Authoring Topics

Icon authors need to consider the Windows versions and video configuration(s) of their target audience, and understand how differences will affect the appearance of icons.

This chapter explains:

Different icon sizes used by Windows.
Where Windows uses different sizes.
When to use True Color images.
What image formats you should include in an icon or cursor.
How Windows uses, and sometimes converts, the information inside of an icon or cursor resource.
Color depth issues and answers.
Animated resource considerations.

Related Topics

Image formats

Color depth

Animated resources