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Online Tools and Software to Generate Icons and Favicons - This is the ultimate list of tools, utilities, and software for generating these pesky little icons / favicons.
GIMP ICON TUTORIALS
Creating 3D Icons with GIMP - Creating 3D icons with GIMP. Want some cool 3d-icons? Then you're right here ;) We're going to create some 3d-icons today. We're demonstrating the 3D-effect with a simple arrow that could be used as a download-button.
Creating iPhone style icons in The Gimp - Creating neat looking iPhone style icons is not as hard as you may think, follow this tutorial and you wont go far wrong.
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Create an iMac Vector Image in The Gimp - In this tutorial I will show you how to develop a vector iMac in The Gimp, this is based loosely on the tutorial for Illustrator from Blog.Spoon Graphics. This is designed at the more advanced level Gimp users but for you beginners I will try and explain it as easy as possible.
Draw an RSS feed icon in GIMP - How to create an RSS feed icon using just GIMP.
GIMP Tutorial : Arwen Icon - Here’s a very detailed tutorial showing how to create a beautiful avator icon from a photo in the GIMP.
GIMP Animated Icon Tutorial [Video] - A video tutorial to teach you how to design an icon using GIMP.
GIMP: Creating Inventory Icons - We have a nice tutorial on this site for those wishing to make transparent weapon and other icons, and it's here.
How to Create Icons with GIMP - Almost every desktop enviroment I've seen has a special application for creating icons, usually a very limited drawing application. In this short tutorial, we'll show you how GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) can help you create icons for your desktop.
Make a Forum Icon in Gimp - Tutorial on Creating Your Own Avatar for Message Boards
Windows Vista Folder Icon Creation with GIMP - In this tutorial I will show you how to make a Windows Vista Icon in Gimp. This is the first time I use GIMP. so if I name a tool name wrong, sorry. I was using GIMP 2.2 on Mac OS X during the tutorial.
YouTube : GIMP (JIMP) Icon Tutorial [Video] - a video tutorial to teach you how to create icons with GIMP.
Online Tools and Software to Generate Icons and Favicons - This is the ultimate list of tools, utilities, and software for generating these pesky little icons / favicons.
List of Vector Conversion Software - 30+ Tools to Turn Photos into Line Art and Illustrations - Most of these tools turn Raster / Bitmap / Photo Images into Line Art / Illustrations / Vector Art.
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