Article:		Creating Photorealistic Icons for Mac OS X
Subject:		why isn't my icns file an icon?
Date:		2004-05-23 23:43:30
From:		mamaglee
It took me about 3 minutes to make my first experimental test icon using photoshop and Icon Computer, however when I saved it in Icon Composer as an .icns file, the files doesn't show the icon. It shows up as an image with the right corner folded down and the letters ICNS on it below a generic picture. I thought the icon would BE an icon. So how do I get it to be an icon for it's own file? I got info and same thing. Thanks, Mamaglee

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• why isn't my icns file an icon?
  2004-06-06 07:52:29  TriangleJuice [View]
  
  
  Go to VersionTracker and download the following handy app: Icns2Rsrc. This app will visualize your icon. Then you can use the Copy-Paste method via the Info menu of a file or folder.
  
  The icns file is meant to be implemented in an XCode or other programming environment...
  
  Have fun making icons!
• RE: why isn't my icns file an icon?
  2004-09-04 22:09:52  Rennat [View]
  
  
  The icns file is meant to be implemented in an XCode or other programming environment...
  
  For those of us wondering how to do this what information could you give?