making icons?????

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making icons?????

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im making a new icon for halo and i cant get it to work, i made a 48x48 image, saved it as a .ico file format, i right click halo, properties change icon browse i find my icon it says, no icons contained in the file or folder or something along those lines. i gotta run i got school.
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Photoshop Free Icon Exporter
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If photoshop isn't available to you, this site is a great option: Bradicon!
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Ok bradicon is not working..i was wondering if theres something different, im going to go read some tutorials
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i've used a piece of freeware called icon art to make icons before. if nothing else works, google it and see what you get.
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ive used google like a billion times but it doesnt tell me much like what to save the image as then w/e i do after that,
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Firstly get Paint.NET here:

http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

Then install this plugin: (put in the FileTypes folder in Paint.NET's directory)

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopi ... =16&t=1152
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