X7 only allows .bmp, .ico and some other gibberish. I've tried everything to create my own icons but no matter what I do they come out looking horrible. both .ico & bmp.
.ico 16px sq, 128px sq etc no good.
bmp @ 16px sq $ 300 dpi still no good. Antialias off. doesn't matter. What am I missing?
From your original graphic that you have made for your icon, export a 300 x 300, or maybe 600 x 600, PNG file, then share it here.
Better yet, try exporting one with anti-aliasing, and one without, then share them both here.
I can send you back .ICO files to try.
I used an online converter. 8 bit png, 300dpi 16px x 16px.This is the result
Wow, I learned something new today! I had never tried making custom icons for X7, and I didn't know that it was substantially different from X8 and newer versions.
For X8 and newer versions, I start with a 300 x 300 image, then feed that to IcoFX to create an .ICO file with multiple images at different sizes. That's not as good as manually optimizing each image size, but it's usually good enough for my needs.
Sorry to distract you with a side road that would not help you on X7!