GiMP is pretty awesome, however not overly suited to icon creation. I also use it for all my button images. Generally I use a really old version of Corel Draw (7 I think) for creating a vectored image, then copy and paste it into GiMP to sort out the transparancy and shadows and stuff.
What do other people do for button images? Draw their own? get pre-built packs? have an in-house graphic artist? Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington On 10/11/2010 9:26 a.m., Nick Fauchelle wrote: > After seeing Alister's video a few years ago, I have been using gimp for > my icons! > > (Thanks Alister!) > > On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 18:11 +1300, Alister Christie wrote: >> I made this video a few years ago >> http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27 >> making icons with GiMP. >> >> However there are some quite good free standalone Icon editors. >> Alister Christie >> Computers for People >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz >> PO Box 13085 >> Johnsonville >> Wellington >> >> On 9/11/2010 5:32 p.m., John Bird wrote: >>> I have never read up on best practices/sizes etc for creating >>> program icons and BMP files for buttons/images etc. Anyone got any >>> good references to read up further?? >>> >>> q1 – I have figured how to create a BMP with transparent background >>> for bit buttons etc so the image is not square. How do I create >>> same for program ICO files? All my program icons in the task bar >>> are square as a result. >>> >>> q2 – Where does everyone else store their image files? Really they >>> should be considered part of the project. Only the IDE does not >>> store what the original filename was, so to find the image again >>> (for a bitbutton/program icon etc) I have to know what it was and >>> where. I haven’t made up mind between storing them in the >>> project source folder or a separate images folder... >>> >>> Any Embarcadero programmers out there reading this – how about the >>> IDE stores the names of the files when it loads them, so it can be >>> found again. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >>> unsubscribe >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >> unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
