Re: Open-source icons and graphics?
Re: Open-source icons and graphics?
- Subject: Re: Open-source icons and graphics?
- From: Patrick Machielse <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:17:17 +0100
op 03-11-2003 16:51 schreef Alastair J.Houghton op cocoa-dev-request:
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On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 03:19 pm, Kurt Marek wrote:
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> Is there some sort of open-source icon repository on the web? I'm in
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> need of a few little icons to spruce up my app, but I'm a horrible
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> artist.
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You do need to realise that Icons for Mac OS X are *difficult* to
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design, even for professional graphic artists, because of the
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pseudo-photorealistic requirement as well as the fact that they are
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usually not all that large on screen, but might be viewed at up to
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128x128... i.e. there has to be sufficient detail to look realistic at
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128x128, but it mustn't get in the way when they are shrunk down as
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small as 16x16!
Tell me about it! In the time it takes me to design the icon I can add a
dozen features to my app. Maybe Apple should release an 'iCon' iApp,
although that may give their game away...
'xCon' in /Developer/Applications/Utilities is another tempting option ;-)
I'd rate naming your app almost as dificult as designing the icon.
Also consider that an icon file contains 4 icons, so for optimal results you
may have to tweak you icon for 4 sizes. However, these only show in the
Finder, since the Dock will just scale the 'huge' icon all the way down...
Patrick
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