RealWorld Designer

A new version of RW Icon Editor is currently being developed. Beside a couple of big new features, which will be discussed in their own posts, there are also going to be a numerous small ones…

After three months of beta-testing, the new version is finally out. The release of the editor is accompanied by an update of the online icon library.

The new beta introduces the remaining features planned for this version of RealWorld Icon Editor and fixes a couple of errors.

It has been more than seven moths since the release of version 2006.1 of RealWorld Icon Editor and today the beta build of the upcoming version is finally available to beta testers. Find out what is new and how to become a beta tester.

Fav-icon is an icon displayed by internet browser in favorites an in address bar. Our online favicon maker got a couple of new features and a slick new look and feel. Visitors can create their own fav-icons from pictures and modify them using pencil tool or by drawing lines.

Image to icon conversion is one of the key operations of every serious icon editor out there. Today, I decided to compare our icon editor with six others, learn their strengths and weaknesses, and finally decide which of their features are worth implementing in the next version of RWIE :-).

A drop shadow filter is a crucial part of every web or application graphics editor. If you need more convincing that drop shadow is your friend, read the article about the role of shadows in icon design. The good news is that the old JScript-based filter will be replaced by a new one. A better one. A faster one.

Upcoming versions of RealWorld Designer-based applications are going to have a much needed feature: the ability to run a filter and display a preview of the outcome.