Aha-Soft IconUtils
Version: 5.48 (Build 2019-Mar-23)
Requirements: Windows PC

IconUtils is a software package that includes IconLover 5.48,
AhaView 4.60, Any to Icon 3.59 and Icon to Any 3.29.


With IconUtils you can:

* Express your artistic nature and create your own unique icons 
* Convert existing images and use them as icons 
* Give the unique look and feel to your desktop 
* Customize the icons used to display various 
folders to be able to distinguish them at a glance 


IconLover - icon, cursor, image editor and manager.
 
It allows you to find and extract icons and cursors, create
and edit icons and cursors, import and export icons and cursors and
manage icon and cursor libraries. Use this program to create and
edit icons, small images, image lists, static and animated cursors
with color depths up to up to 32-bit True Color.
IconLover contains different paint tools, including enhanced
gradient fills. You can convert images to cursors and import cursors
from icon and library files and from executables.


Any to Icon - icon converter

Any to Icon allows you to convert multiple BMP, JPEG, GIF,
PNG, WBMP, XPM, XBM, PSD and WMF images to Windows icons in 
batch mode. It also breaks down entire icon libraries into
individual icons. You can change color resolution and size
to create customized icons.

 
Icon to Any - icon converter

Icon to Any allows you to convert Windows icons and cursors
into BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, ICO, CUR, WBMP, PSD, XPM, XBM and 
RC formats. It has a wizard style interface. It's simple to
process multiple files at once. You can find icons and make
images for use on Web pages.


AhaView - handy picture viewer and converter.

This viewer supports all popular graphic formats, including
JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, CUR, ANI, WBMP, XPM, XBM, PSD.
You can browse images in thumbnail mode, view pictures full
screen with zooming features, convert images to JPEG, PNG,
BMP formats and manage files.


Limitations in trial version

Common: Nag screen; 30 days trial period
Any to Icon and Icon to Any: 5 files can be converted at once 


History

2019-Mar-23 IconUtils 5.48
Improved: Support for Mac OS icons
Improved: Support for 64-bit DLL and EXE files

2018-Sep-17 IconUtils 5.47
Fixed: Problems with antivirus software

2016-Jul-28 IconUtils 5.45
Improved: Ability to import PNG8 images with alpha channel
Added: Ability to import icons from 64-bit DLLs

2016-Jul-23 IconUtils 5.44
Fixed: Bugs within icon resizing

2016-Jan-28 IconUtils 5.43
Fixed: Small bugs
  
2015-May-14 IconUtils 5.42
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to modify parameters for "Disabled Image" effect

2015-May-06 IconUtils 5.41
Added: Support for PNG-encoded 1024x1024 Mac OS X icons
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to create 768x768 icons for Windows 10
  Added: Full current file path in a program title 

2015-Apr-06 IconUtils 5.40
Added: Ability to export base64 PNG images to clipboard

2014-Oct-30 IconUtils 5.39
Fixed: Problem with hidden layers

2013-Nov-25 IconUtils 5.38
Added: Merging and subtracting images
Added: Working with masks
Added: Center lines inside icon editor
Added: Ability to extract icons and other images from Android APK files
Fixed: Problems with Windows 8.1 UAC

2013-Oct-16 IconUtils 5.36
Added: Support for SVG, AI, PDF images
Added: Support for 1024x1024 Mac OS icons

2012-Jul-09 IconUtils 5.21
Updated: Splash screens

2011-Dec-09 IconUtils 5.20
Improved: Compatibility with 64-bit Windows
  
2010-May-03 IconUtils 5.14
IconLover changes:
  Updated: Icon download base

2010-Apr-20 IconUtils 5.13
IconLover changes:
  Added: Compatibility with 64-bit Windows
  Added: "Save as" button is added into the program toolbar 

2010-Feb-18 IconUtils 5.11
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to add image files from folders with subfolders

2010-Jan-10 IconUtils 5.10 
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to save icons in ICNS format for Mac OS
Any to Icon changes:
  Added: Support for large 256x256 and 512x512 Mac OS Leopard icons  
AhaView changes:
  Added: Ability to change image size
  Added: Support for large 256x256 and 512x512 Mac OS Leopard icons  

2009-Sep-17 IconUtils 5.0 
IconLover changes:
  Added: Windows 7 support
  Added: Aqua effect
  Added: Ability to combining multiple images into a single icon
  Added: Ability to change background color in a library mode

2009-Feb-19 IconUtils 4.25
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to print icons with grid

2008-Jul-25 IconUtils 4.24
IconLover changes:
  Added: Hot and Circle Mask effects

2008-Apr-04 IconUtils 4.23
Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Abulity to extract 256x256 images from Vista icons

2008-Feb-26 IconUtils 4.22
IconLover changes:
  Improved: Undo operations
  Improved: Print functions

