OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Graphics and Window Design
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David Graser:
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on November 19, 2024, 10:57:54 pm ---Hello
I have another request if possible. I want to ask Lothar Söns to update the icon of his "LSZipWizard".
Can you please improve the icon in both .ico and .png format to see if he wants to ship it with his software? I'm attaching the .ico.
Regards
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Here is an icon I quickly put together in both ico and png formats.
Martin Iturbide:
Thanks David
I personally like it. I will send it over the author to see if he wants to use. Anyways it is good to have it here for anyone that wants to use it
Regards.
Martin Iturbide:
Hello David.
Just curious here. What is your technique to generate each of the "device list" styles of the icons ? (Sorry If I'm limited for my English and there is a better wording for it). I'm attaching an image to try to explain what I'm talking about.
Do you do it on a different tool that can save each icon size/style inside the .ico?
Do you create the image on a different tool and paste it to IconEdit to save the icon?
Do you create those in IconEdit and edit each image one by one?
Regards
David Graser:
OS/2 icons are a lot of work. That is why I prefer making and using PNGs. The icon editor is limited and as a result makes working with it tedious. You really need 4 icons for the 4 sizes sizes used by the system. If one uses one large icon and lets the the workplace shell resize, it is a hit and miss as to what you get, especially when using the smaller sizes.
I usually make four separate icons in windows using the free Greenfish Icons Editor Pro. In fact, I make most of my PNGs using this editor, version 4.2. This is a powerful icon editor. It is a shame one of the few things it can't do is read OS/2 icons.
I make 4 PNG icon sizes
40x40
32x32
20x20
16x16
Usually you can resize 40x40 to 32x32 with a lot of touchup work.
I have found on the smaller sizes, 20x20 and 16x16, one cannot use the whole 40x40 icon. Thus I figure what I can leave out or reduce content to where people still know what the icon is from using the larger size icons.
I then boot to ArcaOS, and open the icon editor. I search for an OS/2 icon that has the color options I need along with the 4 sizes. I then use pmview to copy each png to the correct icon size on the icon I am using. Do a lot of touchup work and then rename and the new icon I modified from the original. I then test the large icon and small icons to see if it is readable.
As you can see, it is a lot of work creating a descent OS/2 icon.
Remy:
Hi,
I too create my icon as png and then use PMVIEW PRO to convert it into ICO (2.1) - I generate ICO into 48x48 size
ICO always has poor quality and not an expert into design and high resolution quality like David is.
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