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Special Offers - Up to 50% Rebates

 Thursday, September 24, 2009

Click to read more...Get promotions and special offers such as bundled products and competitive upgrades. Bundled products permits purchasing several products in one package with rebates up to 50%. For customers who have already invested in a competing product, we offers a competitive upgrade rebate to make the transition to the Axialis product as painless as possible.

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Axialis IconWorkshop 6.51 Released

 Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Click to read more...This minor release includes various bug fixes and enhancements.

Registered users can freely upgrade to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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IconWorkshop 6.50 Released

 Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Click to read more...This major release includes various enhancements and features:

• Ability to edit bitmap images: Now you can open, edit and save bitmap images in different formats. This feature permits creating UNIX icons in PNG format as well as illustrations for websites in GIF or JPEG format.

• Photoshop plug-in compatible with CS4: The transfer plug-in is compatible with the latest version of Photoshop CS4 in versions 32 bits and 64 bits. You must re-install the plug-in if you upgraded to Photoshop CS4.

• Welcome window: The Welcome window is a handy tool for opening recent files, creating new projects and more. It is displayed in the center of the main window when no document is opened.

• JPEG Optimizer: Now you can save images as JPEG and specify the JPEG compression ratio with instant preview.

• New filter: The gaussian blur filter has been added.

• New image enhancement: Now create Hot and Disabled effect on an icon, image or image strip.

• Enhanced Drop Shadow: The drop shadow feature has been enhanced: now you can adjust color, angle, size, distance and opacity.

• Various other enhancements and bug fixes.

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Function Icons - Object Pack for IconWorkshop

 Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Click to read more...Function Object Pack is composed of 488 image objects (read more about objects) which permit creating icons for toolbars at sizes 48x48, 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16, as well as images for websites at any sizes. The style is professional and dynamic which make them suitable for commercial applications.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create in seconds icons for your websites. 488 objects are provided in resolution 192x192 to 64x64. The original drawings of the objects are larger and aligned on a 4-pixel boundary to produce perfect looking icons at smaller resolutions. Create professional icons as required in modern applications compatible with Windows Vista multi-DPI capabilities.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (488 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (40 objects).

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iKon Icons - Object Pack for IconWorkshop

 Monday, May 11, 2009

Click to read more...iKon object pack is a collection of 269 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create high-quality icons. The style is realistic and professional which make them suitable for commercial applications or websites projects.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create icons in seconds. The pack contains 269 image objects. Objects are provided in 256x256 resolution in order to permit hi-quality downscaling at all sizes.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (269 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (32 objects).

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Bright Icons - Object Pack for IconWorkshop

 Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Click to read more...Bright object pack is a collection of 296 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create high-quality icons. The style is realistic and professional which make them suitable for commercial applications or websites projects.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create icons in seconds. The pack contains 296 image objects. Objects are provided in 256x256 resolution in order to permit hi-quality downscaling at all sizes.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (296 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (48 objects).

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Milky Icons - Object Pack for IconWorkshop

 Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Click to read more...Milky object pack is a collection of 257 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create high-quality icons. The style is smooth and professional which make them suitable for commercial applications or websites projects.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create icons in seconds. The pack contains 257 image objects (plus 2x71 overlays icons with white glow and shadow effects). Objects are provided in 256x256 resolution in order to permit hi-quality downscaling at all sizes.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (257 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (50 objects).

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Rinoa Toolbars - Object Pack for Icons

 Monday, January 26, 2009

Click to read more...Rinoa object pack is a collection of 183 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create icons for toolbars in 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16 formats. The style is professional and dynamic which make them suitable for commercial applications.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create in seconds icons for your toolbars. 61 objects are provided in 3 different sizes. The pack permits creating toolbars icons in 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16 as required in modern applications compatible with Windows Vista multi-DPI capabilities. The original drawings of the objects are larger and aligned on a 4-pixel boundary to produce perfect looking icons.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (183 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (21 objects).

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CursorWorkshop 6.33 Released

 Friday, December 26, 2008

Click to read more...This minor release includes various bug fixes and enhancements (enhanced user interface, Illustrator plug-in compatible with CS4...).

Registered users can freely upgrade to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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IconWorkshop 6.33 Released

 Thursday, December 18, 2008

Click to read more...This minor release includes various bug fixes and enhancements (enhanced user interface, Illustrator plug-in compatible with CS4...).

Registered users can freely upgrade to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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IconWorkshop 6.32 Released

 Friday, November 28, 2008

Click to read more...This minor release includes various bug fixes and enhancements. English, French and German languages are now included in the distribution (help file in English)..

Registered users can freely upgrade to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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German and French Languages for IconWorkshop 6.31

 Thursday, November 20, 2008

Click to read more...The German and French language packs for IconWorkshop have been released. To install the language packs you must upgrade to version 6.31 first. The packs are available for the Professional, Home and Tryout versions.

