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A Bash / Shell script to convert your PNG images intoMac OS specific type ICNS (iconset) !

• Format should be PNG (transparency isn't mandatory).
• Dimensions need to be1024x1024 pixels.

• A transparent background will be removed(as with the cat icon above)
• Icons with a background generally do no fill the entire 1024x1024 space.They are usually inset by about 50px on each side.Therounded-rect-inset.png file in this repo provides a templatethat matches the style of many other icons:it's a white rounded-rectangle with a transparent border.Center your icon within the template, then use the procedure below.

1. Let’s get started by downloading the project,and move into the newly created folder:

   > git clone https://github.com/BenSouchet/png-to-icns.gitCloning into'png-to-icns'...>cd png-to-icns

   Or copy/paste the script filepng_to_icns.sh in a directory

2. Optionally: Place the1024x1024 pixels image (.png)you want to convert in the folder

3. Start the script and give the path to the image with-i image_path

   > ./png_to_icns.sh -i<path_to_my_image.png>INFO: The icon has been successfully created: ./icon.icns

4. Done! The new icon has been created, the path of this.icnsis indicate on the info message in your terminal.

If an error occurs, a message with the error(s) info will appear in the terminal.If you cannot see or understand the error,open an issue.

• How to create icns files using iconutil
• Create icns icons for macos apps
• How to use getopts in bash

Rich Brown

PNG to ICNS has been created and is currently maintained byBen Souchet.

The code present in this repository is underMIT license.