321Soft Icon Designer

The 321Soft Icon Designer is a highly intuitive tool designed for Windows users to create and edit icon images. Developed by 321soft studio, this software stands out for its user-friendliness, allowing users to create and modify icons in both standard and custom sizes. Whether the need is to design icons for software, Windows and Mac, or to create a favicon for a website, 321Soft Icon Designer has got it covered.

In its latest version, 3.20, the program highlights a small footprint with a file size of just 1.2 MB. This compact size is perfect for users looking for a powerful yet lightweight tool. Other versions such as 3.20, and 3.2 are also available, ensuring compatibility and choice in functionality.

Categorically, the software falls under Photo & Graphics, with a subcategory of Viewers & Editors. This makes it ideal not only for designers but also for users who need to perform quick edits on their iconography. The program equips users with a variety of tools and effects, including Lighten, Darken, Contrast, Blur, Soften, Sharpen, Edge, Emboss, and Invert, making icon creation easy and efficient.

One of its standout features is the ability to capture favorite images using the snapshot feature and convert them into icons. Users can also export icons to images, offering great versatility in usage. Moreover, 321Soft Icon Designer allows for extraction of icons from DLL and EXE files and enables searching and changing icons embedded in executable files—a feature not commonly found in similar software.

The ease of use is evident in its capability to enable quick retouching of icons, allowing the selection of standard sizes, or setting custom size parameters. 321Soft Icon Designer is also compatible with Windows 7, ensuring a smooth experience for users on this platform.

Pros:

• Extremely user-friendly
• Compact file size of 1.2 MB
• Wide range of tools and effects for comprehensive icon editing
• Ability to extract and modify icons from EXE/DLL files
• Compatibility with Windows 7

Cons:

• Limited to Windows platform only
• No support for macOS directly through the application

You may want to check out more software, such as Custom Icon Design, Metro Style icon Studio or 321Soft Screen Video Recorder, which might be related to 321Soft Icon Designer.