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SoftOrbits Icon Maker Software helps you create icons from PNG images and other graphics for Windows, Android, and iOS.

   
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Icon Maker for Windows 11 and 10

SoftOrbits Icon Maker is a software for creating and editing application icons. It features a simple user interface and solid tools for high-quality artwork. You can create new icons or edit and convert existing ones. The built-in extractor pulls icons out of other files. The icon maker software runs on a Windows PC and supports exports for other platforms, so you do not have to worry about compatibility.

An Icon Creator for Apps and Desktops

An icon is the small picture that stands for an app or a file in the user interface. It carries your brand signature and needs a clear meaning. Choose icon software with that in mind when you develop a program or a website.

Create new icons with SoftOrbits Icon Editor for Windows 10 / 11, an icon making program for your next icon project.

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A Windows Icon Maker That Is Easy to Learn

Switching between them is easy. The icon maker includes a detailed help file with a user manual and practical recommendations.

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Create Icon Files from Images

Your free icon maker download includes an easy-to-use file manager. Run batch processing and multiple operations across large image sets: build icons from a series of PNG files, or convert a folder of BMP and TIFF images to ICO in one batch. Icon Maker for PC also supports multi-format icons for compatibility across configurations.

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Extract Icons and Export Them for Android and iOS

Use the program as an icon extractor with various icon libraries. It supports JPEG, GIF, PNG, CUR, BMP, ICO, ANI, XPM, ICL, TIFF, and Photoshop files. Besides Windows icons, the icon maker exports ready-sized icon sets for Android and iOS.

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Convert Images to Icons

Choose an operating system to convert your source image to the correct icon format. Convert JPEG to icon or PNG to icon in a few clicks. The program generates every Windows 11 icon size you need. Use this icon design software to draw pixel art and animations, and convert JPG to ICO for Windows 11 or Windows 10.

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Icon Editor Tools for Color and Effects

Work on icons with graphic tools, a large library of palettes, and gradient fills for static objects, text, and animated images. Apply gradients or styles to monochrome filters that mimic a surface, and add blur or decorative effects to an icon. Rotate and mirror objects, clone regions, and apply perspective. The Text Tool takes any font installed on your PC. Draw straight strokes with the Line Tool. The Border effect frames the icon at the thickness you set.

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Comprehensive Icon Editing

Scale your work, check it in the preview window, and export snapshots in multiple formats. This Windows icon maker suits beginners and professionals alike.

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Drawing Cursor Graphics

In addition to creating icons, SoftOrbits Icon Maker allows creating graphical processing cursors (.cur) for any operating system. If you combine cursor rendering with animation, you can easily see the result of your work in motion and get an idea of what it's going to look like after. A large selection of special effects, color correction functions, cropping, image animation effects is offered to work on cursors to make them vivid and catchy.

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Who Uses This Icon Editor

For app developers

Build one .ICO with the full set of Windows sizes, 16 to 256 px, ready for your installer and the app's EXE.

For designers and power users

Convert a whole folder of PNGs into a 32-bit icon set, and put custom icons on your folders and shortcuts.

For modders and IT teams

Extract an icon from a DLL or EXE, edit it, then ship branded icons to every company PC.

Prefer installing apps through the Microsoft Store? You can also get Icon Maker Software on Microsoft Store.

An Offline Icon Creator That Keeps Files on Your PC

SoftOrbits Icon Maker processes your images on your own Windows PC, so nothing gets uploaded to a server. Your brand logos and unreleased app art stay private. NDA teams need exactly that. The editor also runs with no internet connection, and there is no account to create.

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SoftOrbits Icon Maker
Price
from $ 19.99 / month
Version
1.11
File Size
10.9 Mb
Last updated on
03/10/26
System Requirements
  • Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32/64 bit)
  • Intel i3, AMD Ryzen 5 or above
  • 4 GB of RAM or above
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® series 8 and 8M, Intel® HD Graphics 2000, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 5600, AMD Radeon™ R600, Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330, Mobility FirePro™ series, Radeon™ R5 M230 or higher graphics card with up-to-date drivers
  • 1280 × 768 screen resolution, 32-bit color
  • 1 GB of free hard disk space or above

Frequently Asked Questions

The quality of your icon will not change at all even after it's been resized and modified. You can safely export images to any convenient format.

You can open an image in the icon maker software to edit, modify, and improve them as you wish. Save the picture as an icon in your chosen format.

Yes, you can! Select the image, and SoftOrbits Icon Maker will reduce its resolution in a few steps to convert GIF to ICO for the selected operating system.

The icon maker software can use many of libraries for images, including ICL, DLL and it even works with .exe files. It also supports JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, and PNG formats. You can create an icon from PNG.

Yes! Click the icon for your operating system on the control panel, and the icons will be adjusted automatically.

The program offers more than 20 different special effects for processing the images. The basic options include: playing with brightness and colorizing images, swapping color channels, making icon file elements more graphic or more blurry.

Yes, it is. With SoftOrbits Icon Maker Software, you can make any element of the icon animated or static.

Yes, you can. Use the icon design software to apply geometric distortions to the entire image or individual icon elements.

You can download the installer for PNG to ICO converter Software from the official SoftOrbits website for free, without any charges or fees, and then install it quickly and easily on your computer.

Use the effects and image editing functions to create your own icons or sets of icons. The simple interface and integrated file system make it easier to find the right image and work on several icons at the same time. Compatibility with all other operating systems and support for a huge number of formats decreases the risk of the finished icon's inability to be opened on another computer. SoftOrbits Icon Maker for Windows 11 is icon making software for any level of experience.

A desktop tool does several jobs online generators cannot. It builds a multi-size .ICO (16, 32, 48, and 256 px in one file), makes .CUR and animated cursors, and pulls existing icons straight out of EXE, DLL, and ICL files. It converts a whole folder of images in one batch instead of one upload at a time. Most online makers stop at a single flat image.

Not directly. Windows needs the .ICO format for icons, and a PNG is just a flat image. SoftOrbits Icon Maker turns your PNG into a multi-size .ICO file in a few clicks, ready for desktop shortcuts, folders, and apps. That is the same job our PNG to ICO converter handles. JPEG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF sources work too; to start from a photo, convert a JPG to ICO the same way. To go the other direction, the ICO to PNG converter extracts images back out of an icon.

Icon Maker is free to download and try. Open your images and test the pixel editor and batch tools in the basic trial; saving requires the free extended trial license. Request it from the trial window to export real .ICO files before you buy. Saving works until the extended period ends. Everything runs locally on your Windows PC. Your images never leave your machine.

It packs the standard Windows icon sizes into a single .ICO file, from small 16x16 and 32x32 up to 256x256, so the icon stays sharp everywhere it shows up, from the taskbar to the desktop. The size set is customizable, and the smooth downscaling keeps the tiny 16x16 and 32x32 versions clean instead of blurry.

Yes. Besides .ICO icons and .ICL libraries, Icon Maker exports .CUR cursor files, and it can make animated icons and cursors from your images. It all works offline on your Windows PC, no browser or upload required.

Right-click the shortcut, open Properties, and click Change Icon. Windows only accepts the .ICO format there, not a PNG or a JPG. Open your image in SoftOrbits Icon Maker, save a .ICO that holds every standard size (16, 32, 48, and 256 px), and point the shortcut to that file. Those multiple sizes keep the icon sharp whether Windows shows it small in the taskbar or large on the desktop. Keep the .ICO in a folder you will not move, since Windows remembers the path; deleting or relocating the file reverts the shortcut to a blank icon. The same .ICO works for a custom folder icon under the folder's Customize tab.

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