Clic
Clic is a CLIPBOARD TO ICON CONVERTER.  Generate stunning icons in true color (24bit, 16.7 million colors) with transparency. Screen Capture grabs an icon from anywhere on the screen in realtime, or Paste to Fit auto resizes your picture. So Simple!

Internet authors create your favicon.ico for website representation.

Example high-color icon



Features

Tip:
Clic is portable and will run from within the folder you download it to.

Technical Note:
An icon created with Clic may display at a different size on your Windows Desktop, because the Desktop forces all icons, regardless of actual size, to display at the Desktop's current display size setting.  For instance, if your Desktop is set to display icons at 64w x 64h, then a 32w x 32h icon will be zoomed up 200% to fit.

Information

App Name
Clic
Version
2.00.255
Type
Desktop App (Standard Edition)
License
MIT
Status
Updated
Release Date
24th April 2025
Portable App
Yes
Code Foundation
1st Generation
Operating System(s)
Windows All and Wine for Linux and Mac
(not Win10s/11s)
SHA256 Checksum
for "clic.exe"
42ADE2251F4A67E94BF9AE94835512D502DAD620F1455772FF8FCBD161FA6B62

Downloads

clic.exe (0.72 Mb) clic.zip (0.35 Mb) clic.7z (0.28 Mb)

clic-sourcecode.zip (1.63 Mb)
App and pascal source code
clic-sourcecode.7z (1.42 Mb)
App and pascal source code

Images

Example high-color icon


Greyscale filter in use


Screen capture in realtime by dragging toolbar "hand" button


Online Help

AboutClic is a Clipboard to Icon Converter - generating 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 72x72 and 96x96 pixel icons in 1bit (2 colors/monochrome), 4bit (16 colors), 8bit (256 colors) and 24bit (16.7 million colors), or shades of grey.

Icons can be made from any picture contained within Windows Clipboard. Click and drag for realtime screen capture.

FREE, fully functional, portable software program, with no installation or setup. Your existing computer libraries/files remain unchanged/unmodified.  We take pride in this respect function.

InformationClassification
Freeware (no cost)

Usage
Free for personal and business use

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 95-11

Download Site
www.blaizenterprises.com/clic.zip

Homepage Page
www.blaizenterprises.com/clic.html

Portal - Blaiz Enterprises
www.blaizenterprises.com

Features
PortableA portable program is a self-contained program that stores it's files, settings and other data within the folder it is based, usually a folder of your choice, on a harddrive, USB penstick or memory card.

No library files or settings are installed outside the program folder, leaving your operating system unchanged, and unmodified. Optional links can be placed on your Start button and Desktop, for convenient start of program.

Start button and Desktop linksWith Clic, it's easy to place a link on your Start button / Desktop, or to remove it.

Place a link on your Start button:
Select "File" menu and tick "Start button link". Clic is now on your Start button as "Clic by BlaizEnterprises.com". Click this link to run Clic.

Place a link on your Desktop:
Select "File" menu and tick "Desktop link". Clic is now on your Desktop as "Clic by BlaizEnterprises.com". Click this link to run Clic.

Remove link from your Start button:
Select "File" menu and untick "Start button link". Clic is now removed from your Start button.

Remove link from your Desktop:
Select "File" menu and untick "Desktop link". Clic is now removed from your Desktop.

Show Splash on StartOn startup Clic pauses momentarily to display an artistic splash screen. This feature can be turned off for slightly faster load times. To turn off, select "File" menu and untick "Show Splash on Start". Tick to turn back on.

Show FolderCan't remember where you put Clic? Don't worry, select the "File" menu and click "Show Folder" option. A Microsoft File Explorer folder will display with the Clic program (EXE) listed. Typically, Clic has the name "clic.exe".

Screen CaptureClick and drag white hand (far right) toolbar button to begin screen capture. Position cursor at required capture location. Whilst capturing, press space bar to toggle between fine and normal movement modes. Release mouse to finalise capture. The captured image is displayed within Clic.

PasteFrom your graphics editor of choice, e.g. Microsoft Paint etc. copy the desired image to Clipboard. From Clic select "Edit > Paste". The image is inserted from Clipboard. No resampling is performed.

