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{{Infobox Software
| name = IconWorkshop
| developer = [[Axialis Software]]
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| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2016|June|df=yes}}<ref name="download-page" />
| operating system = [[Windows Vista]]<br />[[Windows 7]]<br />[[Windows 8]]<br />[[Windows 8.1]]<br />[[Windows 10]]<br />[[Windows 11]]
| language = English, French and German<ref name="download-page" />
| size = 37 [[Megabyte|MB]]
| genre = [[Icon editor]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/}}
}}
'''Axialis IconWorkshop''' is an [[icon editor]] developed by Axialis Software. IconWorkshop can create icons for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ([[.ico]]), [[Macintosh]] ([[.icns]]) and UNIX-like systems ([[.png]]).
|url=http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngaped.html
|title=Image Editors with PNG Support
|publisher=libpng.org
|date=March 2009
|accessdate=2009-08-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFyY-Kwlp0gC&pg=PA456
|title=Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions - Icon Creation
|accessdate=2009-08-10
|isbn=9781930919327
|year=2004
|last1=Schummer
|first1=Rick
|last2=Borup
|first2=Rick
|last3=Adams
|first3=Jacci
}}</ref> IconWorkshop includes a library of objects that can be put together to create many different styles of icons.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23549/description.html?&page=11
|title=PC World - Editorial Review of Axialis IconWorkshop
|publisher=pcworld.com
|date=December 2008
|accessdate=2009-08-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130131032147/http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23549/description.html?&page=11
|archivedate=2013-01-31
}}</ref> The utility supports plugins and allows importing graphics directly from [[Photoshop]] and [[Illustrator]].
Software developers can edit icons directly in image strips.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.crystalxp.net/news/en295-axialis-iconworkshop-icon-editor.html
|title=Software News from CrystalXP
|publisher=crystalxp.net
|date=July 2008
|accessdate=2009-08-10
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815065958/http://www.crystalxp.net/news/en295-axialis-iconworkshop-icon-editor.html
|archive-date=2009-08-15
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> These images are used to populate button icons in application [[toolbars]]. Since version 6.50, the user can create and edit raster images directly without using the icon image export feature.<ref>{{cite book
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmQQegn1m9AC&pg=PA396
|title=Hacking Firefox - Create PNG images from ICO files
|accessdate=2009-08-10
|isbn=9780764596506
|year=2005
|last1=Reyes
|first1=Mel
}}</ref>
The product is cited in an article from Microsoft Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines about Windows Vista icon creation.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines - Icons
|publisher=microsoft.com
|date=June 2009
|accessdate=2009-08-10
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090628233910/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx| archivedate= 28 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Axialis Software in association with Microsoft offers a free version called IconWorkshop Lite. This version is available to registered users of Visual Studio 2008 Standard or above.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/cc835041.aspx
|title=Visual C++ developer center - Downnloads
|publisher=microsoft.com
|date=August 2008
|accessdate=2009-08-10
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627213035/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/cc835041.aspx| archivedate= 27 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2008/08/11/iconworkshop-lite-now-available-for-download.aspx
|title=Visual C++ Team Blog - IconWorkshop Lite Now Available for Download
|publisher=msdn.com
|date=August 2008
|accessdate=2009-08-10
}}</ref>
[[Clubic]] reviewed the application, giving it 4.5 stars out of 5, saying that "it allows doing everything with icons, and its tools are easily accessible which makes the software intuitive".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche9636-axialis-iconworkshop.html
|title=Télécharger Axialis IconWorkshop 6.3.3.0
|publisher=Clubic
|language=French
|accessdate=2009-08-05
|quote=ce seul programme permet de TOUT faire sur les icônes. Tous les outils sont accessibles directement et l'utilisation du logiciel est très intuitive
}}</ref> IconWorkshop has been nominated in the category "Best Graphics Program or Utility" at the 2005 [[Shareware Industry Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sharewareindustryawards.com/2005awards.php |title=Shareware Industry Awards |accessdate=2009-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830114659/http://www.sharewareindustryawards.com/2005awards.php |archivedate=2009-08-30 }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of icon software]]
==References==
{{Reflist
<ref name="download-page">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.axialis.com/download/
|title = 30-Day Trial Downloads
|publisher = Axialis Software
|accessdate = 21 October 2014
}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/}}
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