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Aha-Soft today announces the unveiling of ArtIcons 5.15, the newest version of itsaward winning icon design software for the Windows OS. This version, aside fromrendering its assistance in creating, editing icon images and managing icon filesand libraries, provides great opportunities for working with Vista Icons. If youcouldnÂ't work with Vista Icons previously, now with the new version of ArtIcons itis going to be no trouble at all. From now onwards you will be able to handle VistaIcons with ease. In order to make Vista icons compatible with Windows XP you cansave them without any compression.
Vista Icons introduce a new style of iconography that brings a higher level ofdetail and sophistication to Windows imagery. First, the style of Windows Aero-styleicons is more realistic than illustrative, but not quite photorealistic. The iconsare symbolic images  they should look better than photorealistic. Second, iconshave a maximum size of 256 x 256, making them suitable for high-DPI displays. Thesehigh-resolution icons allow for high visual quality in list views with large icons.Finally, wherever practical, fixed document icons are replaced by thumbnails of thecontent, making documents easier to identify and find. Thus, ArtIcons is a beelineto refining the visuals of your program and making it more communicative for users.
A picture of a maximum size of 256 x 256 to be used as an icon, in principle, issupported by XP, yet such an icon occupies 400Kb of disk space, which is far morethan standard 25Kb of an XP icon. Aha-Soft has again found a way to cast off theseshackles: ArtIcons 5.14 uses advanced PNG compression to save images without lossesand supports semitransparent images with 8bit alpha channel. That technology reducesthe size of an icon only, leaving the quality invariable.
Previous versions of the program have managed to hand on all their eminent featuresto the new version: ArtIcons 5.12 is equipped with all essential drawing toolsincluding various kinds of airbrushes, pencils and paintbrushes as well asmiscellaneous text, line and shape tools. The software also offers a variety ofsolid, patterned and gradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modificationand other effects. The program features easy converting from one image format intoanother.
ArtIcons 5.14 will help you to obtain the modern Windows Vista look. All you need isjust to redesign your programÂ's most prominent icons to use the Aero-style. Fromthis time onwards Visa Icons crafted by ArtIcons 5.12 will strongly impact usersÂ'overall impression of your programsÂ' visual design. ArtIcons will improve theusability of your software by making programs, objects, and actions easier toidentify and find.
ArtIcons 5.15 Benefits at a Glance:Â Vista Aero-style Icons support;Â PNG format to compress high-resolution images without losses;Â Saving Vista Icons without compression provides compatibility with XP;Â Find and extract, edit, import and export icons and manage icon libraries;Â LotÂ's of delicate power instruments for creating and editing icons;Â Import and export ICO, CUR, BMP, JPG, PNG, PSD, etc. images;Â Multilanguage support.
Pricing and AvailabilityArtIcons 5.15 runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista and costs $29.95(USD) for a single user license. Registered customers are entitled to lifetimetechnical support and discounts on further updates. Additional information onArtIcons, as well as its 30-day evaluation version with nag screens is availablefrom http://www.aha-soft.com.
Abou t Aha-SoftThis privately owned company was founded in 2000 and is off to a phenomenal start,receiving high praise in its first years of operation from top Internet downloadsites including ZDNet, TuCows and Simply the Best. Based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia,Aha-Soft manufactures advanced image processing software for professional andamateur graphic artists. Aha-SoftÂ's line of icon and cursor tools featuresinnovative software designs to set new standards. For more information, please visithttp://www.aha-soft.com.
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