From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9324 invoked by alias); 7 Aug 2011 10:08:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 9314 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Aug 2011 10:08:21 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-pz0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-pz0-f43.google.com) (209.85.210.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:08:05 +0000 Received: by pzk1 with SMTP id 1so758702pzk.16 for ; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:08:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.152.18 with SMTP id z18mr703999wfd.307.1312711684643; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:08:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.51.230 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 03:08:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110806182756.GB11601@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20110801080730.GT26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110802152428.GC8652@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E3C29DE.7010000@etr-usa.com> <20110806082812.GS21692@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110806174346.GA11601@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110806182756.GB11601@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:08:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-08/txt/msg00079.txt.bz2 On 6 August 2011 19:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug =C2=A06 19:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Aug =C2=A06 11:47, Andy Koppe wrote: >> > On 6 August 2011 09:28, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > > On Aug =C2=A05 11:35, Warren Young wrote: >> > >> However, I have made a fully rasterized, layered version compatible >> > >> with Gimp for those without even Photoshop 6.0: >> > >> >> > >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshado= w-rasterized.xcf >> > > >> > > Thank you very much. =C2=A0I created an icon set from there. =C2=A0T= he fact that >> > > everything is layered is cool. =C2=A0You can simply change a single = aspect of >> > > the picture. =C2=A0What I did: >> > > >> > > - In general the dark shadow of the wedge became too dark (IMHO) when >> > > =C2=A0resizing the image to smaller sizes. =C2=A0The wedge looked pr= etty >> > > =C2=A0asymmetrically when small. =C2=A0So I lightend the shadow quit= e a bit >> > > =C2=A0before scaling it down.cd >> > > >> > > - For the 256x256 icon I darkened the C stroke a bit, for 48x48 and = below >> > > =C2=A0I used an entirely white stroke before scaling down. >> > > >> > > - For the 256x256 icon I kept the dark outer glow, for the smaller s= izes >> > > =C2=A0I removed it. >> > >> > Makes sense. If the outline needs to be any brighter, it would need to >> > be thickened before scaling down. >> > >> > > The 16x16 icon looks blurry when magnified to 800% in gimp, but I'm >> > > surprised how good it looks in normal 100%. >> > >> > I agree. >> > >> > > Is that one ok as default Cygwin icon? >> > >> > I think so. >> > >> > > I'm going to work on the terminal icon based on Andy's blank-terminal >> > > icons and this beveled icon next, as well as on a new setup "box" ic= on. >> > >> > Looking forward to those. I seem to be in a minority of one regarding >> > the logo-in-terminal approach, so I withdraw my objection to that. >> >> The terminal icon is attached to this mail. =C2=A0Downscaling the C to 1= 8x18 >> and pasting it into the 32x32 terminal outline was a waste of time. >> For 32x32 I now created a C pixel by pixel so that it looks good on >> the XP desktop. =C2=A0For 24x24 and 16x16 I used the standalone C from my >> previous icon set as fallback. >> >> Now for the setup icon... > > Here it is. =C2=A0The 32x32 icon is the most tricky one and needed some > convincing to look acceptable. =C2=A024x24 and 16x16 are agains the stand= alone > icon. Nice work on both of them. GTG, as far as I'm concerned. I'd quite like to have another go at the small icons though, but that doesn't need to hold up anything. Warren, could you do a version of the C with a thicker stroke, say twice as thick? (If you think I could easily do that myself, just say so.) Andy