subject:"RE\: xaml icons"

RE: xaml icons

2010-03-08 Thread John OBrien

Icons are really time consuming for a graphic designer, I like this site: 
http://www.iconfinder.net as it has good quality free icons with a filter to 
show the ones allowed for commercial use. Even an API in there J

 

I started out thinking everything in Silverlight should be vector based XAML so 
it can scale to any size but found it way too difficult to create, I’m back to 
just using nice PNG images. That said if you get a kit of icons in a vector 
format then expression design should be able to convert them to XAML, when 
comparing filesizes remember that the xaml will be zipped. I do recommend 
comparing what the filesize will be in xaml vs PNG and whether you need them to 
scale beyond 128x128px or 64x64px size.

 

John.

 

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Subject: xaml icons

 

Does anyone know of any good free or paid resource for xaml icons?  I can do 
them myself but I'm a bit slow and don't have a graphics designer by my side.

I know there are plenty of converters, as well documented here, but you do need 
something to convert :

http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/pages/WPFToolsAndControls.aspx

I also had hopes for this visio - xaml but it doesn't work on my machine :
http://visioautomation.codeplex.com http://visioautomation.codeplex.com/ 

Or I am on the wrong track, perhaps icons are best left as pngs and I should 
just invest in an icon library such as http://www.iconshock.com/ and forget 
about it ?

 
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Re: xaml icons

2010-03-08 Thread Stephen Price

I've done Xaml icons in the past. I break out Expression Design and then cut
and paste them into Blend to get xaml versions.

Embrace your inner Devigner. Don't resist it, or be ashamed. We're a rare
breed. We're the bridge between those who design but shall not code and
those coders with UI skills of a baby in a tumble dryer. :)

cheers,
Stephen

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:21 AM, carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au wrote:

I tend to use Icon Experience as a base for all my icons (paid
resource). If I need to, I make alterations in Photoshop and save them out
as icon files (using an addin).

But then again I’m a devigner (*retches at term*) so it doesn’t take me
long to belt them out.

Carl.

Carl Scarlett

Senior .NET/WPF Developer, UX Designer - Genesis Team

*IT Applications Delivery |** **Bankwest*

A: Level 5, 199 Hay Street | Perth | Western Australia | 6004

P: (08) 9449 8703

M: 0408 913 870

E: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au

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*To:* ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com
*Subject:* xaml icons

Does anyone know of any good free or paid resource for xaml icons? I can
do them myself but I'm a bit slow and don't have a graphics designer by my
side.

I know there are plenty of converters, as well documented here, but you do
need something to convert :

http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/pages/WPFToolsAndControls.aspx

I also had hopes for this visio - xaml but it doesn't work on my machine :
http://visioautomation.codeplex.com

Or I am on the wrong track, perhaps icons are best left as pngs and I
should just invest in an icon library such as http://www.iconshock.com/and
forget about it ?

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RE: xaml icons

2010-03-08 Thread Carl . Scarlett

Don't get me wrong; I love being a devigner and wouldn't have it any
other way.

 

I -do- hate the word devigner though.  It makes us sound like a geeky
zealot or something.

 

Carl.

 

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[mailto:ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Price step...@perthprojects.com
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:58 AM
To: ozSilverlight ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com
Subject: Re: xaml icons

 

I've done Xaml icons in the past. I break out Expression Design and then
cut and paste them into Blend to get xaml versions. 

 

Embrace your inner Devigner. Don't resist it, or be ashamed. We're a
rare breed. We're the bridge between those who design but shall not code
and those coders with UI skills of a baby in a tumble dryer. :)

 

cheers,

Stephen

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:21 AM, carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au wrote:

I tend to use Icon Experience as a base for all my icons (paid
resource).  If I need to, I make alterations in Photoshop and save them
out as icon files (using an addin).

 

But then again I'm a devigner (*retches at term*) so it doesn't take me
long to belt them out.

 

Carl.

 

Carl Scarlett

Senior .NET/WPF Developer, UX Designer - Genesis Team

IT Applications Delivery | Bankwest

A: Level 5, 199 Hay Street | Perth | Western Australia | 6004

P: (08) 9449 8703

M: 0408 913 870

E: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au

 

 

 

 

From: ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com
[mailto:ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] On Behalf Of Vishwanath
Humpy vhu...@rediffmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 8:56 AM
To: ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com
Subject: xaml icons

 

Does anyone know of any good free or paid resource for xaml icons?  I
can do them myself but I'm a bit slow and don't have a graphics designer
by my side.

I know there are plenty of converters, as well documented here, but you
do need something to convert :

http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/pages/WPFToolsAndControls.aspx

I also had hopes for this visio - xaml but it doesn't work on my
machine :
http://visioautomation.codeplex.com
http://visioautomation.codeplex.com/ 

Or I am on the wrong track, perhaps icons are best left as pngs and I
should just invest in an icon library such as http://www.iconshock.com/
and forget about it ?

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Re: xaml icons

2010-03-08 Thread Stephen Price

Fair enough. :)

Coin a better one then? It's actually not too bad, if you consider the
alternative of Deseloper. Perhaps there's a more accurate word that's not a
hybrid of two others.
I find most people have both design and develop skills but sit in different
spots along the Designer to Developer curve. Sitting in the middle is no
better or worse than being at one or other end, its just different.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM, carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au wrote:

Don’t get me wrong; I love being a devigner and wouldn’t have it any
other way.

I -do- hate the word “devigner” though. It makes us sound like a geeky
zealot or something.

Carl.

*From:* ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com [mailto:
ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price
step...@perthprojects.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:58 AM
*To:* ozSilverlight ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com
*Subject:* Re: xaml icons

I've done Xaml icons in the past. I break out Expression Design and then
cut and paste them into Blend to get xaml versions.

cheers,

Stephen

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:21 AM, carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au wrote:

I tend to use Icon Experience as a base for all my icons (paid resource).
If I need to, I make alterations in Photoshop and save them out as icon
files (using an addin).

But then again I’m a devigner (*retches at term*) so it doesn’t take me
long to belt them out.

Carl.

Carl Scarlett

Senior .NET/WPF Developer, UX Designer - Genesis Team

*IT Applications Delivery |** **Bankwest*

A: Level 5, 199 Hay Street | Perth | Western Australia | 6004

P: (08) 9449 8703

M: 0408 913 870

E: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au

Does anyone know of any good free or paid resource for xaml icons? I can
do them myself but I'm a bit slow and don't have a graphics designer by my
side.

I know there are plenty of converters, as well documented here, but you do
need something to convert :

http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/pages/WPFToolsAndControls.aspx

I also had hopes for this visio - xaml but it doesn't work on my machine :
http://visioautomation.codeplex.com

Or I am on the wrong track, perhaps icons are best left as pngs and I
should just invest in an icon library such as http://www.iconshock.com/and
forget about it ?

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