Falco Icon Studio

If you want to create your own icons, you would need an editing program with a good degree of precision, as well as the necessary tools to make your icon look like something more than an 8-bit sprite. Falco Icon Studio comes with everything you need to create icons and make them look sleek and attractive. It lets you edit pixel-by-pixel if you need to, and it has a wide range of visual effects you can choose from and apply on your icon and give it as much detail as you want.

Falco Icon Studio is compatible with all major Windows versions, and you can have it up and running in just a few seconds. There is no need to install any prerequisite tools or services to run the software. Also, the hardware requirements are modest, so you won't notice any impact on your computer's performance.

On the surface, Falco Icon Studio looks like little more than a traditional paint utility, but there's a lot to discover if you try it out for a few minutes. The software lets you pick between different sizes for your canvas, but you can also manually input the size you want, which can be anything from 1x1 to desktop-sized. Additionally, you may choose between different color settings, like monochrome, 16 colors, 256 colors or true color, as well as a target format, like ICO or GIF.

The main user interface has everything you need to draw icons from scratch. Besides the basic drawing tools, such as the pencil, brush or spray can, you will also find various selection tools, including a lasso, scissors and a hue selection tool. If you want to switch between colors, a full color spectrum is available on the same window, right next to the main editing area, so you can pick another color at a moment's notice, without any serious interruptions.

You can draw entire shapes or edit your icon pixel by pixel. What's more, the software lets you apply a wide range of effects, including blur, noise, mosaic and many others. You may create masks, emboss your icon, create ripples and waves, to give your icon a unique look. Furthermore, to make things more comfortable, the application lets you flip and rotate the canvas, either by 90-degree increments or by manually inputted values. Not only can you re-orient your icon because it would look better, but you can also do it if you find it more comfortable to trace the mouse or pen in a certain direction.

Falco Icon Studio places everything you need at your disposal, to create unique and highly-detailed icons as easily and comfortably as possible.