Aha-soft ArtIcons
Version: 3.26 (Build 2003-Mar-07)
Platform: Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Hardware requirements:
16MB RAM, Pentium-133 MHz, 2MB Hard Disk, True Color video mode.

Aha-Soft ArtIcons is TRIAL SOFTWARE.
It's a powerful, easy to use utility for finding, extracting,
creating and editing icons and managing icon libraries.

With ArtIcons you can:

* Create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes,
in color depths up to 16 million colors 
* Create and edit icons for Windows XP in 32-bit color depth
with 8-bit alpha channel 
* Create and manage icon libraries for better and more
efficient icon storage 
* Customize Windows Desktop and folder icons 
* Open and edit BMP, JPEG and PNG images in sizes up to 255x255 
* Paste images in various graphic formats (ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI,
CUR, WMF and PNG) directly into icons 
* Export icon images to ICO, BMP, JPEG and PNG files 
* Extract icons from Windows executables, libraries
and animated cursor files 
* Extract icons from all files in selected folders and subfolders
and save them as icon libraries 
* Modify icons inside executables 
* Work with image lists in BMP and PNG formats
* Paint images with gradient and chess fill 
* Modify images with drop shadow, opacity, grayscale, colorize, rotate,
roll and mirror effects 
* Modify icons inside executables and other program files 
* Delete identical icons in libraries 
* Drag and drop files from file shells 
* Drag and drop icons between different libraries 
* Use English, Spanish, Chinese and other interfaces 

With ArtIcons Pro you can in addition:

* Import GIF, Adobe Photoshop PSD, XPM, XBM and WBMP images 
* Export images to GIF, Adobe Photoshop PSD, RC, XPM, XBM, WBMP
 and CUR files 
* Modify images with smooth and negative effects 
* Import and export icon color palettes 
* Export library items into one single image 
* Sort images inside icons and icons inside libraries 
* Split icon libraries into individual icon files 
* Split icons into sub-icons 


History

07.03.2003 Version 3.26
Added: Ability to export (import) multiple icons
  to (from) image strips in BMP and PNG formats
Added: Ability to customize the default palette
  for creating 8-bit images
Added: Alternative button images to customize
  the program interface
Added: Dutch, Czech interface
Fixed: Small bugs

16.11.2002 Version 3.25
Added: German interface
Added: Support for ICC icon collection format

24.08.2002 Version 3.24
Fixed: Problem with changing the folder icons
Fixed: Problem with saving icons after adding new images

24.07.2002 Version 3.23
Added: Romanian interface

23.06.2002 Version 3.22
Added: Support for semitrasparent PNG images

14.06.2002 Version 3.21
Added: Italian interface

15.05.2002 Version 3.20
Added: Actual transparency use while moving or copying images
Added: RGB lock mode. It allows to modify pixels transparency keeping
       pixels color
Added: Transparency lock mode. It allows to modify pixels color keeping
       pixels transparency
Added: Opacity effect
Added: Autostretch for color palette of more than 16 colors
Added: French interface
Fixed: Casual disappearing of selected area while moving or copying
Fixed: Other small bugs

23.03.2002 Version 3.17
Fixed: Problems with last icon update in some .dll files 
Modified: "Select gradient" dialog

18.01.2002 Version 3.16
Added: Colorize effect
Fixed: Problems with icon customizing under Windows XP 
Fixed: Problems with some .psd files

26.12.2001 Version 3.15
Added: Ability to change icon size and resolution inside program files
Added: Chinese (BIG5) interface

18.12.2001 Version 3.14
Added: Ability to change icons inside program files
Added: Icon image test

08.12.2001 Version 3.13b
Added: Preview area
Added: Window position saving
Added: Ability to add multiple images to an icon at once
Added: Spanish interface
Added: Chinese (BG) interface

