While surfing this week, the workers came across a great tutorial posting that instructs users how to do a complete toolbar icon makeover for Apple’s Mail application. Panic & the Iconfactory’s own CandyBar icon customizer can handle toolbar changes for most applications, but apps like Mail use multiple sizes of toolbar icons and that’s where it gets tricky. Bryan Veloso over at Avalonstar wrote up a nice step by step guide that uses Pixadex as the tool of choice for this task and we think its one of the nicer tutorials out there and definitely worth taking a look. If you are a freak about customization and icons, then don’t miss this one.
The Breakroom
Making Mail Fly
June 1, 2006
Two Treats In One
May 30, 2006
We are pleased to announce the release of Talos’ latest freeware icon collection – ClearBlack. This all new set of system replacement icons for use with Panic and the Iconfactory’s own CandyBar utility, is really two sets of system icons in one. As the name suggests, a part of the set is clear or transparent when viewed on the desktop and part is black for lighter (or white) desktops, hence ClearBlack. In addition, all of the folder icons included in the set come with cool open/drop states so you can see the icons animate right on the desktop! We invite you to stop on by and download ClearBlack today for your Mac, PC or for use with CandyBar where you can change all of your system icons with a double-click.
Another E3 Come and Gone
May 16, 2006
The annual pilgrimage to the video game temple of E3 has once again come and gone. The major players in the video game entertainment industry showed their wares, covered up their booth babes and through it all we learned some interesting tidbits. We will wait to reserve final judgment however until our friend, Cabel Sasser, posts his expo review over at his excellent blog. If his Nintendo DS reviews are any indication, we’re sure his show floor adventures will be “Must see E3”. Now if you’ll excuse us, Talos has to start saving up to buy his PS3 while Ged sits and waits patiently for Nintendo to announce the release date of the Wii. Back to work!
“Kill all humans!”
May 9, 2006
Don’t look now, but our robotic slaves are about to rise up against us and make us do those lame chores we’ve been pushing on them like the laundry, food shopping and walking the dog. Of course we’re talking about this week’s freeware release from Gedeon Maheux, Futurama Vol. 4 – The Robots. This fourth installment in the series brings 12 of Matt Groening’s hip, droid characters to your desktop to do your bidding. The set includes fan favorites like Calculon, URL and the splintery wooden ass of Downgraded Bender. If you’re a fan of Futurama, then don’t wait another moment, and grab volume 4 today for your Mac, PC or as a cool Pixadex iContainer. And don’t miss the new Futurama related Quick Pix released today – Leonard Nimoy’s Head. Enjoy!
Porcelain Finance Stock Set Released
May 4, 2006
StockIcons.com has released a set of 52 add-on icons to extend the original Porcelain collection into the realm of finance and commerce. With icons covering concepts such as transactions, credit, interest, and many others, this collection is an important addition for anyone needing icons for software or websites dealing with finance or commerce. Porcelain Finance is available today as an electronic download for $179.00.
Suffering Pixelpalooza Withdrawal?
April 27, 2006
We came across a nice posting from a fellow iconist today that we thought we would share with our visitors. Seems as though Jamie and others are going through Pixelpalooza withdrawal and long for the heady days of pixelated madness that each winter brought here at the factory. Starting in 1997, The Iconfactory sponsored a contest to help build support for the Macintosh and Mac-based icon artists by encouraging new and unique creations in the art of icon design. The contest was a huge success for the eight years it ran until going on hiatus in 2005.
Pixelpalooza helped us to find three of the most talented icon artist in the world, Dave Brasgalla, Anthony Piraino and David Lanham. So you can imagine that the contest holds a special place in our hearts. Hundreds of talented artists have created thousands of icons for Pixelpalooza and Mac users everywhere are grateful.
2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of The Iconfactory, and we have some very special things in store for all of you this year. We’ve been keeping a tight lid on those developments, but we wanted you to know that this is the main reason why we’ve had to put the contest on hold these last two years. If all goes well, Pixelpalooza will indeed return, better, bigger and funner than ever before. We’re sure you will be pleased with what is coming your way in the months ahead, and thank you once again for all of your support.
Extra Large Application Icons
April 25, 2006
Today’s freeware release is a small companion set for Corey Marion’s unique ant’s eye perspective Monolith set. The original set, released as a handy CandyBar iContainer, transforms your entire system with this bold and simple collection. This new set adds Apple’s iApps and some of the preinstalled OS X goodies like iChat, Safari and iCal.
Update for CandyBar to 2.6.1
April 19, 2006
Our good friends over at Panic have released a small update to our recent universal binary version of CandyBar, bringing it to version 2.6.1. This new version corrects a bug with certain dock icons reverting to their default appearance even though they were set with CandyBar. This update is free to registered users and we recommend downloading the upgrade and replacing your version today.
