Yesterday, I just received the newsletter from BCGSoft for the release of BCGControlBar Pro version 10.3. As I provide the GUI design and coding service here, therefore I would like to introduce a little bit of BCGControlBar which I used in many of my developed projects.

BCGControlBar Pro (by BCGSoft) is a very good graphic user interface (GUI) library for MFC developer. It has recently been integrated into the MFC library in Visual Studio .NET 2008. The .NET version library is also available. But to me BCGControlBar Pro is the most powerful lib for GUI development as it implement many nice UI features in typical windows applications. Most of the features are taken from Microsoft products such as Ribbon in Office 2007, Outlook like sidebar, intelligent docking.

I have been using BCGControlBar Pro for 7 years since when I was in the second year as a undergraduate student. I got a BCGControlBar Pro version 6.3 from my tutor and was required to do some development of a medical software. Actually, only a few nice features were used in that application. Below I would like to introduce some nice features of BCGControlBar Pro and their applications in developments.

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This is a pack of 8 icons of common electronic components (e.g. chips, processor, etc.). All icons are in the same 3D perspective style. Icons are available as vector and raster files and are ideal for print media (manuals, brochures, user guides, etc.), web and desktop applications. Raster icons come as 32-bit transparent PNG files in five different sizes from 16×16 px up to 256×256 px.

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In this tutorial, we will create a vector icon of CD using Adobe Illustrator CS3. This can be done in only 5 minutes. Here we use Illustrator rather than Photoshop as we want to make a vector icon. This CD icon can be incorporated into club flyers or postcards promoting a band or show.

In Photoshop there is a function called Angle Gradient which is able to give an easy way to draw a nice stripe of colour spectrum on the CD surface. However, there is no Angle Gradient function in Illustrator which makes drawing a little bit difficult.

I did read some article or tutorial related to how to draw a CD icon using illustrator. But I think they are not simple enough and not good enough. Here we will see some simple steps of drawing an icon of CD.

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In addition to the previous released icon package 3D Mac Applications, here are 10 more icons including dashboard, chess, iDVD, network, applications, calculator, DVD player, home, interface builder and stickers. All icons are in the same style of the previous Mac 3D icon pack.

The 30 icons in the pack come as Windows ICO format, Mac ICNS format and 32-bit transparent PNG format in 9 different sizes (from 16×16 pixel up to 256×256 pixel). They are all free for your personal use, so download and enjoy!

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These are some icons I drew around one year ago actually it was for fun. Before I establish this website, I sent this icon package to Webdesigner Depot around 2008 Christmas time. It was then named Ravenna and is a set of 92 free raster based icons that you can use for your webpages and projects. The icons come available in 9 different sizes, from 16×16 up to 256×256 pixels and available as 32-bit transparent PNG files. Icons are free for all your personal projects.

People there on Webdesigner Depot have given a number of positive feedbacks to these icons. Hopefully, you will enjoy this as well. Download link is available at Webdesigner Depot.

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