Here is a tool that every web builder and programer should have in their system.

IconForge (screen shot) is a neat tool that allows you to create and/or modify both still and animated icons or cursors. With the help of it's full set of painting tools such as paint brush, color extracter, eraser, mouse button color selector, special effects filters like tile pattern, color reduction, etc., you have the power and flexibility to create any kind of icon and/or cursor you wish.

With IconForge you also have the ability to import from and export to a variety of image and animation types such as .CUR .ANI .ICL .CUL .GIF .BMP .XPM .XBM for icons and cursors, EXE .DLL .VBX .OCX .DRV .CPL .SKL for programs, BMP .JPG .GIF .PNG .PCX .TIFF .WMF for image formats, and AVI .ANI .FLC .FLI animated .GIF for animated formats.

Built-in Library functions allow you to assemble and edit collections of icons in Icon and Cursor Library formats (.ICL/.CUL). The 32-bit version of this neat tool also allows you to directly change the icons inside program and system files (EXE, DLL).

With the ability to display several editing sessions and the many more features that this tool comes with, you'll be creating and editing icons and cursors in no time.