= Icon Engine =

This new icon engine which is new with V0.6.0 of WPS-Wizard allows the use of PNG image files for icons. Unique features of this engine are:

 * True alpha blending and transparency
 * Seamless integration into the WPS including drag and drop icon assignment and icon editing from the objects icon page
 * No patching of system files
 * Icon creation by specifying drawing commands which are performed on the fly using the Cairo graphics library
  * Overlay of image files with true alpha blending
  * Line, arc, rectangle, ... drawing with true alpha blending
  * Text drawing (with, yes, alpha blending)
  * Font control
  * Rotation and translating while drawing
  * ...
 * Drawing commands are simple text commands in a control file. No recompilation necessary.
 * Arbitrary icon size up to 200x200
 * Icon size settable for each folder
 * Works with all major WPS enhancers (XWP, EWP, !BubblePad,...)
 * It's free

== Icon creation tutorial ==

A tutorial about how to create icons can be found [IconTutorial here].


== Questions and answers ==

Got to [QuestionsAnswers this page].


== Screenshots ==


[[Image(source:/images/desktop-noia-blue.jpg, 25%, nolink)]] [wiki:NoiaBlueScreenshot (Desktop, 1280x1024)] [[Image(source:/images/desktop-noia-warm.jpg, 25%, nolink)]] [wiki:NoiaWarmScreenshot (Desktop, 1280x1024)]

[[Image(source:/images/png-iconeditor-test2.jpg, 25%, nolink)]] [wiki:IconEditor (Icon editor, 1280x1024)] [[Image(source:/images/cairo-gadget.jpg, 22%, nolink)]] [wiki:CairoGadget (Cairo gadget, 635x568)]

More screenshots can be found on the [WpsWizardScreenshots Screenshot page].