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In search of ... a favicon generator/transformer (that works!)
barney:
Folk,
I need/would like to take an existing .jpg and convert it to a favicon.ico. I've tried this all afternoon, with no success whatsoever.
The last two (2) things I tried were a Firefox add-on, image2icon and a Web site, http://www.generatefavicon.com/, both to no return. I've tried every Website/service I could find for this conversion. I have Axialis' Icon Workshop. All of these things purport to perform the conversion I desire. They don't - or, at least, they haven't.
So, anyone with a pregnant idea? One that might give birth to a working product?
No, I cannot create the damned thing myself ... when it comes to visual design, anyone else with just one (1) eye is likely to outperform me. I stink at endeavors artistic.
MilesAhead:
I just tried this with a jpg and it looks like it worked:
http://www.dagondesign.com/tools/favicon-generator-tool/
I think the trick with the favicon is to have a single 16x16 icon. Not multiple sizes in one .ico file.
barney:
Thank you, sir :Thmbsup:.
That one worked. Axialis liked it. More to the point, the Web site liked it :P.
I'm curious why the others didn't, but not enough to do serious research. Maybe download corruption? I dunno, but as long as the site owner is happy ... I think the trick with the favicon is to have a single 16x16 icon. Not multiple sizes in one .ico file.
-MilesAhead (December 03, 2011, 01:35 AM)
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Agreed. I've seen a few that are like 32x16 (I thimk), and a few that act like GIFs, but I'll stick with the basics on this until such time as I can be certain of what I'm doing :huh:.
Sidebar:
Huh! The spell checker doesn't like thimk. Apparently it's never been exposed to '70s & '80s inspirational posters ;D.
MilesAhead:
It's been so long since I did the favicon for my site that I'm not sure what I used to make the icon from the jpg. But it's a single 16x16.
Glad it worked for you.
Renegade:
See if you can get a copy of IcoFX 1.6. (PM me with your email address if you can't and I'll email it to you -- IF you can accept an EXE in your email, e.g. Gmail doesn't allow EXE files.)
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