How to Create and Apply a Custom-made Icon for iPhone Apps

Application development is fun when you know what to do. It saves you time and gives you the best apps. Whether it is application software or itouch games, you need to know that different settings work for different icons. So you need to define exactly what kind of icon you are creating so you can apply the best settings to get the best results.

There are different kinds of custom-made icons for iPhone apps. These are:

1) Application icons
2) App Store icons
3) Launch Image icons

These three are the required icons, meaning that whatever iPhone apps you are creating, you must have these three icons in place. Others are:

4) Document icon
5) Small icon for Spotlight search results and Settings
5) Web Clip icon

The above three, while not compulsory, are recommended. The rest are:

6) Toolbar and navigation bar icon
7) Tab bar icon

These are basically optional icons.

In order to create and apply custom-made icons for your iPhone apps and have them, you need to apply the following best apps settings:

1) For Application and Web Clip icons: resize the icon to 57 X 57 pixels or 114 X 114 pixels (for high resolution).

2) For App Store icon: 512 X 512 pixels

3) For Document icon (which is recommended for custom document types), use 22 x 29 pixels or 44 x 58 pixels (high resolution)

4) Toolbar and navigation bar icon (optional): Approximately 20 x 20 pixels or 40 x 40 pixels (high resolution)

5) Launch Image icons: Use 320 x 480 pixels or 640 x 960 (high resolution).

In general, observe the following rules:

For all images and icons, The PNG format is the recommended image format for images and icons. with 24 bits being the standard bit depth (8 bits each for red, green, and blue), plus an 8-bit alpha channel.

You do not need to restrict the color selection of your palette to web-safe colors. While you can get away wit using alpha transparency in the toolbar and navigation bar icons, they will not turn out well if used for application icons.

You also need to know that you can use the same settings only for universal applications. If you are creating apps for different devices, then you need to use different sizes to do this.

In addition, you should create PNG images that have 90 degree corners and do not have any shine or gloss to get the best visual results.

So get down to business, create top apps and reap the benefits. Feel free to check out a guide on iPhone Apps at http://iphoneapps.2incstore.com

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