Re: Icon howto?

2007-09-11 Thread Jonathan Roberts
I think people would get a better idea about them from a screenshot of a real desktop using the icons. (I expect they will not loot that great on *my* desktop, with a very dark background and a partly transparent What size icons are used in the system tray? I've made 16x16, 24x24 and 32x32 of

Re: Icon feedback WAS Icon howto?

2007-09-03 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jonathan Roberts wrote: I've created some icons in the style that I had in mind, so in case any body has any interest in seeing what I've done I've uploaded them to Flickr: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/1288722576_adf5e6330e_o.png Only got it working on Pidgin right now, and obviously

Re: Icon howto?

2007-09-01 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Hey, thanks for the reply :D Some answers to your questions: file formats - png for most icons, svg for scalable icons sizes - 16x16, 22x22, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, the bigger you will probably not need I figure producing them as svg means I can just export to whatever size I want? Only thing

Re: Icon howto?

2007-09-01 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Yes. You need to align them to the pixel grid. You can't simply draw it once and export it to whatever sizes... you have to align the artwork to the pixel grid for every size. Some references: http://www.firewheeldesign.com/sparkplug/2006/April/icon_design_bitmap_vs_vector.php

Re: Icon feedback WAS Icon howto?

2007-08-31 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Well, I've created some icons in the style that I had in mind, so in case any body has any interest in seeing what I've done I've uploaded them to Flickr: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/1288722576_adf5e6330e_o.png Only got it working on Pidgin right now, and obviously there aren't very

Re: Icon howto?

2007-08-31 Thread Martin Sourada
On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 20:01 +0200, Jonathan Roberts wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if somebody could advise me of a tutorial on how to create icons (file formats, names etc), and how to install them somewhere that I can test them? Hi Jonathan, Some answers to your questions: file