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I had tried to resize a pointer just as experiment.
I had tried to resize a pointer just as experiment.


[[image:Pointer-Regular.png|Original Size]]
[[image:Pointer-Regular.png||Original Size]]


[[image:Pointer80x80.png|BIGICONS 80x80]]
[[image:Pointer80x80.png||BIGICONS 80x80]]


* arrow.prt - Original one. VGA 32x32
* arrow.prt - Original one. VGA 32x32

Latest revision as of 19:55, 14 November 2018

By Martin Iturbide

Creating Icons

On the modern days I tried to push the OS/2 icon format to the limit with the tools I was able to get. As a personal taste I had made some icons with the following properties:

  1. 128x128 - RGB - Icon Edit
  2. 40x40 - RGB - Icon Edit

I'm saving the icons on 1.2 version and not on 2.0.

Some OS/2 Icon Editor Limitations

  1. If an icon is bigger than 128x128 in RGB Icon Editor may allow you to save it, but when you open it back (with the same Icon Editor) you will get a "The bitmap is to large to process" message.
The bitmap is to large to process" message.

OS/2 Desktop Limitation

  1. It seems that the OS/2 WPS desktop can not show icons bigger than 128x128 on the desktop.

Resizing a Pointer Experiment

I had tried to resize a pointer just as experiment.

Original Size

BIGICONS 80x80

  • arrow.prt - Original one. VGA 32x32
  • arrow2.prt - Modified with IconEdit - Added 128x128 on RGB. The icon has both VGA and 128x128.
  • arrow2-5.prt - Modified with IconEdit, 128x128, but removed the VGA one.
  • arrow3.prt - Modified with PMView from arrow2. Saved as OS2 icon 1.2 as Deep Color