[help] moving from 48 pix

So i finally decided to move up from 48x48 to maybe 64x64 or 72x72. Believe me it took my while to move up from crappy windows default 32x32 to 48X48. So my question is what the best lossless app that creates .ico from .png easily. Tried aveiconifier2 and icondrop of avedesk. Both had some quality losses. I used to use the trial version of 'Axialis IconWorkshop', it was an incredibly impressive app but i got incredibly frustrated by its trialversion restrictions. So is there something as easy as aveiconifier2 or at least close to it?

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try icon sushi

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thanks wookietv for reply. I checked it out. I remember that i used this app bfr but had problems with it. Nevertheless i downloaded it, and tried again with the new version. When i open a png, and to try to save as ico, there's immense loss of quality. I attached the converted ico file to show u what i mean.

Trash (Clear-Empty).zip

Attachment: Trash (Clear-Empty).zip

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The problem with Icon Sushi is that it will produce an ICO file with only the size format corresponding to the PNG. That is, say if you convert a 128x128 PNG to ICO format using Icon Sushi, it will produce an ICO file containing only the 128x128 size format. As such, you'll lose quality when Window resizes it to display at say 64x64.

I've personally tried out all the 3 programs you mentioned (AveIconifier2, IconDrop and Iconworkshop). Of the three, Iconworkshop works best of course. But IconDrop does not fare too badly either. The quality of ICOs converted using IconDrop come pretty close to those using Iconworkshop.

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thanks hush66, i will try icondrop again, and meanwhile try to get Iconworkshop again.

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