Best animated icons

Form Component 1.0.0.0

dev2net

Component that enables developers to smoothly add animated and interactive wait forms and/or pop-up forms to window applications. The component contains many features for customizing the forms, including fixed or manual backgrounds, fixed or manual icons, slide and fade effects, progress bars, working times, locking/falling effects and more.

Platform: Windows

Developer Tools

Type: Commercial

Cost: $20.00 US

Size: 1 K

Released: Jun 10, 2009

Download: http://www.dev2net.com/download/formcomponent/formcomponent.zip

Keywords: Waitform, pop-up form, Message Dispatcher, Message Dispatch Center, wait form

DreamScene Video Wallpaper 1.08

PUSH Entertainment

DreamScene Video Wallpaper allows you to place a movies on your desktop underneath the icons. It will allow you to use Windows DreamScene animated wallpapers on yours Windows XP or Windows Vista. You can create playlists of your favourite videos.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 693 K

Released: Jun 10, 2009

Download: http://www.video-wallpaper.net/DreamsceneVideoWallpaper.zip

Keywords: Screen, saver, push, entertainment, movie

Agama Web Buttons 2.67

MP Software

This software enables you to create professional quality, unique web buttons in a matter of minutes. With Agama web Buttons you can create a variety of 2D and 3D glassy, metallic, plastic and even XP or Vista style buttons from predefined templates. The installation contains 70 packages with more then 700 button templates for instant use. Creating rollover and animated buttons just got easy! HTML&JavaScript code generation supported!

Platform: Windows

Web Developer Tools

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 6098 K

Released: Sep 25, 2009

Download: http://www.agamabuttons.com/awbsetup.exe

Keywords: Web Buttons, Animated buttons, HTML, Javascript, rollover buttons

Deluxe Menus 3.15

Deluxe-Menu.com

Deluxe Menus is a ready-made, professional solutions that allow webmasters to create superior, cross-browser, fast web menus. Easy-to-setup, search engine friendly, cross-frame, cool styles, supports css, floating, drag-n-drop, separators and more...

Platform: Windows, Unix, Linux

Web Developer Tools

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.00 US

Size: 5406 K

Released: Oct 15, 2009

Download: http://deluxe-menu.com/deluxe-menu.zip

Keywords: Tabs, tab, dhtml, menu, css

IconCool Manager 5.48.91018

Newera Software Technology Inc.

An icon library with dozens of sample entries is included, you can search icons by kekwords. You can view icons within files and save them in ICO, GIF, JPG images, or convert images in 25 formats to icons. You can export a total icon library to an ICL file. A third tab includes a large directory of 800 icon web sites and allows you to edit, delete, and add sites. Icon extractor, maker, icon library manager. 1300 free sample icons included.

Platform: Windows

Design & Photo

Type: Shareware

Cost: $35.50 US

Size: 10449 K

Released: Oct 18, 2009

Download: http://www.icon-library.net/iconcl4.exe

Keywords: Free icons, desktop icons, aim icons, aol icons, animated icons

RbVdesktop 1.2

rbvsoft

Replace your standard Windows desktop with an alternative shell.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $22.50 US

Size: 5195 K

Released: Feb 20, 2008

Download: http://rbvsoft.com/dfiles/RbVdesktop%201.2_Setup.exe

Keywords: Rbvdesktop, wallpaper, 3d wallpaper, icon, desktop

Pixelshop 5.0

Digitope

With Pixelshop, you can create and edit existing icons (ICO), cursors (CUR) and animated cursors (ANI), in all sizes and formats, including the Windows XP Alpha format. A full set of editing tools and effects are included to help you create any icon. A built-in utility makes it easy to convert pictures to icon format, plus included tools allow you to customize your desktop, create folder icons, and more.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Commercial

Cost: $40.00 US

Size: 4803 K

Released: Aug 15, 2007

Download: http://www.digitope.com/downloads/pixelshop.exe

Keywords: Ico, favicon, favicons, icon editor, icons

Icons War 1.0

Modelos de Sites

Animated Icons War Screensaver courtesy of Modelos de Sites.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 1371 K

Released: Jan 01, 2007

Download: http://www.layoutsprontos.com/iconswar_screensaver.exe

Keywords: Icons war, icon war, screensaver, icons war screensaver, funny screensaver

Sib Icon Studio 1.0

SibCode

Icon Studio is a complete icon and cursor solution. Edit icons and cursors in color depths up to 32-bit True Color. Create static and animated cursors and other tiny images. Arrange icons, cursors and images into libraries. Convert icons and cursors to BMP, GIF, JPEG and PNG formats, and vice versa.

Platform: Windows

Design & Photo

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.95 US

Size: 2049 K

Released: Aug 13, 2006

Download: http://www.sibcode.com/downloads/icon-studio.exe

Keywords: Edit, picture, glyph

Energizer Smileys 1.0

Smileys, Emoticons and Co.

Spice up your emails and bring some emotion into your messages. Let your email recipients know how you really feel. This is a collection of 180 colorful animated smileys. The main themes of this collection are Emotions and Entertainment.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Demo

Cost: $9.95 US

Size: 73 K

Released: Jul 01, 2006

Download: http://www.getsmile.com/downloads/democol/energizer.zip

Keywords: Emoticons, smilies, emotive, emotion, smileys

Luck and Fortune Smileys 1.0

Smileys, Emoticons and Co.

