In a game called armored core, you made icons using a set of generic shapes and a number of layers and adjustments like scale, color, invert pattern, etc. this way a small literary can make almost any icon.....
maybe have a little icon builder? On May 8, 2015 3:43 PM, "Jambay" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have an answer, but do have a suggestion. First, and foremost, I > agree that this needs work/discussion. I would propose a "master set" of > icons for core Blender features, that others may use as well. Additionally, > a general set, still common to Blender operations, but commonly accepted > for > UI purposes. After that it's custom and you have to explain to users why it > isn't there (if they actually care) - the "label" shoul suffice. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaia" <[email protected]> > To: "bf-blender developers" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] General purpose icons for Blender Addons? > > > Honestly after trying to invent some custom icons > for our website i finally gave up on this because its really not > an easy task to create a good (meaningful) icon and keep > compatible with the common style of the rest of the application. > > Also, think of 2 Addons which use different icons for the > same logical task... Wouldn't that become "Big Buck Messy" at > the end? And furthermore, what if the creator of one Addon > would like to reuse the icons from another Addon, exactly to > avoid reinventing the wheel? > > So after carefully thinking for some time about this topic i > clearly favorize the creation of a set of generic icons over > getting the ability to create own custom icons. > > Honestly it would take a burden from me to "also" think > about awesome custom icons on top of creating an awesome > plugin :-\ And no, i think incorporating font awesome is > probably not the answer (because of its very different style) . > > -gaia- > > On 08.05.2015 22:59, patrick boelens wrote: > > I agree custom icons would be more versatile and fill a need, but I also > > think a good set of default icons can ease the lives of a lot of devs. > > It's just cumbersome to have to worry about icons, especially if you want > > to match the existing ones' style somewhat. > > > > Icons like weld/ connect, up- and download, reset, warning and driven > > (great catch on that one btw!) are incredibly generic. Weld/ connect > could > > be useful for anything from springs and joints to Armature tools; upload > > could likely be repurposed for things like "export". > > > > I would personally give "custom icons" higher priority, but I definitely > > agree more default icons would be nice. +1 from me. > > > >> Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 22:25:03 +0200 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] General purpose icons for Blender Addons? > >> > >> Good Idea, but better would be custom icons. As you said, every addon > >> has it's own need. Using one icon for different purpose is really > >> disturbing for the user. I can't believe we have volumetrics and SSS and > >> can't load an external png file for custom icons in 2015. > >> > >> Le 08/05/2015 17:00, Ines Almeida a écrit : > >>> I believe this is totally worth discussion too :) > >>> > >>> My comments: > >>> - WARN (in addition to INFO and ERROR) - seems good, though I would > >>> associate the yellow triangle we already have with 'WARN' and something > >>> more red with 'ERROR' > >>> - RESET (Reset to defaults) - is FILE_REFRESH not good for this? > >>> - DOCUMENT (manual/wiki/online doc...) - what about URL ? there are > also > >>> multiple icons for file types (eg text) > >>> - DOWNLOAD and UPLOAD seem important to me as well > >>> - all the others I don't have a strong opinion pro or against > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Inês Almeida / brita_ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Bf-committers mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
