From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24095 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2011 20:04:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 24085 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jul 2011 20:04:52 -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-f52.google.com (HELO mail-pz0-f52.google.com) (209.85.210.52) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:04:32 +0000 Received: by pzd13 with SMTP id 13so3286298pzd.11 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:04:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.23.8 with SMTP id i8mr75179pbf.235.1311797072013; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:04:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.66.35 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:04:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E304B49.2070308@etr-usa.com> References: <20110725091106.GN29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E2E05DD.40101@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4E2E0847.3060004@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20110726110134.GU29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E2EB916.6000501@etr-usa.com> <20110727074143.GV29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E304B49.2070308@etr-usa.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:04:00 -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: 2011-07/txt/msg00149.txt.bz2 On 27 July 2011 18:30, Warren Young wrote: > On 7/27/2011 1:41 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >> You say you already have created such icon files before. =C2=A0Would you >> have fun to create a new "official" cygwin.ico? > > Here you go: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/mintty-icon/combined= .ico > > That file contains a 256 px 32 bpp (RGBA) Vista (PNG) icon plus standard = BMP > icons in 48 px 32 bpp, 32 px 8 bpp, 24 px 8 bpp, and 16 px 8 bpp sizes and > depths. =C2=A0If you look at the directory view, you can see the source f= iles > that went into this. Thanks very much for putting in this effort. However, there are a number of problems. In increasing order of subjectivit= y: - The 16x16 has white dots in the corners. - There are black edges around the icons. Those need to be transparent. - Contrast and saturation are rather low. I think it would be better to overlay the Cygwin symbol on top of the terminal rather than blending them. - The terminal's screen is too busy with both the prompt and the 'C'. I think the ">_" would need to go. - Even then, I'm not convinced this will be as good as either of the original icons, because it will still look like a compromise, with the glossy Cygwin symbol sticking out of the more matte terminal screen in the bigger versions and getting squashed in the 16x16 version. Andy