Re: Transparent application icon
Re: Transparent application icon
- Subject: Re: Transparent application icon
- From: John Fowler <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:40:39 -0500
I having the devil of a time getting my app icon to be transparent. It
currently has a white background. I have it in Photoshop but I can't
figure out what to force it to be transparent.
You might want to try manually adding the alpha channel to the image.
To do so in Photoshop:
1. Select what you want to be visible.
(Be careful if you are using Layer Effects to create shadows, etc. They
won't be selected when you command-click a layer. You may want to merge
the image down first.)
2. Open the Channels palette.
3. Click on the dotted circle inside of the box at the bottom.
And I would probably save it as a TIFF.
Also, don't forget to look over the chapter about icons in the Aqua User
Interface Guidelines
(
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGIcons/
Icons.html). It contains important information on the perspective and
shadows specific icons should have.
Gladly,
John R. Fowler