2007-Nov-22 IconUtils 4.20
IconLover changes:
  Added: Full support for 32-bit ICL files

2007-Oct-02 IconUtils 4.18
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to edit 16-bit ICL files under Windows Vista

2007-Jun-19 IconUtils 4.17
AhaView changes:  
  Added: Conversion to TIFF and XPM formats
  Added: Ability to combine images into one icon
  Added: Ability to crop images
  Updated: Program interface

2007-Feb-26 IconUtils 4.16
Common changes:  
  Added: Feedback option

2006-Oct-24 IconUtils 4.13 
Common changes:  
  Added: Support for large WBMP images  
  Added: Support for CMYK-coded JPEG images
IconLover changes:
  Added: Customizable editor grid
  Added: Feedback form

2006-Sep-19 IconUtils 4.12
IconLover changes:
  Added: Support for semi-transparent TGA images

2006-Aug-09 IconUtils 4.11
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to import animated GIF images

2006-Mar-29 IconUtils 4.10
IconLover changes:
  Added: Ability to export TGA images
  Added: Unicode support
  Added: Ability to customize file type icons
  Modified: Icon test tool
AhaView changes: 
  Added: Conversion to TGA format 
  Added: cm measure unit for printer dialog

2006-Jan-23 IconUtils 4.0
IconLover changes:
  Added: Support for Windows Vista icons
  Added: Ability to print icon images
  Added: Ability to draw smooth lines and shapes
  Added: Smooth/sharpness and brightness/contrast effects
Icon to Any changes: 
  Added: Support for Windows Vista icons

2005-Jul-27 IconUtils 3.0
Added: IconLover utility
Removed: ArtIcons Pro and ArtCursors utilities

2005-Apr-11 IconUtils 2.21
Added: Support for Mac OS icons

2005-Feb-16 IconUtils 2.20
AhaView changes:
  Added: Support for JPEG 2000 format
  Added: Support for TIFF format
  Added: Support for Portable image formats (.ppm, .pgm, .pbm)
  Added: Ability to print images
  Added: Ability to create icons from images
  Added: Ability to rotate images
  Updated: Program interface
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Updated: Italian, French, Spanish, German, Turkish and Serbian interfaces
Any to Icon changes:
  Added: Ability to store converted files in the source folder

2004-Dec-09 IconUtils 2.12
ArtIcons Pro and ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Hue/Saturation effect
  Added: Color replacement
Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Ability to store converted files in the source folder
Any to Icon changes:
  Added: Support for PCX  and TIFF images
  Added: Smooth resampling
  Added: Ability to create multi-resolution icons

2004-Oct-29 IconUtils 2.1
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Added: Smooth image resampling
  Added: Ability to view Windows XP icon perspective grid
  Added: Croatian interface
  Updated: Czech and French interfaces
  Fixed: Layer mode errors
ArtIcons and ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Smooth image resampling
  Fixed: Layer mode errors

2004-Jul-22 IconUtils 2.02
ArtIcons and ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Arbitrary canvas rotation
  Fixed: Problems with some .bmp files
AhaView changes:
  Added: Conversion to GIF format  
  Added: Command line interface
Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Ability to convert icons to transparent 256-colored PNG images
  
2004-Apr-08 IconUtils 2.01
ArtIcons and ArtCursors changes:
   Modified: Undo limit is increased to 24 commands

2004-Mar-28 IconUtils 2.0
ArtIcons and ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Ability to create images containing several layers 
    and store cursor projects with layer information
  Added: Hatch and chess patterns for transparent color
  Added: New effect - Merge with background color
  Added: Displaying items in libraries using the custom size
  Added: Exporting an icon library as a single 32-bit bitmap image
  Added: Ability to export and import transparent 256-colored PNG images
  Added: Window position saving
  Improved: Images in sizes up to 3000x3000 can be imported or edited 
  Updated: Program interface
  Removed: Displaying icons in libraries using the 64x64 size
  Removed: 3d frame drawing tool
  Removed: 255x255 image size limit
Any to Icon changes:
  Added: Support for Truevision Targa images (TGA)
  Added: Command line interface
Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Ability to modify icon image size and color depth
AhaView changes:
  Added: Command line interface
  Fixed: Problems with displaying some PSD files
  Fixed: Problems with file extension associations
              
2003-Apr-17 IconUtils 1.15b
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: Serbian interface 
ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Alternative button images to customize
           the program interface

