From Vector to ICO in 30 Seconds: How Designers Are Skipping Photoshop Forever

Paragraph 1 – The Hook

Imagine finishing a gorgeous website at 2 a.m. and realizing you still need a crisp favicon. Cue panic: open Illustrator, slice eight different sizes, export, compress, pray… or just drag & drop one SVG into a lightning-fast browser tool and hit “download” before your coffee finishes brewing.

Paragraph 2 – What Makes It Pop

This is the Image-to-ICO converter quietly exploding on Product Hunt. Zero install, zero cost, zero uploads—everything happens locally at WebAssembly speed. Feed it an SVG, PNG or JPG and it spits out a multi-resolution .ico file (16, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 px) optimized for retina monitors and crusty Windows XP alike. Producers love the no-brainer UX; privacy purists love that their files never leave the tab.

Paragraph 3 – A 3-Minute Walkthrough

Step 1 – Drop or browse your SVG.
Step 2 – Toggle the sizes you actually need (no shame in 16 & 32 only).
Step 3 – Press “Convert”, watch the progress bar vanish, unzip the result. Done.

Pro tip: if you need a favicon.ico for the web, just keep the default checked sizes—Google Lighthouse will smile.

Paragraph 4 – The Nerdy Details

• Vector fidelity: cubic and quadratic Bézier curves are rasterized with anti-alias hints so icons stay razor-sharp at 16 px.
• Security: client-side processing → zero server logs → goodbye GDPR headaches.
• Throughput: 50 000+ files converted, 99.9 % uptime. Average file size so far? 3.2 MB → 400 KB multi-ico, zipped.
• Cost: free. Revenue model? The creators embed an optional GitHub star button—no ads, no e-mail capture.

Paragraph 5 – TL;DR Meme Section

Photoshop route: 15 layers, 6 export presets, 10 minutes, 200 MB scratch disk.
Image-to-ICO route: 1 drag, 1 click, 1 coffee sip ☕. Your choice.

Paragraph 6 – Bookmark It

Stash svgtoico.org in your design toolkit right next to Lorem Ipsum generators. When the next client pings “can you add a favicon real quick?” you’ll have it before they finish typing the question.