Add some colors in your special occasions through the magical touch of animated smileys. Love, Wedding, Easter, St.Patrick's day, Money and Everyday life are the main themes of this collection. Comes with 175 colorful animated smileys.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Demo

Cost: $9.95 US

Size: 79 K

Released: Feb 01, 2006

Download: http://www.getsmile.com/downloads/democol/luck.zip

Keywords: Love, money, spring

AZ Icon Editor 5.7.0

Herman Compute

A full-featured Icon Editor for creating and editing icons of any size and color depth, as wel as static or animated cursors, providing all the drawing tools and advanced image manipulation functions, with an extremely efficient arrangement.

Platform: Windows

Design & Photo

Type: Shareware

Cost: $30.00 US

Size: 3051 K

Released: Oct 25, 2005

Download: http://www.hermancompute.com/downloadl/azico.exe

Keywords: Icon edit, cursor, animated cursor, graphics

Icon Craft 3.01

Icon Empire

Icon Craft is a complete icon and cursor solution. Edit icons and cursors in color depths up to 32-bit True Color. Create static and animated cursors and other tiny images. Arrange icons, cursors and images into libraries. Convert icons and cursors to BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD and WBMP formats, and vice versa. Process multiple icons at once. Customize the icons of various folders to be distinguishable at a glance.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 2136 K

Released: Oct 22, 2005

Download: http://www.iconempire.com/downloads/iconcraft.exe

Keywords: Cur, ani, librerias, collection, image

Apycom DHTML Menu 2.80

Apycom Software

Apycom DHTML Menu is a ready-made, professional solution that allows webmasters to create superior, cross-browser, fast-loading web menus. Easy-to-setup, 24 visual effects, flat, 3d and XP styles, supports floating, drag-n-drop, separators, etc.

Platform: Windows

Web Developer Tools

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 1621 K

Released: Aug 20, 2005

Download: http://dhtml-menu.com/apdhtml.zip

Keywords: Navigation, popup, source, website, drop-down

Icon Craft 4.11

Icon Empire

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.95 US

Size: 2140 K

Released: Aug 13, 2005

Download: http://www.iconempire.com/downloads/iconcraft.exe

Keywords: Iconos

IconEmpire 2.0

Icon Empire

IconEmpire is a complete icon and cursor solution. Use it to express your artistic nature and create your own unique icons, cursors and other tiny images. Manage icon libraries, and add a unique look and feel to your desktop and folders.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 1863 K

Released: May 28, 2005

Download: http://iconempire.com/downloads/iconempire.exe

Click Clock 2.0.0

Michael Robinson

Animated weather radar & satellite, local temperature in tray, local weather, internet clock sync, sun and moon rise and set times, animated moon phases, planet positions in the sky, eclipses, equinox/solstice, meteors, month calendar with moon phase icons, full year calendar, 27 holidays, map, aerial photo, topographic map, start & end daylight savings, dictionary, thesaurus, calculator, unique graph of sunrise and set times for entire year.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $5.00 US

Size: 6587 K

Released: Feb 28, 2004

Download: http://www.elegantpie.com/clickclock-setup.exe

Keywords: Dictionary, thesaurus, calculator, holiday, telescope

Thumbnailer ActiveX control 4.1

Inspired Creations

A Thumbnailer control, can display thumbnails from bitmaps, icons, cursors or metafiles, as well as enhanced metafiles, JPEG, DIB, and animated or static Gif files (supports GIF87a and GIF89a formats).

Platform: Windows

Developer Tools

Type: Demo

Cost: $149.95 US

Size: 262 K

Released: Jan 14, 2004

Download: http://www.icxr.com/actx/thmb41.zip

Keywords: Activex, thumbnails, thumbnailer, images, pictures

ExercEyes 3.5

EyeSchool Sight Without Glassses

Never wear glasses w/ do's and don'ts of good computer vision. Prevent/stop vision deterioration. Naturopath's vision loss prevention program reimbursed by insurance companies. Conceived for those who wish to never wear eyeglasses and who want to keep their good vision when working with computers. Eliminate computer-related bad visual habits that damage eyesight. Eyes imitate animated dime-size icons that you program to appear on screen;

Platform: Windows

Education

Type: Shareware

Cost: $12.95 US

Size: 2343 K

Released: Jan 11, 2004

Download: http://www.youreyes.ca/file/exerceyes.zip

Keywords: Never wear eyeglasses, eyes, eye exercises, eye gymnastics, vision loss prevention

iTab Pro QuickNavBar 2.30

Image Intelligence Software Ltd.

High-speed, multi-level, scalable topbar navigation for giving a website a truly state-of-the-art professional look. As well as tabs and switchbars, this java menu includes deep multi-level frame-crossing drop-down menus and an optional search box.

Platform: Windows, Unix, Linux, OS/2, OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp 4, Mac PPC

Web Developer Tools

Type: Shareware

Cost: $129.00 US

Size: 42 K

Released: May 09, 2003

Download: http://www.imint.com/downloads/imint_itbpn.zip

Keywords: Java menu, navigation menu, tab menu, menu tabs, drop-down menu

Icon Suite II 2.10.0001

Diplodock

Diplodock Icon Suite II is a set of professional programs for icon editing and management integrated in a single suite. It allows an average PC user to quickly find, extract, manage, edit, import, export, or save any icon, cursor, or animated cursor on his computer. Unlike other icon editors, Icon Suite II provides user with user-friendly, intuitive interface, very fast performance, and exceptional functionality.

Platform: Windows

Design & Photo

Type: Shareware

Cost: $20.00 US

Size: 490 K

Released: Apr 14, 2003

Download: http://www.diplodock.com/program/IS2.ZIP

Keywords: Editor, librarian, extract, find, style

Best animated icons software