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New Tutorials for CursorWorkshop

 Monday, November 17, 2008

Click to read more...New tutorials for CursorWorkshop are available online. Follow easy step-by-step procedures to get the best of CursorWorkshop and create in minutes professional cursors for your applications and websites!

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CursorWorkshop 6.31 Released

 Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Click to read more...Axialis CursorWorkshop is here! This new version is a major update of our cursor authoring tool (formerly AX-Cursors). It is fully compatible with Windows Vista and includes many new features:

Make your own cursors for Windows and web sites: Create professional-looking static and animated cursors to customize mouse pointers in Windows®, applications and web sites. Color formats up to RGB with alpha channel are supported.

Create cursors in seconds with Image Objects: This exclusive feature makes you a professional cursor designer. Just by using mouse drag & drops, create hi-quality cursors by assembling ready-to-use objects. New object packs #7 for cursors has been added (423 objects).

Create animated cursors from GIF, FLI/FLC, filmstrip animations: Various built-in assistant permits creating animated cursors from existing animation files such as animated GIF, FLI/FLC Autodesk® animations, RGB filmstrips with alpha channel and more.

Work efficiently with with industry standards: Use plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop® and Illustrator® and make your cursors in a few clicks.

Many other new features are available...

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IconWorkshop 6.31 Released

 Monday, August 11, 2008

Click to read more...This release includes a plug-in which permits working efficiently with Visual Studio. The principle of this plug-in is to create a direct bridge between the VS IDE and IconWorkshop. Just open the icon in the Visual Studio resource editor and launch the associated plug-in command. The icon is automatically opened in IconWorkshop and you can work on it as necessary. When you save it in IconWorkshop, the VS IDE automatically refreshes the icon document. This feature is available in the Professional Edition only.

Registered users can freely upgrade to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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New Axialis Forum

 Monday, July 28, 2008

Click to read more...We are glad to announce the opening of a new version of the Axialis forum. The previous software was outdated, so we have switched to a more recent one: phpBB. It has more features and is based on a mySQL core database.

The new URL of the forum is http://www.axialis.com/forum. Update your links if any.

All the existing posts and member accounts have been transfered so the switch sould be easy. Only the avatars could not be transfered, sorry. You can set/upload new ones from the User Control Panel (top of page, on left, under the Board Index link).

We hope you will enjoy this new version. Feel free to send us feedback.

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Lite Toolbars - Axialis Object Pack #6 for Toolbar Icons

 Saturday, July 26, 2008

Click to read more...Object Pack #6 is a collection of 150 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create icons for toolbars in 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16 formats. The style is clean and professional which make them suitable for commercial applications.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects and create in seconds icons for your toolbars. 50 objects are provided in 3 different sizes. The pack permits creating toolbars icons in 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16 as required in modern applications compatible with Windows Vista multi-DPI capabilities. The original drawings of the objects are larger and aligned on a 4-pixel boundary to produce perfect looking icons.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (150 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (50 objects).

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IconWorkshop 6.30 Released

 Monday, July 14, 2008

Click to read more...This release includes various enhancements and features:

• Make and edit images strips for toolbars: Developpers must create strip images to populate toolbar icons or imagelists. This new version of IconWorkshop permits editing image strips included in projects. It permits also creating new ones in a snap. The different images of the strip are opened separately in IconWorkshop. It permits editing the images as individual icons. The transparency is fully supported for easier edition (Alpha channel for 32 Bpp images and background solid color for 24, 8, 4 Bpp images).

• Enhanced Batch Merge feature: Now you can resize the final image while merging.

• New Object Pack #6 for Toolbars (Lite Toolbars): Axialis Object Pack #6 is composed of 150 objects image objects permit creating icons for toolbars in 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16 formats. Using drag & drop, you can create icons by associating basic objects and action overlays. The style is clean and professional which make them suitable for commercial applications. The full set of objects is available for download on our web site to registered customers only.

• Various other enhancements and bug fixes.

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Web Illustrations - Axialis Object Pack #5 for Icons

 Thursday, July 3, 2008

Click to read more...Object Pack #6 is a collection of 2532 image objects (read more about objects) designed to create high-quality illustration icons for websites. Images are provided in resolution 128x128 RGB/A.

By using drag & drop in IconWorkshop combine objects to create in seconds icons for your websites. With this pack create automatically a set of icons by using a new feature of IconWorkshop which permits to merge a list of symbols over a fixed background. It contains 205 different symbols in several sizes and colors as well as hundreds of backgrounds. The possibilities are almost infinite!

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key is required to download the full version containing all the objects (2532 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (150 objects).

