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Introduction Iconizer Pro
is an application developed for generating a set of 32 bit (
16 millions,
full colors ) icons from any pictures. This feature is normally
used for creating a background of CD, folder or other container
windows.
The output icons can also be viewed on any Mac OS but Mac OS 8.5
or higher is required to view 32 bit color. Iconizer
Pro-generated backgrounds can be viewed on both Mac OS 9 and
Mac OS X. Features
- Icon outputs
are 32 bits color depth, i.e. 16 millions color.
- Icons can
be viewed on Mac OS 6 through Mac OS X (32 bit icons require Mac
OS 8.5 or higher).
- Source images
can be either picture clippings or QuickTime-compatible images,
including PICT, TIFF, JPEG, PDF, GIF and Photoshop PSD.
- The icons'
names are very short.
- Have "Clean
Up" engine which allows to put deranged icons back to their
original positions.
- Iconizing
engines run fast, about 30 icons/second on PowerBook G4 1 GHz.
- Other features,
e.g. drag and drop, navigation service (new Open dialog) and more.
- Support Apple's
8 bits mask (DeepMask), i.e. the icons have different levels of
transparency.
- The icon
masks are customizable. A good example of custom mask feature
is the Iconizer Pro logo inside the Iconizer Pro package: Download
sample or View
sample online.
- Create icons
automatically using the contextual menu plug-in. (Mac OS X
only)
Requirements
- Mac OS 8.6
or later
- Mac OS X
10.1.5 or later (10.3 or later recommended)
- Mac OS X
10.4 Tiger ready
How
to create icons-containing CDs for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X
1. On Mac
OS X, create a new folder (or mounted disk image) as a CD master.
2. Set view of this folder to "as Icons".
3. Set icon size of this folder to 32x32 from the View Options
window.
4. Create icons from Iconizer Pro by using this folder as the
destination.
5. You may switch to Mac OS 9 to see whether everything is OK.
6. Burn CD. This CD background can be viewed on both Mac OS 9
and Mac OS X.
Photoshop
support
- Iconizer
Pro 1.6 or later can accept the composite RGB layer data from
Adobe Photoshop directly. Please download the Photoshop plug-in
to obtain this feature: Iconizer
Pro Plug-in 1.5. This feature has not been available for Mac
OS X version.
Contextual
Menu support
- On
Mac OS 9, Iconizer
Pro Contextual Menu is a contextual
menu plug-in which allows
Iconizer Pro users to open any QuickTime-compatible images and
picture clippings by using usual contextual menu method, i.e.
Control-Click the image on Finder.
- On Mac OS X, Iconizer Pro Plug-in provides more options as
depicted below. Iconizer Pro Plug-in for Mac OS X is supplied
inside the Iconizer Pro X package. Please note that one for Mac
OS X will not work on Mac OS 9, and vice versa.
- Iconizer
Pro X contextual menu plug-in is universal
binary (for both PowerPC and Intel Mac).
 
Need Mac
OS 128x128 icons How
to obtain the best outputs The following
instruction is to advice you how to obtain the icons with the best
quality.
- Avoid compressed
source images, e.g. JPEG images. Please use uncompressed formats,
e.g. Photoshop PSD, PDF, TIFF or PICT.
- Width and
height of source images should be x times of 32. Icon
Calculator may help you to create the best dimension.
- Use custom
mask. Custom mask allows users to create an icon set with different
levels of transparency. It is suitable for users who have non-white
window background.
Language
support for Mac OS X
If you want
to translate Iconizer Pro for Mac OS X, please contact me at: naratt@naratt.com Users can change
the application language although that language is not installed
on the current system. To change language, open the Info
window of Iconizer Pro X. Then select the "Languages"
popup menu. Check the language which you want to set, and uncheck
the languages which you do not want. If you check more than one
language, the used language is the one that has been set in the
system preferences. This method does not work if Iconizer Pro X
is on a locked volume. Registration Iconizer Pro
is a shareware.
- Single user
license US$ 15.00
- Site license
US$ 120.00
- World-wide
site license US$ 1000.00
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Please note
that
1. Shareware
or freeware developers can pay single user license.
2. Commercial
users who distribute CDs with Iconizer Pro-generated icons
inside: 1. with acknowledgement to Iconizer Pro in Read Me
can pay single user license 2. without acknowledgement must
pay site license.
3. Commercial
users who want to bundle Iconizer Pro with their products,
e.g. CD-R manufacturers, must pay world-wide site license price.
The registration code will be sent via e-mail.
 For
Italian users only
I clienti
italiani possono acquistare Iconizer Pro X direttamente dal
nostro fornitore, Pyxart, utilizzando questo collegamento: http://www.pyxart.it/macsw/ Vengono
accettate carte di credito (tramite PayPal)
ma anche ordini in denaro. Gli utenti usufruiranno dei seguenti
benefici tramite il nostro fornitore:
1. Una comoda
modalità d'acquisto senza utilizzo della carta di credito.
2. Un supporto
in lingua italiana e aggiornamenti gratuiti della localizzazione.
3. Una mailing
list per la segnalazione agli utenti della disponibilità di
nuove versioni.
Version
history Please see: http://www.naratt.com/history.html Download
Current
Mac OS 9 Version : Iconizer
Pro 2.1.2 (1.2 MB)
Current
Mac OS X Version : Iconizer
Pro X 3.0.6 (3.5 MB)
Iconizer
Pro Plug-in 1.5 OS 9 (160K)
Iconizer
Pro Contextual Menu 1.1 (80K) Icon
Calculator 1.0.7 (460K)
Icon
Exporter Plug-in 1.8 OS 9 (200K) Check an update
with your Symbian mobile phone (e.g. Nokia 6600) at: http://www.naratt.com/mobile/ If you have
problems or questions about Iconizer Pro, please e-mail me at: naratt@naratt.com
See Mac
OS 9 troubleshooting at: http://www.naratt.com/troubleshooting.html
Updated
: April 8, 2006
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English
: localized by Narattaphol Charoenphandhu (
French
: localized by Jean-Jacques Cortes (
German
: localized by Lasar Liepins (
Spanish
: localized by Alberto Canto García (