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Ask HN: Good web-based icon editor?
Can anyone recommend a web-based pixel-level image editor? There seem to be favicon editors, but they're all hard-wired to make 16x16 images. Is there anything more flexible? (If not, someone should make one.)
- oneplusone 17y agoYou may find http://aviary.com http://aviary.com or http://www.pixlr.com/editor/ http://www.pixlr.com/editor/ a good fit.
- pg 17y agoNeither works well. Aviary won't let you zoom in closer than pixels 4 screen pixels wide. Pixlr doesn't seem to work at all.
- pg 17y agoActually, I take that back. Pixlr does work. This looks like the best option so far.
- dmpayton 17y ago+1 for Pixlr. I use it quite often when I don't want to reboot or launch VirtualBox for Windows/Photoshop and only need some minor tweaks.
- swombat 17y agoIf not, someone should make one Why? Would you pay for it?
- pg 17y agoThat's hardly the only reason to make things. Though in fact I would, if it was cheap and (more importantly) easy enough.
- staunch 17y agoSplashup lists "Pixel-level control" as a feature on the front page.
- pg 17y agoThis looks the most promising so far. I can at least zoom in sufficiently. But there doesn't seem to be a way to set individual pixels.
- solutionyogi 17y ago-Not an answer- Why do you want it to be web-based? Any particular reason? I think there are certain things for which a browser is not a good application hosting platform. As an experienced web developer, I can imagine the amount of pain it will take to create a pixel based image editor. Additionally, there are TONS of image editors available (free, commercial) for Win, Mac, Linux. I am sure you can find a program which you like.
- utku_karatas 17y agoI subscribed to iconfu.com the minute I saw it because not only it allowed me to edit the icons but it also laid tons of predesigned icon sets right in front of me (be it OS or Creative Commons licensed). Digging for all those icon sets alone would take a considerable amount of my time. And community seems to be tagging all those icons so it's very easy to search. I'm not aware of any desktop app providing the help of community like this. Thanks to noodle for the heads up and kudos to the iconfu team.
- steffanwilliams 17y agoAgreed, a web based one makes very little sense. For a desktop solution, I'd recommend Pixen. http://opensword.org/Pixen/ http://opensword.org/Pixen/
- noodle 17y agoicons are really simple. for most people, making an icon will take less time than the download & installation of any software available.
- solutionyogi 17y agoReally? What kind of icons are you talking about? From the article ( http://simplebits.com/notebook/2004/08/23/anatomy.html http://simplebits.com/notebook/2004/08/23/anatomy.html ) written by a professional, I understood that creating an icon is a difficult process and you need a specialized tool. [e.g. You need to have two views - Zoomed in, Zoomed out] And I doubt you can create an icon in less than 30 seconds. [Total time taken to download Paint.NET from http://www.dotpdn.com/files/Paint.NET.3.36.zip http://www.dotpdn.com/files/Paint.NET.3.36.zip and install.]
- noodle 17y agohttp://iconfu.com/ http://iconfu.com/
- pg 17y agoThis appears to be limited to 16x16 images, unless you pay.
- noodle 17y agogive 'em money and you get up to 48x48
- pg 17y agoWhen I tried to pay, it gave me a Paypal page in French.
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- utku_karatas 17y agoIt got back to english once I logged in.
- conanite 17y agohello pg, iconfu is my site. I work on it when I'm not busy with rainbow ... what's your username? I'd be happy to upgrade your account for you so you can enjoy full 48x48 pixel bliss.
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- pg 17y agoNo kidding? Bugbear. Thanks!
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