From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4987 invoked by alias); 6 Aug 2011 10:47:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 4977 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Aug 2011 10:47:49 -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; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:47:30 +0000 Received: by pzk1 with SMTP id 1so5305883pzk.16 for ; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:47:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.49.10 with SMTP id w10mr3201659wfw.85.1312627649490; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.65.230 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 03:47:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110806082812.GS21692@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20110730183646.GM26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110801080730.GT26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110802152428.GC8652@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E3C29DE.7010000@etr-usa.com> <20110806082812.GS21692@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:47:00 -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/msg00073.txt.bz2 On 6 August 2011 09:28, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug =C2=A05 11:35, 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. >> >> In the meanwhile, here's my new beveled Cygwin logo: >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.psd >> >> Changes from the original: >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - removed the big drop shadow (outer glow still pre= sent) >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - softened lighting on the wedge >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - dropped outer C stroke from white to a light gray >> =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=A0 for finer editing control >> >> This should open in any version of Photoshop going back to the 90s. >> (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 http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow-ras= terized.xcf > > Thank you very much. =C2=A0I created an icon set from there. =C2=A0The fa= ct that > everything is layered is cool. =C2=A0You can simply change a single aspec= t 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 pretty > =C2=A0asymmetrically when small. =C2=A0So I lightend the shadow quite a b= it > =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 sizes > =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" icon. 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. Andy