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 here.

Questions and answers

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Screenshots

(Desktop, 1280x1024) (Desktop, 1280x1024)

(Icon editor, 1280x1024) (Cairo gadget, 635x568)

More screenshots can be found on the Screenshot page.