Make and Customize Your Own Icons for Windows XP

Aha-Soft, a leading developer of world-class graphic software,has announced the release of its latest icon editing tool IconXP 3.15. The firstversion of this software released in autumn of 2001, was the first ever icon editorto support the 32-bit icon format introduced in Windows XP. With the release ofversion 3.15 IconXP continues to stay on the cutting edge of the icon editingtechnology and makes a giant leap forward both in terms of usability andfunctionality.

IconXP 3.15 makes icon editing a breeze enabling both professional and noviceartists to use a variety of drawing, painting and editing tools organized within aneat workspace specifically optimized for creating and editing small graphics. Theforemost feature that makes IconXP stand out among other graphic tools is theability to create native Windows XP icons that contain a smooth edge over anybackground. It offers functions to make better use of opacity and transparency,including the ability to capture transparency when moving or copying images and theRGB lock mode, which allows modifying a pixel's transparency while keeping theircolor. Similarly, IconXP's transparency lock mode lets you alter a pixel's colorwhile freezing its transparency.

The IconXP editor may be used to create icons from scratch, or simply importmultiple standard image files (BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.) and tweak or convert themto the appropriate format. It also lets you choose the size of your new icon, thecolor depth, and the effects that you want your icon to have - all with a click of abutton. You can easily create and modify XP and Vista icons with drop shadow,smooth, rotate, grayscale, colorize, and roll and mirror effects to create that fun,dynamic, and modern look. At the same time, you can paint images with gradient andchess fills for dimension and a rich outlook. You can save the icon images to disk,or export them to a variety of image formats (.ico, .bmp, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .wbmp,.xpm, .xbm, .cur and .rc and Adobe Photoshop format).

Program Awards IconXP has received a number of awards and Editor's Picks from popular online andprint publications including TuCows, Paul's Software Picks, RocketDownload and FileTransit.

System RequirementsApart from the True Color video mode IconXP has no special software of hardwarerequirements and will run on any Windows 98 and higher machine.

PriceIconXP costs $29.95(US). The trial version is fully functional but expires after 30days trial.

About the PublisherBased in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Aha-Soft manufactures cutting-edge image processingsoftware for professional and amateur graphic artists. Aha-Soft's line of icon andcursor tools features innovative software designs to set new standards. Thisprivately 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.

For more information about Aha-Soft please visit the company's web site at http://www.aha-soft.com/ .

ContactAha-soft,P.O. BOX 17077, Krasnoyarsk-10, 660010, RussiaWeb: http://www.aha-soft.com

### Full Version EvaluationShould you need a full version for review, please email us at supportaha-soft.com.

Download Evaluation Copy of IconXP 3.15Download from: http://www.iconutils.com/iconx p/iconxp.exe (exe, 1200 KB) and http://www.iconutils.com/iconx p/iconxp.zip (zip, 1200 KB)

More InformationMore product information can be found athttp://www.aha-soft.com/ico nxp/

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