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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #150 on: September 19, 2024, 10:07:21 pm »
One more theme called WhitBlue

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #151 on: October 02, 2024, 04:38:40 am »
This is a two tone yellow white theme

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #152 on: October 26, 2024, 09:33:54 pm »
Yet another blue icon folder theme.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #153 on: October 30, 2024, 03:14:00 am »
A White Pink ArcaOS folder theme

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #154 on: October 30, 2024, 07:23:51 pm »
A White Green ArcaOS folder theme

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #155 on: November 03, 2024, 04:34:42 am »
Another grey folder theme.   Folders are somewhat old style.  Program icons are more modern.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #156 on: November 05, 2024, 11:17:29 pm »
Hello David.

I had been working on a little installer for an old IBM C compiler and I want to ask you if you can please reimagine/redo/improve these icons, in a bigger PNG format.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #157 on: November 06, 2024, 05:59:57 am »
Hello David.

I had been working on a little installer for an old IBM C compiler and I want to ask you if you can please reimagine/redo/improve these icons, in a bigger PNG format.

Thanks in advance.

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I made a few fast PNGs for you to try.  Do with them as you will.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #158 on: November 06, 2024, 05:45:07 pm »
Thanks David. I like them a lot.
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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #159 on: November 11, 2024, 01:34:03 am »
I had not done a purple folder theme, so I decided to do one.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #160 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.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #161 on: November 22, 2024, 03:56:04 am »
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.

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Here is an icon I quickly put together in both ico and png formats.

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #162 on: November 22, 2024, 03:30:49 pm »
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

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #163 on: November 22, 2024, 03:56:44 pm »
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?

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Re: Bigicons
« Reply #164 on: November 22, 2024, 05:52:42 pm »
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.

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