thanks folks. I already had the gimp - interesting to hear that others are using it for launcher icons, and it is a powerful thing.
I used Asset Studio for some little buttons, actually. It's really slick,imo. I played around with inkscape a little after my original post - I like the fact that it would seem to scale, and this person created a palette relative to the specs for it (http://xebralabs.blogspot.com/2011/04/android-launcher-icons-color-palette.html). I got close to something I might be satisfied with, but my top lighting and drop shadow attempts after trying to mentally map the android specs to the inkscape gui were disappointing. Chris Prewett (Replica Island), the andengine guy (Nicolas Gramlich - Farm Tower), lots of other developers out there and scattered google io talks I've watched, and of course responders here have all pointed at just getting a graphic artist to do it, and I think I'll just do that and focus on the next steps to getting the first app out. thanks again for everyone's comments. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:27 AM, String <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you already have and know Photoshop, I don't doubt that it's an excellent >> choice. Or if you can easily afford Photoshop, I don't doubt that it's >> easier to learn than the GIMP, and that there are more/better resources >> around to help you. >> If you're on a budget, and are starting from scratch, I'd throw my vote into >> the GIMP camp. > > > And if you are OK with really simple icons, there is this: > > http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