If the image is larger than an example target dimension of 32x32, the image will be cropped - all pixels outside the target dimensions of 32x32 are excluded.

If the image is smaller than an example target dimension of 32x32, then difference is filled with white.

Paste to FitFrom your graphics editor of choice, e.g. Microsoft Paint, copy the desired image to Clipboard. A square image is recommended for best results. From Clic select "Edit > Paste to Fit". The image is automatically resampled to target icon dimensions. The target dimension is set from the "Edit" menu. To change, select "Edit" and choose a dimension between 16x16 to 96x96.

Drag and DropClic supports drag and drop for bitmap (BMP) and jpeg (JPG) image types. From within a Microsoft File Explorer window, select a compatible image (hold down left mouse button), then drag the image (while keeping left mouse button down, and move the mouse cursor into position) over Clic's window. Release mouse button. Clic opens the image and automatically resamples it to fit the target icon dimensions as if it were "Paste to Fit".

TransparencyAn icon can have transparent pixels. These are see-through. To make pixels of a specific color transparent, click the cursor on the picture color of Clic's "Enlarged View" or "Actual Size" panels. Clic automatically makes all pixels of that chosen color transparent. The transparent pixels flash silver / white to indicate their transparency.

Note:
To try different transparent colors in realtime, click and drag cursor over multiple colors to compare the difference.

To remove transparency select "Image" menu and untick the "Transparent" option.

GreyscaleConvert your icon into shades of grey. Clic supports 256 shades of grey. For greyscale conversion select "Image" menu and tick the "Greyscale" option. Untick to turn off.

On TopWant Clic to sit above other programs? Select "Edit" menu and tick "On Top".  Clic now has priority and sits atop all other programs and windows. To turn this feature off, untick "On Top".

MirrorSelect "Image > Mirror" to flip image left-right (horizontally). Transparency, if active, mirrors too.

FlipSelect "Image > Flip" to flip image top-bottom (vertically). Transparency, if active, flips too.

InvertSelect "Image > Invert" to change all colors in current image to their inverse.

Example:
red > aqua, yellow > blue, black > white, blue > yellow and green  > purple.

Note:
Selecting the invert option a second time reverts all colors back to their original values.

RotateRotate the image left or right by 90, 180 or 270 degrees. Transparency, if active, rotates also.

Save IconSelect "File > Save As". A "Save As" dialog will display. Type a name for your icon and click "Save" button. The icon is saved to disk in Microsoft Icon format (ICO).

Information PanelsEnlarged View (left) - displays zoomed view of current icon.

Actual Size (top right) - displays current icon (normal size).

Icon Details (bottom right) - displays technical icon information.

All panels automatically update in realtime.

Website FaviconWebsite authors create stunning favicon.ico's (16x16 icons) for your website. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+ displays website icon "favicon.ico" on left side of "Address" bar.

Remove ClicClic is 100% portable and does not install onto your computer, or alter or adjust the operation of your computer. Since there is no installation, there is no uninstall option. To remove Clic from your computer / disk, the process must be done manually.

Important Note
Before you remove Clic, ensure both the "Start button link" and "Desktop link" options under "File" menu are unticked.

Due to the complex nature of security protocols under modern day Microsoft Windows' operating system, if these links are not removed by the program that created them, e.g. Clic, they may linger or persist.

From Clic select "File > Show Folder".  A folder will display with the Clic program (EXE) listed within it. Typically Clic will have the name "clic.exe". Right click the file and select delete option. If prompts appear, confirm your intention to delete.

Clic is now removed from your computer / disk.

A shared folder "Blaiz Enterprises" is automatically created and maintained by Clic during it's normal operation. This folder is responsible for holding settings, files and associated data for Clic. It can also be used by other Blaiz Enterprises' programs located in the same folder, alongside the Clic program (EXE). If there are no other programs (EXE) in the folder, it is safe to delete the folder of "Blaiz Enterprises". Right click the folder and select the delete option. If prompts appear, confirm your intention to delete.

Clic's data is now removed from your computer / disk.

MIT LicenseCopyright 2025 Blaiz Enterprises ( www.blaizenterprises.com )

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.