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IconWorkshop 6.20 Released

 Thursday, May 8, 2008

Click to read more...This release includes various enhancements and features:

• New User Interface compatible with Windows Vista™: Dialog boxes, menu and icons have been redesigned to comply with new Windows Vista UI guidelines.

• Photoshop® and Illustrator® CS3 plug-ins compatible with Windows Vista™: Now you can install the Photoshop and Illustrator CS3 plug-ins and use them under Windows Vista™.<

• Batch Merge feature: With the Professional Edition you can create a set of icons by merging several images with a common background (a button for example).

• Built-in RSS reader: Stay tuned with Axialis news using this handy built-in RSS reader.

• Various other enhancements and bug fixes.

The names of the product editions have changed: The Corporate Edition is now called the "Professional Edition" and the Personal Edition is now called the "Home Edition". The permitted use of these 2 editions remain the same as before. Registered users can upgrade freely to this latest version using the update feature included in the application.

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Axialis Free Icons

 Friday, January 18, 2008

Click to read more...You need icons? New free icons have been added to the Axialis library. Axialis has released a library of icons that you can freely use in your projects, blogs or websites. All the icons are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. It means that you can use them in any project or website, commercially or not.

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French and German Language Packs for IconWorkshop 6.11

 Monday, December 17, 2007

Click to read more...The French and German language packs for IconWorkshop have been released. To install the language pack you need to upgrade to v6.11 first. The pack is available for the Corporate, Personal and Tryout versions.

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IconWorkshop 6.11 Released

 Friday, December 14, 2007

Click to read more...This minor release includes some new features and fixes (Modify icons in auto-executable Flash or archive files, fixes icon preview in Vista Explorer...). Registered users can upgrade freely to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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New Axialis Online Store

 Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Click to read more...Axialis Software has implemented a new Online Store on its website. It features an easy-to-use secure shopping cart system and provides new payment methods such as PayPal, wire transfer, EFT with proforma invoice.

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IconWorkshop 6.10 Released

 Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Click to read more...This major release is fully compatible with Windows Vista (interface, features, UAC...) and includes several new features (Photoshop templates, PNG-compression of icons in EXE, MacOS Leopard 512x512 icons...). Registered users can upgrade freely to this latest version using the built-in update feature.

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Realistic Buttons - Axialis Object Pack #2 for Icons

 Thursday, May 24, 2007

Click to read more...A collection of 500 hi-res objects which have been designed to create icons in the style of Windows Vista™.

By using drag & drop in Axialis IconWorkshop you can easily create icons featuring various shapes, symbols, colors, shadows, inner lights, glossy effects. Using this pack you can easily create beautiful sets of buttons to be used in your projects (websites, application GUI, toolbars, dialog boxes...).

With 156 symbols included and many shape effects (circle, rounded square, octagon, triangle) you can create a large variety of icons. Additionally, IconWorkshop permits you to create images at several sizes and color depth (16, 256, RGBA with alpha channel). To permit you to work faster, more than 780 ready-to-use derived symbols have been added to the pack, including effects like black emboss, black glossy, white emboss and white plastic. A blank version of the symbol set has been also added to permit you to create your own effects usinh Photoshop® or any image editor.

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Web 2.0 Icons - Axialis Object Pack #4 for Icons

 Monday, April 23, 2007

Click to read more...This pack is composed of 601objects which permits to quickly create icons in the style of Web 2.0. Using drag & drop, you can create in seconds icons and buttons for your websites and applications by associating background shapes, glossy effects, shadows and various ready-to-use texts and symbols. The objects, which are provided in 256x256 format with alpha channel, permit to easily create icons containing various sizes for Windows XP®, Windows Vista™ & MacOS®.

The icons can also be saved as optimized GIF, JPEG or PNG images for inclusion in your websites. To permit you to work faster, more than 500 ready-to-use derived symbols and texts have been added to the pack, including effects like outer light glow, soft shadow, emboss and 15° rotation.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key (either Personal or Corporate editions of IconWorkshop) is required to download the full version containing all the objects (601 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (52 objects).

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Quick Toolbars - Axialis Object Pack #3 for Icons

 Monday, March 26, 2007

Click to read more...Object Pack #3 is a collection of 256 objects which permits to quickly create program toolbars. Using drag & drop, you can create in seconds icons and buttons for your toolbars by associating basic objects and overlays symbols. The objects do not contain details and have thick borders to allow the creation of small icons suitable for toolbars (32x32, 24x24, 16x16). The objects, which are provided in 256x256 format with alpha channel. The pack permits to easily create icons containing various sizes for Windows XP®, Windows Vista™ & MacOS®.

This pack is reserved to registered customers. A valid product key (either Personal or Corporate editions of IconWorkshop) is required to download the full version containing all the objects (256 objects). If you are not registered, you can download the Tryout Pack which contains a limited number of objects (24 objects).

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