Axialis IconWorkshop Continues To Amaze with "Gee Whiz" features

PARIS, France, October 1, 2007 - Axialis Software today announces the immediate availability of Axialis IconWorkshopTM 6.10, the newest version of its award-winning tool for authoring icons for Windows and Macintosh platforms.

Axialis IconWorkshopTM has been around for a long time and its authors keep improving on its technologies. The program has been upgraded to version 6.10, which adds support for Windows VistaTM, as well as some new features. Windows VistaTM features a PNG-compressed icon format, allowing users to create icons up to 256x256 with alpha channel with a smaller file size. The new version of the Axialis software fully supports this format in all the aspects: editing, automatic format creation, batch creation, batch conversion, and format normalization.

The program is perfect for ordinary users who want to personalize their desktop with the icons of their own design, or software developers who need to build a professional front-end for their desktop or web application, but don't have enough drawing skills to do it on their own.

Drawing icons pixel by pixel is time consuming and messy. Too many times you'll find yourself with an icon that's off center, disproportionate, has rough lines and borders. After several attempts to refine it, you'll wind up with something that looks home-brewed and amateurish. When applied to the interface, such an icon can hardly add any touch of professionalism to the software and credibility to the image of the company.

With Axialis IconWorkshopTM you don't have to mess around pixels because it offers a unique Image Objects technology that lets you create icons by picking shapes from the object library and overlaying one on the other. So you can make an icon in much the same way as you would make a toy house from Lego bricks! The shapes come in 256x256 PNG format, letting you create clean icons with smooth shadows for Windows XP, Vista and even Mac OS!

Another specialty of the program is an ability to convert Mac OS icons to Windows and back which will help developers to make applications for both platforms quicker than before. Batch processing mode will let them convert a set of icons to another format in one simple operation.

Axialis IconWorkshopTM can also create icons from images and photos. Simply load in the images and it'll make an icon with several image formats in one operation. In processing icons, the program preserves alpha channel, calculates palettes for 256 color formats and even 16 color formats with transparency - all completely automatically.

If you run a software development business and need to create state-of-the-art interfaces, or you are a home user and want to personalize your desktop with the classy icons that will make your friends jealous, you may find that Axialis IconWorkshopTM offers the best way to do it.

Take Quick Tour at http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/tour/index.html

Pricing & Availability

Axialis IconWorkshopTM 6.10 runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, VistaTM. It is available immediately for $39.95 (Personal Edition) and $69.95 (Corporate Edition) from Axialis, its online store, and through a network of the authorized resellers and distributors worldwide. Licensed customers get lifetime free updates and premium technical support. More information on the product, as well as its 30-day evaluation copy is available from www.axialis.com/.

Product page link: http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop
Direct 30-day tryout download link: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/154724-4X23/iconworkshop.exe
Distribution kit: http://www.axdn.com/iconworkshop/
Company website: http://www.axialis.com/

Axialis Software

1, rue de Stockholm
75008 Paris
France

Fax: (1) 435-518-5206 (USA)

Press contact:
Marc Emile
memile@axialis.com

Axialis was founded by two software engineers, Marc Emile and Martine Boccanfuso in 1989. The company specializes in graphics software for businesses and home users alike. Axialis is the author of such popular products as IconWorkshop, Professional Screensaver Producer, and CursorWorkshop (formerly known as AX-Cursors. For more information, visit www.axialis.com/.

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