Ah the master has spoken. I must obey.

I really need to get this thing. It looks great.

I give it a 9.9 out of 10, I still want to be able to save Mac Icons.

How does it compare to MicroAngelo? What are the pros of IconWorkshop over Microangelo?

I have not used MicroAngelo in years, but I would say go get the 30day trial and give it a try.

Wow...this is *really* strange...but, before you even posted this article, I visited their site earlier today. I wondered if this program was being used by any of the artists here...so I logged in to WC to ask about the program in the Message Board... haha! Guess I don't need to ask now!

This program looks VERY interesting! I have never created a skin or an icon...would you recommend this to a beginner (somewhat fast learner)?? Also..they offer a personal or corporate version...with corporate having a handful of additional features. They also mention the ability to work with Mac icons as well.

This is a real coincidence! But glad to see this topic at the top of the news page!

I used this for 30 days and was not impressed.

What were you not impressed with? Is there another program that you prefer?

That is a good question? What is it you did not like?

I like it because I do most of my work in Corel (In a vector format) and save them as PNG's or PSD files then I can us Icon Workshop to do all the compiling for me. It is surprisingly accurate

And it has good tools (IMO) to do any last minute pixel pushing

This looks pretty impressive. Just one thing, next time someone argues how our software isn't worth the price, bear in mind that programs like this cost more than all of Object Desktop combined.

That said, I'll probably be registering it.

I don't have Photoshop ...but I do have Paintshop Pro 7...have to start somewhere.

I checked out the Microangelo site...but it did not have any screenshots of the program's UI *sigh* At least Icon Workshop has a decent online tutorial.

Thanks for the input everyone...

mormegil, about saving to Mac icons ... only the time (little time ) will get this feature to Icon Workshop

I don't make much icons as I'm not very talented at it, but when I do, I make them in Photoshop, export them as transparent PNGs. Microangelo can import transparent PNGs as well as IconWorkshop it seems. I guess they come down to the same. And their prices compare as well.
One thing I've always wished Microangelo had is layers. Can IconWorkshop use layers of some sort? For exmaple, I have a basic icon image, but I can superimpose on top of it a different image and be able to edit that top image seperatly from the bottom one? (think of the different folder icons in Windows, if you could use the same basic icon at the bottom, and just add different elements on top: MY Documents,My Pictures, My Music, etc.).

Try the triel vesion, I dont use Photoshop to make icons but I know he has added psd layer suport to some degree.