18.11.2001 Version 3.12
Added: Grayscale effect
Fixed: Problems with some .psd files

20.10.2001 Version 3.11
Added: Hungarian interface

14.10.2001 Version 3.10
Added: User folder icon customization
Added: Multilanguage interface support

28.09.2001 Version 3.01
Fixed: Bug in Open File Dialog for Add Image and Import Image functions

16.09.2001 Version 3.0 Pro
Added: Support for windows XP smooth icons
in 32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha-channel
Added: Drop shadow, smooth, negative effects
for creating Windows XP icons
Added: Direct support for PSD (Adobe Photoshop native format)
Added: Ability to customize default Windows icons
Added: Hot keys: Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, *, /
Modified: Main menu

30.08.2001 Version 2.52
Added: Library icons sorting by color depth

08.08.2001 Version 2.51
Added: Import from WAP bitmaps
Added: Ability to add large images to icons
Added: Color indication in the status bar
Fixed: Problem with a multi-monitor configuration

03.06.2001 Version 2.5
Added: Ability to open and edit bmp, jpg, gif and png images 

18.04.2001 Version 2.41
Fixed: Small bugs

05.04.2001 Version 2.4
Added: Export icons into single image
Fixed: Small bugs

05.03.2001 Version 2.35
Added: Samples
Added: Ability to open libraries with corrupt icons
Fixed: Open File dialog small bugs
Changed: Color format from BGR to RGB in the Status Bar

02.02.2001 Version 2.34
Added: Compatibility with Aha-soft ArtCursors
Improved: Drag-n-Drop support
Improved: Conversion to GIF format
Fixed: Error with creating files com1, lpt1 etc.
Fixed: Incomplete renaming in "Correct names"
function for libraries

10.01.2001 Version 2.33
Fixed: Incorrect cursor hotspot setting while export

04.01.2001 Version 2.32
Fixed: Incorrect icon display with some video drivers

24.12.2000 Version 2.31
Fixed: Incorrect grid display on some Win98 platforms
using certain video drivers.

23.12.2000 Version 2.3
Added: Drag-n-Drop support for icon images between icons
Added: Import and export PNG format
Improved: Help system
Changed: Register dialog
Fixed: Problems while import with transparent function

01.12.2000 Version 2.2
Added: Stop button for long operations
Added: Import and export to GIF format
Added: Swap Foreground and Background colors button in Icon Editor
Fixed: Incorrect import, export, conversion of non-square,
256-colored images

12.11.2000 Version 2.1
Fixed: Wrong importing of monochrome images
Added: Image format conversions
Added: Multiple images sorting in icons 
Added: Saving an icon as a cursor
Improved: Image importing 
Improved: Identical icons deleting

23.10.2000 Version 2.0
Added: Help
Added: Eraser mode of color replacer
Added: "Fast icon displaying" option into configuration
Added: Sort to Library menu
Added: Option to show only existing formats in icons 
Changed: Library menu
Changed: Drop-Down menu for brush, spray can and color replacer
Changed: Renamed from IconTool to ArtIcons
Fixed: Incorrect status bar displaying for large fonts
Fixed: Wrong first undo for moved area
Fixed: Some small bugs

20.09.2000 IconTool 1.9b
Added: Icon Editor and other. 

01.11.1999 IconTool 1.0
Base version


The latest release of the program can be downloaded from the 
following pages: 

http://www.iconutils.com/download.htm,
http://www.aha-soft.com/download.htm.


Known problems:

1. 256-color or True Color icons may be displayed 
incorrectly on some Windows platforms using
non-standard video drivers. You can fix it in the 
dialog "Options/ Tuning" by clicking off
the "Fast icon displaying" checkbox.
Also try to update video driver or disable graphic acceleration.

2. Incorrect displaying of checkboxes in the main
menu with some video drivers in 32 BPP True Color
video mode. You can fix it in the dialog
"Options/ Tuning" by clicking off the 
checkbox for "Show images in the main menu".

3. Abnormal video effects in the icon editor
with some video drivers in Hi Color video mode. 
True Color video mode is recommended.


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Home page: http://www.aha-soft.com
Order page: http://www.aha-soft.com/articons/reg.htm
Support: mailto:support@aha-soft.com
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