However, you can have a GIF with that attribute. The easiest way is with Macromedia Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop, but is not the cheapest way. If you are an open source freak like me, then try GIMP. 100% free, and is the substitute for Photoshop.
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Simply copy the images to your C:&#92;WINDOWS directory and they will appear in your background settings...  Then you can rightclick on your desktop and go to Properties.  Then to the 'Desktop' tab, and select the image in the "Background" pane.  From there,  you can also click "Browse" and manually navigate to the file that you want as your background image.
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I am guessing you want to make windows icons?\n\nIt is best to make your own...\nhttp://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/\n\nThis tool (no need to download it is all in the website) takes any picture and saves it in a .icon format that you can use on as a windows icon.\n\n(dont go to websites that have the icons already made, most are filled with advertisments, and worse then that, viruses...)
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You can load a brush with a texture. Take a blank new window, create your gradient, select a small square of the color and save out as a texture.\n\nIf you want more of a painting program try Painter. It is difficult to learn after getting used to Photoshop because its layering is very different. But, it lets you set up the workspace much like a painter's workbench. Painter was acquired by CoralDraw.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Painter
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Open both image files in Photoshop. Open the image size dialogue in each Image>Image Size and check the dimensions of each. \n\nNext, create a new image using the measurements of each image. For instance, if image A was 5" wide and image B was 4" wide, and both were 5" tall, create a new image that is 9" wide and 5" tall.\n\nFinally, with all three images open, go to image A and with you selection tool click and drag it to the "new" image document. Repeat the same with image B. Both images will be copied into the new document but on separate layers. You can then align and adjust both images so that they are right next to each other. Now just save the file and you'll be golden.
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Right click on the image, choose to open it in "Paint".\n\nIn Paint, choose File, then Save as...\n\nOn the bottom of the little window that comes up you can choose what format (extension) to save it in. Choose .JPG.\n\nRepeat for each picture.\n\nThere are programs that do them in batches (many at a time) but  that's a different set of instructions.
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Keep them in JPEG format, which is best for photos. However JPEG has the ability to save at different compression ratios, so you can get a big reduction in the file size while only losing a small amount of quality - you can decide the exact trade-off between quality and size. The other thing you'll want to do is reduce the dimensions - you don't say whether you're using them as full screen, but if so they should be no larger than 800x600 - and if they're just small pictures in a page, they could be as small as 100x80.\n\nTo do both the resizing and the compressing, you'll need a better program than Paint. The best way would be via a dedicated package - Photoshop or Fireworks, if you have access to them. If you have Microsoft Office, it comes with quite a neat utility called Microsoft Office Picture Manager, which can do what you need. Otherwise, you could try downloading a piece of free software called The Gimp.
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for some questions this form of question and answer is unsuitable, a dialog would be more useful. ok anyway -\ntry the following (if not already done): right click on a free area on the desktop and select "arrange symbols" and then click "arrange automatically". this will place your desktop icons on a fix location. then try again to click on a icon - does it still disappear ?
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Choose the default folder. It should be something like c:&#92;Program Files&#92;... . If the default folder is not there, then any folder should do. Try c:&#92;Corel Paint Shop Pro X. There is nothing to be afraid of. It is probably asking for temporary files or the actual installation folder. I can't tell you because you have not quoted the exact message here. In any case, even if you give the above directories, it will be ok.