The Breakroom • A blog for the Iconfactory

Yoroshiku Baby, Desuno!

March 15, 2003

We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest collection of icons based on a new anime series called Risky and Safety.

Thinking that she can never see her boyfriend again, Moe Katsuragi’s despair summons a spunky soul collecting apprentice named Risky. Risky urges Moe to depart the mortal realm, leaving behind her precious soul until a glimmer of hope and a brief smile on Moe’s face cause Risky to transform into Safety, a polite and proper apprentice angel who just happens to share a body with Risky. The best of Japanese animation combines with a charming universal story about the struggle between light and dark to make Moe’s adventure a contemporary fairy tale for all ages!

if you are fan of Japanese anime, then we invite you to visit and download the official Risky and Safety icon collection for either Mac or Win today!

The Day of Anime

March 14, 2003

By Webmaster

The planets of Japanese animation have somehow aligned today because in addition to the icon set mentioned below, we wanted to let everyone know that Mindy has released a really kick-butt desktop pict of one of our favorite characters from Evangelion. So get yourself in gear and check it out!

Tick Tock, Tick Tock!

March 13, 2003

By Webmaster

That’s right folks, according to that ol’ calendar on the wall, there is less than three weeks left to enter this year’s Pixelpalooza Icon Design Contest. We’ve already received over 60 sets in this year’s three entry categories; OS X, CandyBar and Classic icons. With time running out, we expect the number of entries to increase quite a bit right up until the end. Check back each day for the latest contest goodies to be posted. Stay tuned, its starting to heat up!

Warp Factor 9, Engage!

March 3, 2003

By Webmaster

We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest freeware icon collection – Trek Insignia. Resident artist and confessed Trek fanatic, Ged Maheux, has faithfully re-created the logos affiliated with Starfleet as well as many of their better known enemies and allies including The Borg, The Dominion, The Klingons, the Vulcan IDIC and many, many more. Ged’s even thrown in some special bonus icons as a special treat. Trek fans also won’t want to miss this set’s read-me file with a timely editorial on the latest Trek franchise, Enterprise. All this awaits you, so beam on down people!

Announcing IconBuilder Pro 4.0

February 26, 2003

By Webmaster

The Iconfactory is pleased to announce the release of version 4.0 of our professional icon construction filter for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. IconBuilder Pro 4.0 boasts a wide range of new features that we are excited about, but the most important one is its support for Open / Drop folder states in Mac OS X Jaguar.

Many of you have written to ask how we’ve been creating freeware icon collections with folders that have the Open / Drop states built into them (like Smoothicons 5 included with CandyBar). Well, the answer is we’ve been using IconBuilder Pro 4.0 internally to create these special icons, and so can you!

But icon states are not the only new aspect of IB Pro 4.0. The update also includes all new features to strengthen and speed QuickBuild operations, improvements when building icons for Windows, expanded and improved documentation and much, much more. We encourage you to visit the IconBuilder Pro 4.0 homepage to learn more and download the update.

IconBuilder Pro 4.0 is shareware and costs $69.00. Users who registered the filter after Oct. 1st, 2002 are entitled to a free upgrade. The fee to upgrade the filter for those who registered v. 3.x prior to 10.1.02 is $20.00.

Showroom Gets Some Spit and Polish

February 17, 2003

By Webmaster

We’re pleased to unveil the newly re-designed Iconfactory Showroom! The days of 32×32 Mac icons are slowly fading into the past, and with it comes a renewed focus on those 128×128 Mac OS X monster icons we’ve come to know and love. We hope the new design will make it easier for you to spot what icon sets you’re interested in downloading. We’ve also added links for our new CandyBar iContainers (where they apply) and increased our support for our PC visitors by providing direct Windows links right in the Showroom. We hope you find the changes helpful, and if you have feedback, be sure to drop us a line!

You’re Shmoopie! No, You Are!

February 10, 2003

By Webmaster

With the U.S. holiday of Valentine’s Day right around the corner, our resident romantic, Dave, has whipped up a new set of OS X icons just for you! Send one of these Candy Valentine Hearts to your sweetie to convey a special message or decorate your desktop and get your Mac in the holiday mood. We’ve got sweets for the sweet, happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Pixelpalooza Under Way

February 10, 2003

By Webmaster

Our annual icon design contest has already garnered over a dozen entries, and we’re only one week into the contest. Be sure to stop by the contest entry pages often over the course of Pixelpalooza for the latest iconic creations from around the world. Also, several artists have submitted their sets with incorrect email addresses, and without the right address, we can’t process your entry correctly (and we can’t get in touch with you). So when you go to sign up for the contest, be sure to double-check your email address. Thanks!

CandyBar Gets Sweeter

February 5, 2003

By Webmaster

The Iconfactory and Panic are excited to announce the release of CandyBar 1.5. This new version of our popular Mac OS X toolbar customization app adds many cool features including iContainer support.

iContainers are a new file format developed jointly between Panic and The Iconfactory that allow CandyBar users to import and export entire collections of system replacement icons easily. Double-click an iContainer and CandyBar’s wells will be filled automatically. Icon artists can save custom iContainers of their own along with their names, email addresses and website URL’s and then distribute them on the Internet. We’re sure that many of the artists submitting CandyBar entries to this year’s Pixelaplooza will find this feature appealing.

But that’s not all folks, there is a brand new iContainer included with CandyBar from artist Dave Brasgalla. That’s right, World of Aqua can now take its place on your toolbar right along side the newly updated and expanded Smoothicon collection from Corey Marion. If you are looking for individual icons from these two sets, drop by and download the individual collections so you can mix and match to your heart’s content. Be sure to check out World of Aqua’s support for Open / Drop states in the OS X Finder too! So many icons, so many choices!

Get the full skinny on this latest version at the CandyBar homepage. CandyBar 1.5 is shareware and costs $12.95 to purchase. This version is a free upgrade for registered users and is just waiting for you to check it out!

Pixelpalooza 2003 Officially Begins Today

February 3, 2003

By Webmaster

The Iconfactory is pleased to announce the commencement of the 7th installment of Pixelpalooza, our annual icon design contest. Every year we invite the Macintosh icon design community to pull out all the stops and send us their pixelated creations. Last year’s event drew over 140 entries from all over the world and was unquestionably our most successful contest to date.

You can probably expect to download the first contest entries by mid week, but in the meantime you can see what this year’s icon artists will be competing for on the newly updated Pixelpalooza prize page. Sponsors for this year’s event include Aladdin Systems, AnimeNation, El Gato Software, Font Diner, Fonthead Design, Griffin Technology, Macsurfshop, Microsoft, Panic, and Vizspring. Please show your support for our sponsors by clicking on their links or their badges on the prize page.

Visit often for the next two months to see the best and brightest in icon design for the Mac. There are always surprises each year, and we’re sure this year’s contest will be no different. Ladies and gentlemen, start your pixel-clicking!

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