Editing Icon (computing) (section)

=== List of tools ===
{{See also|List of 2D graphics software}}
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This is a list of notable computer icon software.
* [[Axialis IconWorkshop]] – Supports both Windows and Mac icons. (Commercial, Windows)
* [[IcoFX]] – Icon editor supporting Windows Vista and Macintosh icons with PNG compression (Commercial, Windows)
* [[IconBuilder]] – Plug-in for Photoshop; focused on Mac. (Commercial, Windows/Mac)
* [[Microangelo Toolset]] – a set of tools (Studio, Explorer, Librarian, Animator, On Display) for editing Windows icons and cursors. (Commercial, Windows)
* [[Visual Studio|Microsoft Visual Studio]] - can author [[ICO (file format)|ICO/CUR]] files but cannot edit 32-bit icon frames with 8-bit transparency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resource editors - Image Editor for Icons (C++) |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/cpp/windows/image-editor-for-icons |website=Microsoft Learn |date=11 November 2021 |access-date=29 November 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> (Commercial, Windows)

The following is a list of raster graphic applications capable of creating and editing icons:
* [[GIMP]] – Image Editor Supports reading and writing Windows [[ICO (file format)|ICO/CUR]]/[[ANI (file format)|ANI]] files and [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] files that can be converted to Mac [[Apple Icon Image format|.icns files]]. ([[Open-source software|Open Source]], [[Free software|Free Software]], [[Cross-platform|Multi-Platform]])
* [[ImageMagick]] and [[GraphicsMagick]] – Command Line image conversion & generation that can be used to create [[ICO (file format)|Windows ICO files]] and [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] files that can be converted to Mac [[Apple Icon Image format|.ICNS files]]. ([[Open-source software|Open Source]], [[Free software|Free Software]], [[Cross-platform|Multi-Platform]])
* [[IrfanView]] – Support converting graphic file formats into Windows ICO files. (Proprietary, free for non-commercial use, Windows)
* [[ResEdit]] – Supports creating [[classic Mac OS]] icon [[resource fork|resources]]. (Proprietary, Discontinued, Classic Mac OS)