Realistic Icons Collection
In our era of visual user interfaces, icons have become an essential component of software, help files, web sites, on-line publications and more. Hiring an icon artist is not an easy task. It's not a problem if you can hire a skilled full time artist. ... When ordering custom icon designs from a freelancer, you never know just how "custom" the results will be. ... Finally, we came across the Realistic icon collection from Lokas, the developers of a well-known icon editing program. ... At the same time, they charge you as if it were a unique icon set.
http://www.awicons.com/files/realisticicons.zip - 999Kb - Download - Screenshot

Icon Genesis
revolutionary and powerful desktop icon management tool for Windows XP that can increase productivity, save time and boost fun by using Icon Groups and "Live! " Interactive & animated 3D icons. Icon Genesis brings revolutionary, and easy to use icon management; and takes advantage of today’s... Users can toggle Icon Groups and/or Icon Animation On/Off and keep or hide default Windows icon arrangement. ... Icon Genesis features unique and extremely intuitive Icon Grouping; which is based on Windows XP Sorting technology.
http://www.IconGenesis.com/download/icon_genesis_setup.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

My Buddy Icons
My Buddy Icons is an easy-to-use icon tool to customize, modify or create your own AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) buddy icons, then send them directly to your AIM messenger. The program includes more than 100 original icons which were created by Newera IconCool Team and it allows you to customize... You can import any image or photo and quickly convert it into a custom buddy icon (or regular icon file). ... A built-in capture tool also allows you to capture desktop content as an icon and add it to the collection or save it as .
http://www.buddy-icons.com/mybuddy4.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

RealWorld Icon Editor
RealWorld Icon Editor is a feature rich icon maker and extractor. It is able to create Windows XP and Windows Vista icons directly from images and 3D models. By a single mouse-click, RealWorld Icon Editor automatically renders a 3D scene into image or creates an icon. ... Icons can be modified in raster editor with common drawing tools or custom scripted operations. ... With our icon maker you don't have to be a first class artist and you still can create perfect icons by trial and error in a few moments.
http://www.rw-designer.com/RWIconEditor9x.msi - 9Mb - Download - Screenshot

RealWorld Designer - Icon Editor
RealWorld Icon Editor is a feature rich icon maker and extractor. Its main advantage is the ability to create Windows XP compatible icons directly from images and 3D models. By a single mouse-click, RealWorld Designer - Icon Editor automatically renders your 3D scene into image or creates an icon. ... With our icon maker you don't have to be a first class artist and you still can create perfect icons by trial and error in no time! ... Icons can be modified in raster editor with common drawing tools or custom scripted operations.
http://www.rw-designer.com/9x/RealWorld.msi - 9Mb - Download - Screenshot

Icon Catcher
Finding necessary icon images for your shortcuts/documents is not easy task. Before downloading one of those gigantic icon collections, consider that one probably already exists on your hard drive! Average computer contains hundreds, even thousands of different icons "hidden" in a variety of... Icon Catcher can process icons with custom sizes, from monochrome to true color formats. ... The new version of software has a brand new improved user interface that is intuitive and very easy to navigate through large icon collections.
http://www.helexis.com/ic/iconcatc.zip - 670Kb - Download - Screenshot

Easy Icon Maker
Easy Icon Maker is a small and easy-to-use all-in-one icon utility for icon making, editing, changing, extracting, and searching . It allows you editing a transparent or opaque icon. The sizes may be 16 X 16, 32 X 32, 48 X 48, 64 X 64 or custom it as you like. ... This version includes three enhanced icon tools: Icon Changer , Icon Searcher , and Icon Extractor . ... You may import graphic file such as BMP, JPG or GIF and save it into icon file or export icon file to graphic file. ... Filters functions allow you processing the icon with special effects such as LIGHTEN, DARKEN, SOFTEN,...
http://www.qwerks.com/download/5136/iconmaker.exe - 757Kb - Download - Screenshot

Icon Searcher
Icon Searcher performs fast scan of all local hard disks for icon images(Support XP style icon). The program handles lots of different file formats, like DLL, EXE, ICO, ICL, OCX, SCR, CPL, BPL, VBX, DRV and extracts all available icons from files to the user-friendly visual image list. ... * Support standard Windows icon (48x48 32x32,16x16) and Custom icon sizes(8x8,24x24,35x35,72x72,96x96,128x128). ... * Found Icons keep original name and directory name,if icon is extracted ,then keep the extract filename and icon name.
http://www.icontool.com/issetup.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

ICONStudio
ICONStudio 5. 0 is a powerful advanced Icon Maker & Cursor Creator and Extractor for the Personal Computer. ICONStudio 5. 0 allows you to create and edit 32 x 32 buddy icons as well as import and export Icons. You can create Cursors ias well. The program can create and edit icons with image... The icon maker inludes a full set of Paint & Editing tools include: Pixel Paint Pencil, Color Picker, Flood Fill, Eraser, Transparency Tool, Text Tool, Line Tool, Rectangle and Ellipse Tools. ... You can export icon images to .
http://www.caltroxsoft.com/products/active-iconstudio.htm - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Autumn Icons (Large edition)
Basic icon set in Autumn style. A collection of ready stock icons most often required for program design. Autumn stock icons are perfect for shareware developers and web designers, who need to create a first-class interface for their software, web application or game, but value their time and don? ... You can find more details about custom icon design at the following link: http://www. ... Icons are free for any type of use (see license) and available in the following sizes and color formats: 32x32, 256 colors (8bpp); 48x48, 256 colors (8bpp); 32x32, XP (32bpp); 48x48, XP (32bpp) In...
http://www.readyicons.com/products/free/Autumn_(Basic)_L.zip - 6Mb - Download - Screenshot