From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7586 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2011 19:08:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 7571 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Aug 2011 19:08:18 -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; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:08:04 +0000 Received: by pzk1 with SMTP id 1so4143743pzk.16 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.26.40 with SMTP id d40mr2383029wfj.199.1312571283357; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.65.230 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E3C29DE.7010000@etr-usa.com> References: <4E327A08.108@etr-usa.com> <20110729094239.GD19240@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E32BFA8.2080907@etr-usa.com> <20110730183646.GM26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110801080730.GT26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110802152428.GC8652@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E3C29DE.7010000@etr-usa.com> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:08:00 -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/msg00062.txt.bz2 On 5 August 2011 18:35, Warren Young wrote: > On 8/3/2011 11:49 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: >> >> 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. > > Sorry, there is currently no vector version. =C2=A0Effects like bevels and > shadows are raster effects. =C2=A0However, based on this: > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/SVG_filter_effects > > it does look like SVG's been extended with the raster effects needed to > recreate my beveled icon. =C2=A0I am installing Inkscape now and will try= to do > that later, perhaps today, perhaps not. Don't worry too much about that. The below sounds like the Photoshop version should be entirely sufficient. > In the meanwhile, here's my new beveled Cygwin logo: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshado= w.psd > > Changes from the original: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- removed the big drop shadow (outer glow stil= l present) > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- softened lighting on the wedge > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- dropped outer C stroke from white to a light= gray > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- rebuilt as 1024 px square, not counting the = outer glow, > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0for finer editing control > > This should open in any version of Photoshop going back to the 90s. =C2= =A0(v6 and > up, I'm guessing.) =C2=A0While I realize not everyone will have even that= , I'm > providing it because it's based on easy-to-edit procedural effects, rather > than flattened raster effects. > > 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 =C2=A0http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshado= w-rasterized.xcf > > I also made a 256 px .ico, for those who just want to see it in action: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshado= w.ico I like this a lot. Thanks very much for responding so positively to my whin= ging. Andy