Axialis IconWorkshop

{{Infobox software

| name = IconWorkshop

| developer = Axialis Software

| latest release version = 6.9.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2016|06|df=yes}}

| operating system = Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11

| language = English, French and German

| size = 37 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 Windows (.ico), Macintosh (.icns) and UNIX-like systems (.png).{{cite web

|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

}}{{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

}} IconWorkshop includes a library of objects that can be put together to create many different styles of icons.{{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

}} The utility supports plugins and allows importing graphics directly from Photoshop and Illustrator.

Software developers can edit icons directly in image strips.{{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

}} 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.{{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

}}

The product is cited in an article from Microsoft Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines about Windows Vista icon creation.{{cite web

|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx

|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}} 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.{{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}}{{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

}}

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".{{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

}} IconWorkshop has been nominated in the category "Best Graphics Program or Utility" at the 2005 Shareware Industry Awards.{{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 }}