There seem to be a lot of vague answers behind how to make Mac OS X icons. What programs to use, how to make them correctly, and so on, so here’s an easy tutorial on how to make yourself a Mac OS X icon for free!
Things We’ll Need
Before we start we’ll need a couple of programs. No worries though, they’re all free.
- A graphics program. I’ll be using Adobe Photoshop CS3, but you can use any layer-based graphics program (a great free program for Mac is GIMP).
- Icon Composer. You can get Icon Composer free by downloading Xcode from Apple. You have to sign up as an ADC Member, but again, it’s free. Go here to get it!
- Icns2Icon. Go here for this free handy utility.
Ready? Let’s make some icons!
