Photoshop ICO File Format Plugin

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ICO file format Photoshop Plugin allows you to directly Open and Save any Windows icon (.ICO) files. Tested with Photoshop CS5 on Intel Macintosh (32/64 bit), Photoshop 3.0-7.0, CS, CS2 on PowerPC Macintosh (OS X, OS 9 and Classic). Furthermore, one can also rely on this plugin to open .CUR (cursor) files within Adobe PhotoShop.

Photoshop ICO File Format Plugin Features

Reads and writes .ICO and .CUR files of 1,4,8 bits as Indexed mode images, and 16,24,32 bit as RGB mode
If an input file contains multiple icons, a dialog box prompts to select one (indicates pixel size and colour depth of each contained icon).
Files created by the plugin contain a single icon or cursor only. To create "suites" of icons of multiple sizes and/or colour depths, you can save them individually and combine with my icobundle command line utility.
In version 1.7 and later, when saving an icon, it is possible to save in either standard ICO or PNG (Vista) compressed formats. The latter format is less compatible with other software and in particular should not be used for favicons.

To install

64-bit Windows (Vista/Windows 7):
Restart before installing;
put plugin in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop \Plug-Ins\File Formats.
If you are running on a 64-bit Windows system and are launching the 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4 or CS5, download the 64-bit version of the plugin and put it in the Plug-Ins folder corresponding to 64-bit Photoshop (i.e., the one in "Program Files" not "Program Files (x86)").
Move the plugin into the "File Formats" folder inside your Photoshop Plugins folder:
For Windows (32-bit), ICOFormat.8bi
For Windows (64-bit), ICOFormat64.8bi
For Mac OS X, ICOFormat.plugin (note that separate versions are provided for CS2, CS3/4 and CS5)
For Mac OS X/Classic, icoformat
For 68K MacOS, icoformat(68K)
If using Corel PSP Photo X2, put the plugin in C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2\Languages\EN\PlugIns
Quit and relaunch Photoshop, if it's already running.

To use the plugin

Use Photoshop's Open command (File menu) to open .ICO and .CUR files (which will now appear in the file browser)
Use Photoshop's Save command to create .ICO and .CUR files.
If saving .CUR, note that the cursor hotspot is defined by the ruler origin.

Download: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icoformat/trunk/dist/README.html

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