Anonymous
on June 12th 2010
Awesome job!
Designing a power cell icon - video tutorial
 | Creating a power cell iconMay 15th 2008 |
This tutorial teaches you how to create a simple 3D models of a power cell and how to convert it to a Windows Vista-compatible icon. The icon is created entirely in RealWorld Icon Editor 2008.1.
People watching this tutorial should already know what is a 3D model and an icon. Understanding the basic computer graphics terms such as pixel, raster image, rendering, NURBS curve, etc. is a big advantage.
3D -> image -> icon
The video tutorial covers the whole process from designing a 3D model, defining a snapshot, rendering, conversion to icon, and retouching the icon.
Notes
- The tutorial does not show it, but it is a good practice to give names to the components of the 3D model.
- This tutorial also applies to previous versions of RW Icon Editor. The latest version is needed for the icon retouching section only.
Resources
- RealWorld Icon Editor 2008.1 home page.
- 3D model: power-cell.u3d
- Rendered image: power-cell.r3i
- The resulting icon: power-cell.ico
Summary
Making icons using 3D models is one of the possible ways, and most likely the fastest way to make realistic and usable icons without needing to be an artist. This tutorial is a proof 
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Anonymous
on June 12th 2010
nunyahbis
registered user
on August 12th 2010
this guy is awsome
Anonymous
on April 26th 2011
it so verry complex
please simple program make picture into .ico file
Anonymous
on September 4th 2011
This is really really good.
Anonymous
on December 15th 2011
;-)Awesome!
Anonymous
on February 2nd 2012
thanks
underdogamesman
registered user
on September 24th 2012
On April 4th 2011 Anoymous said "it so very complex please simple program maake pictur into .ico" useing same software you can
Anonymous
on January 23rd 2013
what about hello kitty or anything else? 
Anonymous
on March 4th 2016
Awesome!!!
/Petr, Ostrava
Anonymous
on April 21st 2017
looks good
just pls tell me how u can change the avatar on profile
i am registered but iam lazy to login 
Anonymous