BS Icon Maker

Tutorial » Create an Icon Library

Icon library is a collection of icons with file extension .ICL.

BS Icon Maker has an Icon Library window. You can create, open, or save an icon library as well as create a new icon, rename, edit and delete an icon in icon library.

Create an Icon Library

  1. Click 'New' button in Icon Library window.
  2. Select an icon in Icon Library window and click 'Edit' button, an icon editor window will open.
  3. Insert a normal icon into an opened icon library via selecting 'File - Save to Icon Library' menu.
  4. Select 'File - Save as' menu, an icon will be saved as a normal icon file or as other image types.

work with icon library
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Extract Icons from Binary Files

  1. Click 'Open' button in Icon Library window.
  2. Select a binary file, such as exe, dll, ocx or cpl, and click Open.
  3. Notice: You can extract icons from binary files and save as .ico, .bmp, .jpg files etc. But you can't save icons into a binary file.