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  "sourceId": "png-to-ico-windows",
  "routeSlug": "convert-png-to-ico-windows-11-without-uploading",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-12",
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      "path": "screenshots/01-ready.png",
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      "alt": "LocalFlux on Windows 11 with three PNG files queued and ICO selected as the output format.",
      "caption": "Three rights-cleared PNG fixtures are ready for one local ICO batch."
    },
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      "path": "screenshots/02-default-options.png",
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      "alt": "LocalFlux ICO conversion options showing Share safely off, Original size, automatic dimensions, and locked aspect ratio.",
      "caption": "The tested default ICO route preserves aspect ratio and fits the source inside a 256 by 256 bound."
    },
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      "alt": "LocalFlux showing three completed PNG-to-ICO conversions and their measured file-size changes.",
      "caption": "LocalFlux 1.0.7 completed all three local conversions and wrote new ICO copies beside the PNG sources."
    },
    {
      "path": "screenshots/04-explorer-large-icons.png",
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      "alt": "The three converted ICO files displayed with large icons in Windows 11 File Explorer.",
      "caption": "Large-icon view is useful for checking the overall composition, crop, and transparency."
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      "path": "screenshots/05-explorer-small-icons.png",
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      "alt": "The three converted ICO files displayed with small icons in Windows 11 File Explorer.",
      "caption": "Small-icon view exposes detail and silhouette problems that are easy to miss at larger sizes."
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      "path": "screenshots/06-test-inputs.png",
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      "alt": "A square transparent LocalFlux logo, a wide LocalFlux banner, and a detailed mountain photo used as PNG-to-ICO test inputs.",
      "caption": "The fixtures cover transparency, a non-square graphic, and photographic detail."
    },
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      "path": "screenshots/07-size-comparison.png",
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      "alt": "Three PNG inputs beside their one-frame ICO outputs and scaled 48, 32, and 16 pixel previews.",
      "caption": "Each tested ICO stores one 32-bit frame; the smaller images are scaled previews, not additional embedded frames."
    },
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      "path": "samples/input/localflux-banner.png",
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      "alt": "Wide LocalFlux banner PNG used as a non-square icon conversion fixture.",
      "caption": "Opaque 1920 by 1080 PNG input without embedded profiles."
    },
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      "alt": "Mountain landscape PNG used to show how detailed photographs behave as Windows icons.",
      "caption": "Opaque 1440 by 960 PNG input with an EXIF profile."
    },
    {
      "path": "samples/input/transparent-localflux-logo.png",
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      "alt": "Square transparent LocalFlux logo PNG used as the primary icon fixture.",
      "caption": "Transparent 2048 by 2048 PNG input without embedded profiles."
    },
    {
      "path": "samples/output/localflux-banner_converted.ico",
      "publicPath": "/blog-media/png-to-ico-windows/samples/output/localflux-banner_converted.ico",
      "role": "sample-output",
      "mimeType": "image/x-icon",
      "width": 256,
      "height": 144,
      "frames": 1,
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      "alt": "One-frame 256 by 144 ICO converted from the wide LocalFlux banner.",
      "caption": "The default route preserves the source aspect ratio inside the 256-pixel bound."
    },
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      "publicPath": "/blog-media/png-to-ico-windows/samples/output/mountain-photo_converted.ico",
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      "width": 256,
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      "alt": "One-frame 256 by 171 ICO converted from a detailed mountain photograph.",
      "caption": "The photograph shrinks substantially, but its fine detail is difficult to read at icon size."
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      "alt": "One-frame 256 by 256 ICO converted from a transparent square LocalFlux logo.",
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