Changing an application icon

Is it possible to change the icon of an application ?
For example: the "text edit" icon to a typewriter or the "iPhoto" icon to a DSLR...
I have some icon designs already saved in iPhoto.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Select the image you wish to use and place it on the clipboard. Select the application then Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. Click in the small icon box in the top left to select it, then press COMMAND-V to paste the image from the clipboard.

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