Create a Snapshot Picture of Your Icons

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A Snapshot is an image created automatically by IconWorkshop to show one or several icons (with embedded formats) on a decorated background. Creating a Snapshot Picture of your icons may be useful to make a visual archive of your icons, illustrate a website or just promote your work. Three kinds of snapshots are available:

  • Detailed snapshot of one icon - The icon image formats are displayed in one raw.
  • Detailed snapshot of several icons - One icon per raw, several images per icon.
  • Quick/Thumbnail snapshot of several icons - Only one image per icon, several icons per raw.

Create a Snapshot of an Opened Icon

When an icon is opened in an editor window, you can create a snapshot of the work in progress.

1. From the opened icon window, Choose Edit/Create Snapshot or Ctrl+Shift+P

2. A dialog box Create Icon Snapshot opens. Adjust the various options then click OK.

3. The Snapshot image (see sample below) is created in a new window. Now you can save, copy, print this image as necessary.

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Create a Detailed Snapshot of Several Icons

You can create a snapshot of several icons from within an opened Icon Library (ICL), Program File (EXE, DLL, OCX...), a Search Result window or from the built-in Explorer.

1. Select several icons from a list (only icons within libraries or Macintosh/Windowsfiles). Choose Edit/Create Snapshot or Ctrl+Shift+P

2. A dialog box opens, select Detailed Snapshot then click OK.

3. A dialog box Create Icon Snapshot opens. Adjust the various options then click OK.

4. The Snapshot image (see sample below) is created in a new window. Now you can save, copy, print this image as necessary.

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Create a Quick Thumbnail Snapshot of Several Icons

You can create a snapshot of several icons from within an opened Icon Library (ICL), Program File (EXE, DLL, OCX...), a Search Result window or from the built-in Explorer.

1. Select several icons from a list (only icons within libraries or Macintosh/Windows files). Choose Edit/Create Snapshot or Ctrl+Shift+P

2. A dialog box opens, select Quick Thumbnail Snapshot then click OK.

3. A dialog box Create Icon Snapshot opens. Adjust the various options then click OK.

4. The Snapshot image (see sample below) is created in a new window. Now you can save, copy, print this image as necessary. .

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