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Re: 256x256 px icons


On Aug  5 11:35, Warren Young wrote:
> On 8/3/2011 11:49 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >
> >Warren's has the advantage of a 256 version and that it's more
> >tweakable assuming he provides the vector version it's presumably
> >based on.
> 
> Sorry, there is currently no vector version.  Effects like bevels
> and shadows are raster effects.  However, based on this:
> 
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/SVG_filter_effects
> 
> it does look like SVG's been extended with the raster effects needed
> to recreate my beveled icon.  I am installing Inkscape now and will
> try to do that later, perhaps today, perhaps not.
> 
> In the meanwhile, here's my new beveled Cygwin logo:
> 
> 	http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.psd
> 
> Changes from the original:
> 
> 	- removed the big drop shadow (outer glow still present)
> 	- softened lighting on the wedge
> 	- dropped outer C stroke from white to a light gray
> 	- rebuilt as 1024 px square, not counting the outer glow,
>           for finer editing control
> 
> This should open in any version of Photoshop going back to the 90s.
> (v6 and up, I'm guessing.)  While I realize not everyone will have
> even that, I'm providing it because it's based on easy-to-edit
> procedural effects, rather than flattened raster effects.
> 
> However, I have made a fully rasterized, layered version compatible
> with Gimp for those without even Photoshop 6.0:
> 
> 	http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow-rasterized.xcf

Thank you very much.  I created an icon set from there.  The fact that
everything is layered is cool.  You can simply change a single aspect of
the picture.  What I did:

- In general the dark shadow of the wedge became too dark (IMHO) when
  resizing the image to smaller sizes.  The wedge looked pretty
  asymmetrically when small.  So I lightend the shadow quite a bit
  before scaling it down.

- For the 256x256 icon I darkened the C stroke a bit, for 48x48 and below
  I used an entirely white stroke before scaling down.

- For the 256x256 icon I kept the dark outer glow, for the smaller sizes
  I removed it.

The 16x16 icon looks blurry when magnified to 800% in gimp, but I'm
surprised how good it looks in normal 100%.

Is that one ok as default Cygwin icon?

I'm going to work on the terminal icon based on Andy's blank-terminal
icons and this beveled icon next, as well as on a new setup "box" icon.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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