2003-Feb-18 IconUtils 1.14
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: Ability to customize the default palette
       for creating 8-bit images
  Added: Alternative button images
  Added: Support for X Pixmap (XPM) and X Bitmap (XBM) formats
  Added: Ability to export (import) multiple icons
       to (from) image strips in BMP and PNG formats
  Added: Export to WBMP format
  Added: Dutch and Czech interfaces
ArtCursors changes:
  Added: Ability to export (import) multiple icons
       to (from) image strips in BMP and PNG formats
  Added: Ability to customize the default palette
       for creating 8-bit images
  Added: Support for windows 2000/XP smooth cursors in 
       32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha-channel
  Added: Drop shadow, smooth, negative, opacity, colorize effects
  Added: Support for ICC icon collection format
  Added: Support for X Pixmap (XPM), X Bitmap (XBM),
       Adobe Photoshop (PSD), WAP Bitmap (WBMP) formats
  Added: Support for semitransparent PNG images
  Added: Actual transparency use while moving or copying images
  Added: RGB lock mode. It allows to modify pixels transparency
       keeping pixels color
  Added: Transparency lock mode. It allows to modify
       pixels color keeping pixels transparency
  Changed: The user interface and functions are now identical 
       with that of ArtIcons Pro 
AhaView changes:
  Added: Support for X Pixmap (XPM) and X Bitmap(XBM) formats
Any to Icon and Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Support for Adobe Photoshop, X Pixmap (XPM) 
       and X Bitmap (XBM) formats
  Removed: Limitations for all formats in the unregistered version
  Modified: 5 files can be converted at once in 
       the unregistered version

2002-Nov-16 IconUtils 1.13
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: German interface
  Added: Support for ICC icon collection format

2002-Aug-24 IconUtils 1.12
ArtIcons changes:
  Fixed: Problem with changing the folder icons
  Fixed: Problem with saving icons after adding new images

2002-Jul-24 IconUtils 1.11
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: Romanian interface
AhaView changes:
  Added: Targa images support
  Added: Full-screen mode customization
  Fixed: Some problems with 32-bit BMP files

2002-Jun-23 IconUtils 1.1
ArtIcons, Any to Icon, Icon to Any, AhaView changes:
  Added: Support for semitrasparent PNG images

2002-Jun-14 IconUtils 1.09
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: Italian interface

2002-May-16 IconUtils 1.08
ArtIcons changes:
  Added: Actual transparency use while moving or copying images
  Added: RGB lock mode - allows to modify pixels transparency keeping
       pixels color
  Added: Transparency lock mode - allows to modify pixels color keeping
       pixels transparency
  Added: Opacity effect
  Added: Autostretch for color palette of more than 16 colors
  Added: French interface
  Fixed: Casual disappearing of selected area while moving or copying
ArtCursors changes:
  Fixed: Casual disappearing of selected area while moving or copying

2002-Apr-21 IconUtils 1.07
Any to Icon changes:
  Fixed: Some JPEG files are not recognized
AhaView changes:
  Fixed: Selected thumbnail image is invisible with
             some video drivers in 32 BPP True Color video mode 
ArtCursors changes:
  Fixed: Selected image is invisible with some video drivers
            in 32 BPP True Color video mode

2002-Mar-23 IconUtils 1.06
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Fixed: Problems with last icon update in some .dll files 
  Modified: "Select gradient" dialog

2002-Jan-18 IconUtils 1.05
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Added: Colorize effect
  Fixed: Problems with icon customizing under Windows XP 
  Fixed: Problems with some .psd files
Any to Icon changes:
  Fixed: Problems with some .psd files

2001-Dec-26 IconUtils 1.04
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Added: Ability to change icon size and resolution inside program files
  Added: Chinese (BIG5) interface

2001-Dec-18 IconUtils 1.03
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Added: Ability to change icons inside program files
  Added: Icon image test
  Added: Preview area
  Added: Window position saving
  Added: Ability to add multiple images to an icon at once
  Added: Spanish language
  Added: Chinese (BG) interface

2001-Nov-30 IconUtils 1.02
Any to Icon changes:
  Added: Support for Adobe Photoshop PSD format
  Added: Constrain proportions option
Icon to Any changes:
  Added: Frame resolution filter
ArtCursors changes:
  Fixed: Problem with artist name in animated cursors

2001-Nov-18 IconUtils 1.01
ArtIcons Pro changes:
  Added: Grayscale effect
  Fixed: Problems with some .psd files

2001-Oct-27 IconUtils 1.0
Release


The latest release of the application can be downloaded at the 
following locations: 

http://www.iconutils.com/iconutils/iconutils.exe
http://www.aha-soft.com/iconutils/iconutils.zip

Links to other download locations can be found at:

http://www.aha-soft.com/download.htm
http://www.iconutils.com/download.htm


You're welcome to submit any questions, suggestions and comments concerning
our software. Please let us know what you would like to see in the future 
releases.


Copyright (C) 2001-2019, Aha-Soft, All rights reserved
Support page: http://www.iconutils.com/support.htm
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