Changing Dock Icons

So I just recently felt inspired, and decided to get into the whole Mac customization thing (something I never saw myself becoming a part of). Although there are tons of ways to be part of this whole shebang, I found a pretty nice way to customize your dock icons for free and I decided to share. First and foremost, things you will need to download:

1. Pic2Icon - It will change your pic to an icon, who knew?! Just kidding, but it does get rid of the white background on certain images, you'll see what I mean.
2. LiteIcon (Free) or CandyBar ($30 USD) - This particular tutorial involves LiteIcon, I just posted CandyBar for those of you interested. CandyBar is easier, and will not require Pic2Icon, but LiteIcon is free.
3. StuffIt Expander - This is a free application, and the only reason you need it is to open and install Pic2Icon.

Once you have the necessary applications, it's time to get started! Well first and foremost, you're going to want to find an image for your icon. You can find these anywhere, but my number one source is deviantART followed in close second by a Google Image search. So if I was to go to either site looking for a replacement for my trash icon for example, I would search "trash icon." Easy! Once you do that find the icon you want, and download. Now that we're in the downloading phase, it's important to mention another reason why I like deviantART, it has icons. What does that mean? Well, icons have very specific file extension (.png, .icns, .ico (Windows)) and when you do a Google Image search, you get images in there too (.jpeg). What's the big deal? A picture is worth a thousand words, so I'll show you.

As you can see, the top image has a white background, whereas the bottom image has no background. Any file that is .png, .icns, or .ico will preserve that transparent background, whereas a .jpeg will have the white background. If you choose to use a .jpeg, it may involve some editing on your behalf, just FYI.

To continue with the tutorial just watch the posted video. This will get way too wordy for the average reader, so sit back, relax, and press play.