Creating favicon with GIMP software

      Sites or blogs on the Internet generally have a favicon, an image / icon as a sign of site or blog. Favicon will appear with the title of the site in the address bar. It’s also used on a site bookmark. This will make it easy to identify a site or blog from the image / icon.

       Image / icon that is used as the favicon should be square (16x16) with “.ico” file extensions. How to make a favicon? Create a favicon is actually not too difficult. Favicon can be made using Photoshop software from Adobe, but this software (originally) quite expensive. Favicon can also be created using free software like GIMP, an alternative solution for photoshop. The software can be obtained free of charge from the Internet (just ask google, where to download it!)

        This time I will try to explain step by step, how to make a favicon with GIMP software. First , of course you must already have the GIMP software installed on your computer. Open/run the software, then click "File", then "new". Enter the size of the image : "width" = 16 and "height" = 16 pixels (16x16), then click "OK". On the displaying window will visible a square that according to the size of the image that we will create. To facilitate the work or the design icon that we created, we can enlarge the window size. Click view select Zoom 8:1 (800%), or more, it is up to you. Then you can start creating images that will be used as a favicon inside that square field. Once the design is finished, It is just need to save the favicon. Click "File" then "save as". In the window that appears, than type the name of the icon with the extension. Ico, or click the "Select file type (by extension)" and select "Microsoft Windows icon." (Ico) and then click "save". Your favicon was done and It can be put on your site or blog. Put or create a favicon to a blog on blogspot (Blogger) now is also quite easy.