On 5 August 2011 18:35, 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.
Don't worry too much about that. The below sounds like the Photoshop version should be entirely sufficient. > 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 > > I also made a 256 px .ico, for those who just want to see it in action: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.ico I like this a lot. Thanks very much for responding so positively to my whinging. Andy
