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What are Windows XP icons

Microsoft® Windows® XP introduces a new style in icon design. The Windows XP icon style is all about fun, color, and energy—and, as there are now 32-bit versions of the icons, smooth edges.

Microsoft recommends that your icon contains these three general sizes:

48 x 48 pixels

32 x 32 pixels

16 x 16 pixels

Icons on the left side of the Start menu are displayed at the 24 x 24 pixels size. This is not a size that you need to provide usually.

If you are creating icons for a toolbar, the Windows standard sizes are 24 x 24 and 16 x 16 pixels.

Windows XP supports 32-bit icons, which are 24-bit images with an 8-bit alpha channel. This allows icons to display with smooth edges that appear to blend into any background.

Each Windows XP icon should contain these three color depths to support different monitor display settings:

24-bit with 8-bit alpha (32-bit)

8-bit (256 colors) with 1-bit transparency

4-bit (16 colors) with 1-bit transparency

You should have a total of nine image formats — three sizes per color depth:

48 x 48 at 32-bit

32 x 32 at 32-bit

16 x 16 at 32-bit

48 x 48 at 8-bit

32 x 32 at 8-bit

16 x 16 at 8-bit

48 x 48 at 4-bit

32 x 32 at 4-bit

16 x 16 at 4-bit

Drop Shadow

Windows XP icons use a drop shadow to provide definition and added dimension. This effect is supported by Aha-Soft ArtIcons. To add the drop shadow to your images, select the Effects / Drop Shadow item from the main menu.

Common Icons for Windows XP:

Common Icons for Windows XP

Common toolbar icons for Windows XP:

toolbar icons for Windows XP

These are the primary colors that are used in Windows XP 8-bit icons:

Windows XP icon color palette

Windows XP icon color palette

To load this palette into ArtIcons Pro icon editor, select the Effects/ Palette/ Predefined/ Windows XP item from the main menu.

Microsoft Windows User Experience Team has written an overview of Windows XP icon creation: Creating Windows XP Icons - full article - deleted

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