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Realistic Buttons

Axialis Object Pack #2 for Icons (Tryout Package)

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Description

Axialis Object Pack #2 is a collection of 500 hi-res objects (read more about objects) which have been designed to create icons in the style of Windows Vista™. By using drag & drop in AxialisIconWorkshop you can easily create icons featuring various shapes, symbols, colors, shadows, inner lights, glossy effects.

Using this pack you can easily create beautiful sets of buttons to be used in your projects (websites, application GUI, toolbars, dialog boxes...). With 156 symbols included and many shape effects (circle, octagon, square, triagle) you can create a large variety of icons. Additionally, IconWorkshop permits you to create images at several sizes and color depth (16, 256, RGBA with alpha channel). To permit you to work faster, more than 780 ready-to-use derived symbols have been added to the pack, including effects like black emboss, black glossy, white emboss and white plastic. A blank version of the symbol set has been also added to permit you to create your own effects usinh Photoshop® or any image editor.

Below is an example of icon set which can be done in a few minutes using this pack:

The objects are provided in 256x256 PNG format with alpha channel. This high resolution permits to create icons from 256x256 to 16x16 without quality loss. Axialis IconWorkshop permits to create icons containing various sizes for Windows®, Windows Vista™ & MacOS®. The icons can also be saved as optimized GIF, JPEG or PNG images for inclusion in your websites. To read more about the content of the pack, visit this page: http://www.axialis.com/objects/ip_icon_02.shtml

All the object remains properties of Axialis. However, you can use them without royalties to create icons for any purpose as long as you respect the User License Agreement: http://www.axialis.com/objects/agreement.html

How to get the full pack?

Only a limited set if objects is provided with this install package of IconWorkshop. This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (500 objects + 780 derived symbols). You can download the full set of object from our website: http://www.axialis.com/objects/ip_icon_02.shtml

How to create the icons?

The pack is provided with several sample icons created using IconWorkshop. Creation of these icons is really simple using Drag & Drop or Copy/Paste. To learn how to create icons using this object pack, read this article: http://www.axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-iw022.html

If you want to practice with image objects, we recommend you to recreate the sample icons as described below:

1. Make sure the Librarian is displayed and the "Pack 2 - Realistic Buttons" folder is selected.

2. Create a new icon project (choose 256x256 RGB/A format)

3. Create each icon using the images specified below (First image to add is on top of list):

Down.png

Add the following images into your project:

1. Folder "Circle" - "Background - Green.png"

2. Folder "Circle" - "Inner Glow 02 - Black.png".

3. Folder "Circle" - "Border 01.png"

4. Folder "Symbols" - "Arrow - Down.png"

5. Folder "Circle" - "Glossy 04.png"

6. Folder "Circle" - "Shadow Bottom 01 - Black.png". Place the object in background (Press "End" key).

Info.png

Add the following images into your project:

1. Folder "Circle" - "Background - Blue.png"

2. Folder "Circle" - "Inner Effect 01 - Color.png". Only one red-coloured version of this effect image is provided, so you need to adjust the hue (tint) to match the desired color: Without deselecting the newly-added object, adjust Hue/Saturation (Press "U" key). Set "Hue" to -150.

3. Folder "Circle" - "Glossy 07.png"

4. Folder "Symbols/White Emboss " - "Info.png"

4. Folder "Circle" - "Shadow Bottom 04 - Color.png". Without deselecting the newly-added object, adjust Hue/Saturation (Press "U" key). Set "Hue" to -150. Place the object in background (Press "End" key).

Ok.png

Add the following images into your project:

1. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Background - Green.png". Adjust Brightness/Contrast (Press "B" key). Set "Brightness" to -15.

2. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Inner Effect 01 - Color.png". Without deselecting the newly-added object, adjust Hue/Saturation (Press "U" key). Set "Hue" to 110.

3. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Inner Glow 01 - Color.png". Without deselecting the newly-added object, adjust Hue/Saturation (Press "U" key). Set "Hue" to 110.

4. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Border 01.png"

5. Folder "Symbols" - "Ok.png". Center the object as desired using the mouse.

6. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Glossy 02.png". Select All (Press Ctrl+A). Using the arrow keys, move the selection 5 pixels up and 5 pixels left.

7. Folder "Rounded Square" - "Shadow 02.png". Place the object in background (Press "End" key).

Cancel.png

Add the following images into your project:

1. Folder "Circle" - "Background - Red.png"

2. Folder "Circle" - "Inner Glow 02 - Black.png"

3. Folder "Circle" - "Border - 01.png"

4. Folder "Symbols" - "Cancel.png"

5. Folder "Circle" - "Glossy 01.png". Select All (Press Ctrl+A). Using the arrow keys, move the selection 6 pixels up.

6. Folder "Circle" - "Shadow Bottom 01 - Black.png". Place the object in background (Press "End" key).

WarningLCD.png

Add the following images into your project:

1. Folder "Triangle" - "Background - White.png". Without deselecting the newly-added object, colorize the object by adjusting the global Hue/Saturation (Press "U" key). Select the "Colorize" option, set "Hue" to -90, set "Saturation" to -30, set "Brightness" to -20 .

2. Folder "Triangle" - "Inner Glow 01 - Black.png"

3. Folder "Triangle" - "Border 06.png"

4. Folder "Symbols/Black Emboss " - "Exclamation.png". Adjust the size of the object using the "resizing handles" in order to match the correct size (keep the "Shift" key pressed during resize to keep aspect ratio). Move the symbol in the center of the triangle.

5. Folder "Triangle" - "Glossy 10.png"

6. Folder "Triangle" - "Inner Effect 04.png"

7. Folder "Triangle" - "Outer Glow 01 - Black.png". Place the object in background (Press "End" key).

Enjoy... :)