Re: 256x256 px icons

[Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>]

On 2 August 2011 16:24, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Aug  2 15:49, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 1 August 2011 21:05, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> > On 1 August 2011 09:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >> On Jul 31 21:21, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >>> On 30 July 2011 21:22, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >>> > On 30 July 2011 19:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >>> >> On Jul 29 21:29, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >>> >>> Attached is my take on this, with 64x64, 48x48, 32x32 showing
>> >>> >>> fatbuttlarry's Cygwin symbol inside the Konsole icon, and 16x16
>> >>> >>> showing the Cygwin symbol only.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Not bad, but the green border around the C is too dark to set the
>> >>> >> C apart from the background.  The border needs some light grey which
>> >>> >> allows to recognize the C.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I'm not sure how to do that, but the attached attempt turn up the
>> >>> > saturation of the green outline.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > It also reduces the blurriness of the whole thing a bit. Apparently
>> >>> > it's better to convert an SVG to a high-res bitmap and resize that
>> >>> > down with a bitmap program such as Paint.net instead of converting the
>> >>> > SVG straight to the target bitmap sizes (at least when using
>> >>> > InkScape).
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The two attached icons differ at size 32: cygwin-terminal2.ico has the
>> >>> > Cygwin-in-terminal there, whereas cygwin-terminal3.ico has just the
>> >>> > Cygwin symbol. Size 32 shows up in the Windows 7 taskbar.
>> >>>
>> >>> Further to those two, here's one with the glowy Cygwin symbol all the
>> >>> way from size 16 to 64. It's a "remastered" version of the one in
>> >>> cygutils; a bit bigger and with the aforementioned brighter green
>> >>> outline around the "C".
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.  But, hmm.  The longer I play with it, the less I like the green
>> >> glow.  It adds an eerie touch to the C
>> >
>> > Now what's wrong with that? Cygwin - mean and a bit eerie. ;)
>> >
>> >> and it still doesn't set the C
>> >> really apart on dark backgrounds.
>> >
>> > I disagree, looking at a desktop with a darkish picture and dark grey
>> > taskbar and window borders.
>> >
>> >> I think we should go with a grey outline.
>> >
>> > I did eventually work out how to turn the outline of fatbuttlarry's
>> > icon grey. See attachments.
>>
>> Having used both variants for a while, I agree that a grey outline
>> does look better.
>
> I tried your icons on my desktop and the standalone icon looks good.  In
> the terminal icons the beveled C looks better than the fatbuttlarry C,
> cleaner, crisper.

I think it would be better to stick to one. I don't particularly mind
which, in principle anyway.

Warren's has the advantage of a 256 version and that it's more
tweakable assuming he provides the vector version it's presumably
based on. It does need to lose that shadow though, and have the bottom
edge fixed. Also, the bottom half of the green triangle is a bit on
the dark side.

> It's also easier to distinguish from the dark
> background, but that's probably just because you used a darker shade
> of grey for the frame.  In the terminal window, a lighter grey really
> doesn't hurt.

It's pretty much the same grey actually (~220), at full size anyway.
But the border is thinner and/or partially transparent in larry's.
Therefore, when scaling it down, it blends into the background more.

> Generally it looks like your C's are a pixel or two smaller, except in
> the smallest sizes.  Gimp shows that you're always leaving a transparent
> frame of at least one pixel.  Any reason for that?

Not really. Just seemed a prudent thing to do when cutting it out of
the original, but you're right, there's no need for this, and I'd be
happy to redo it.

Andy