On the subject of icons : is there any Windows utility which can easily import Mac icons, and vice-versa ?
Thanks, Vinciane Baudoux. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [Metacard] OS X: 'icns' resources? > > On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > Anyone know where on Apple's site they have the info on how to create > > 'icns' > > resources? > > I downloaded apples developer tools. It that tool set you will find the > following app: iconComposer > > It has the ability to import .pict and .tiff images. I have found the > .tiff to work best. > > You must create the icon in the following sizes: 128x128, 48x48, 32x32, > 16x16 if you want the icon to size nicely. They must also contain an > alpha mask. I used Graphic Converter to do that. > > The last step is to get this data into your saved app under the "icns" > resource. This was tricky because ResEdit only copies in 32k at a time > from the clipboard. I found that on average the icons were from 60-70k > in size. I just learned from poking around that Graphic Converter can > transfer the whole resource over in a couple of mouse clicks with its > "copy file into resource" menu option. That is a big time saver. > > If you want that iconComposer app, just let me know. I can simply email > it over to you since it is a free app for all developers. I am more > than happy to explain any of this in more detail to anyone interested. > > -Mark Talluto > > > > > > I was able to trick their crippled version of the Google engine into > > providing useful results for 'plst', but for the 'icns' resources > > needed to > > complete an OS X delivery I could find only header info, but no tools or > > other practical advice for anyone not using SaRez. > > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
