PNG icons guide: where to find & how to convert

[restore2003]

Aight! Now that we have Powericons for OS3.9 OS4 & MorphOS, it`s time to start converting all those amazing icons that exist out there, both for Mac OSX and Windoze.

Ok, where can i find the best icon resources u ask?

I have made a list of THE most essential icon sites, both for mac and windows icons:

Icons in Mac OSX format:

www.xicons.com
www.resexcellence.com
www.iconfactory.com
www.rad-e8.com
www.wbchug.com

Icons in Windows .ICO format:

http://interfacelift.com

Icons in PNG format:

www.wincustomize.com
www.pngresource.com
www.jonmega.com

Ok, so now you need to convert those icons.
When you download mac icons they`re always packed with stuffit (*.sit file), similar to .zip or .rar

If your only on an Amiga, you can use these tools to unpack them:

For PPC:
mcvertPPC.lha  

For 68K:
unsit-1.5c2.lzh

If you have a PC u can unpack them with:
www.stuffit.com

Sadly there isnt any apps that converts mac *.rsrc icon files to png for Amiga yet :-(

But if you have windows, the options are numerous.

Just look at this guide for converting mac .rsrc to windows .ico:

http://www.xicons.com/help/winxp.php

here is a list of apps that feature batch converting of .rsrc/.ico to .png/.ico/.jpg etc etc:

http://www.simtel.net/category.php?id=157&SiteID=simtel.net

Happy converting!  :pint:

[restore2003]

@brian:

The crystal icons are nice indeed  :-)

Btw here`s some more links:

http://iheartny.com/xicons/
http://www.bombiadesign.com/new_icons.html
http://www.customize.org/list/icon/0/30/downloads-desc

[restore2003]

Thanks for the info, but the problem is converting mac format icons to .png on amiga, if anyone know of such a program, let me know  :-)