We're happy to share with you that our "Practika" icon set, made especially for Smashing Magazine readers, is avaliable for download at: Smashing Magazine
Recently Smashing Magazine asked DRYICONS to develop a free icon set. When asked about the motivation behind the icon design, we stated:
"When asked to design a set of icons for Smashing Magazine, DryIcons’ designers decided to create a practical, user-friendly icon set, one that could have a large range of uses, and look great at the same time. Our main motivation for this icon set was to give the readers something they could really use.
The “Practika” icon set is stylish and elegant and can find its use in all websites, blogs, applications. The set contains 11 high quality web icons in 32-bit transparency in PNG file format. They come in 64×64px, 128×128px and 256×256px size.”

Read more about the "Practika" icon set and download it freely at the Smashing Magazine website, following the link from above. Regards and enjoy!

Batch processing of images is often a necessary procedure in order to fulfill a certain task quickly and efficiently. The image processing software used to accomplish a batch manipulation process has essential effect to the final result. Recently we had a short tutorial on batch processing of images in Adobe Photoshop. In this short tutorial we'll go through the important steps of an image batch process in Adobe Fireworks. In Fireworks, the Batch Process sums to three simple steps.

It's been almost two months since Adobe released its first official version of Adobe Integrated Runtime -- AIR 1.0. AIR provides a pretty flexible way for development of desktop-like applications by the use of web technologies: HTML / JavaScript, and Flash / Flex. In other words AIR allows web programmers to develop desktop applications. I speak from my own experience when I say that web developers have a hard time developing desktop applications.

Recently ADOBE FIREWORKS and DRYICONS started a successful and productive collaboration. The result of this wonderful experience came in the form of a tutorial called: "Creating an icon in Fireworks". This tutorial will help you create your own icon in Fireworks CS3 and you won't believe how easy it is to create a fabulous looking icon! This article is available on the adobe.com website, here's a direct link.
Check it out, and give us feedback through our blog comments, tell us how your icon creating turned out!

On another note, this month has been the most exciting and by far the most productive period for DryIcons' team. In case you missed it, let me give you a quick recap of the activities at DryIcons.com for this month.

It's February friends, it's still winter all right, but if you're very eager you can definitely smell that subtle spring breeze in the air. It's the slightest smell, but it's here, secretly announcing the arrival of glorious Spring, the period of growth and renewal. But that's not the only reason we're so fond of February, is it? February is also about romance and love and one special day: Valentine's Day! The day when candy, flowers and cards are exchanged between loved ones. In that manner, we're presenting our brand new set called "Valentine Love". Because this holiday is so special to all of us - we worked very hard to capture the special holiday feeling and produced 12 high quality web icons, expressing our celebration of love and romance. Our " Valentine Love" free icon set comes in 32-bit transparency PNG and 32x32px, 48x48px and 128x128px size.