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i've heard people promoting graphic converter for a long time... what i am wondering is if i already have photoshop, am i missing out on something?

Yes indeed. Photoshop does not handle nearly as many file formats as graphic converter does.

if photoshop cant read it there is no good reason to look at it

Like the favicon (.ico) that safari shows for this site?

Those can be read (and made) with IconFactory's IconBuilder plug-in for Photoshop, though.

Non sequitur.

Hardly.  It extends the functionality of opening and even creating files in the .ico format to Photoshop.  It is relevant to the statements preceding it via it's connection to Photoshop and opening the .ico format.

Besides, GraphicConverter's ability to open and save files in the .ico format has always been spotty and limited, at best, in my experience.  Half the time it doesn't properly open or save the file with the correct transparency/alpha information, and the other half of the time it doesn't save a file which is even useable on a Windows computer, where the .ico format originates and has its most use.

IconBuilder via Photoshop, on the other hand, opens and saves .ico files without any issues, making it a better tool for handling those files, anyway.