On Nov 21, 5:09 pm, Yuval Levy <[email protected]> wrote:
> WINDOWS INSTALLERS
> ...
> I'll update his SVG files with the new branding.  What I don't understand
> (Matthew, maybe you can help?) are the xcf (gimp) files.  They contains layers
> of what seems to be rendering of the SVG source file, for the creation of the
> .ico file?
> ...
> I can generate all of this programmatically with Inkscape & ImageMagick, so
> the xcf file are be redundant?

I manually rendered bitmaps of the icons in Inkscape and then
assembled them by hand in GIMP, hence the .xcf files. I tweaked
the .svg files a little for each size, but as this is not really
necessary, the .xcf files could be removed if the icons are generated
directly from the .svg files with scripting.

> Is there a reason to use 4bit and 32bit images?  I read somewhere that only
> 8bit files are rendered well, and the other icon we have for Hugin is 8bit
> only if I am not mistaken.
>
> Are there standard sizes?  I read on the web of 64x64 and of 128x128.  Can
> somebody tell me what resolutions to produce / put inside the .ico file?

Microsoft publishes guidelines for Windows icons:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997636.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx

For Windows XP the recommend icons are 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48 sizes
in 4-bit, 8-bit, and 32-bit bitmap variants. For Vista and later there
should also be a 256x256 PNG icon.

Matthew

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Hugin and other free panoramic software" group.
A list of frequently asked questions is available at: 
http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ
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/hugin-ptx

Reply via email to