Make (convert) ICO Icon

Preface ：

In many scenarios （ Such as ： Design a system or software ）, We may need a nice and appropriate icon , The icons found on the Internet often do not meet the actual needs , At this time can DIY One ico Icons are particularly important , This paper summarizes two methods of making , And provide the relevant website and the environment needed to download .

Method 1 ：

Use the online website ico File conversion , Just put the icon image you want to make （jpg/png/gif And other formats are ok ） Put it into the specific location of the website for real-time conversion . The practical free websites are as follows ：

1. On-line ICO Icon making , Picture conversion ICO Icon Pro edition - butterPig

2. Online generation transparency ICO Icon ——ICO Icon making (ico51.cn)

Method 2 ：

Use PS Make it

• Drag the picture directly into ps Inside , Then adjust the size of the picture to 256*256（ wide 、 High pixels are less than or equal to 256 that will do ）

Or you can create a new one 256*256 The template of , Then drag the picture into ​​​​​​

After resizing PS When saving pictures directly in , You will find that there is no ico type

• here , We need to install a plug-in ：ICOFormat 

        Download address ：ICOFormat64 Bit version - Image processing document resources -CSDN download

notes ： The plug-ins are placed in the following directory ：/PS2021/Adobe Photoshop 2021/Required/Plug-ins/File Formats

• And then restart it PS, After resizing the picture again ico Format preservation
• Select after confirmation Standard ICO Options , Click on OK

A new file will be generated ：

 

• Finally, suffix the saved file by ico) Change to ico You can get ico file ：