updating-ico-files.md

Updating ICO Files

As with the Creating new .ico files documentation, this documentation will also go through the updating of .ico files with new sizes using GIMP.

Step 1 (Loading the icon project)

A Gimp project file, is any file with the .xcf file extension. Just open this file as you would any other type, and it should load GIMP.

Step 2 (Adding a new size)

I will assume that the size you want to add is higher than the already defined highest size in the project. If it is lower, you can Duplicate a new layer from the highest size as detailed in Step 2 of Creating new .ico files.

1. Import the .svg file as a new layer. As with most other things in GIMP, this can be done in several ways. (Remember to input the desired width and height in the dialog that will be shown)
   • Go to menu File --> Open as layer...
   • Press Ctrl+Alt+O
   • Drag .svg file onto GIMP.
2. This will put the import the image as a new layer, but without updating the Canvas size. This must be done.
3. Go to the menu Image --> Fit Canvas to Layers.
4. You may have noticed in the Layer section, that new layer may have been put in the wrong order. While it should not really matter, you can fix that by just dragging the layer to the desired location.

Now that this is done, you can now follow Step 3 of Creating new .ico files for exporting the updated .ico file.