Re: Rename icon (new variation)

hey,

sorry for the late reply!

Robert wrote on Mon, 30.08.2004:
> Was going to upload the new icon yesterday but thought I'd test it 
> against the stock gtk used by Emelfm2 (middle toolbar).IT doesn't
> match at all.For some reason my icon looks blured compared to the rest
> even when converted to svg.Looks about right at 32x32 and even 24x24
> but gets really bad at 16x16.Will have to experiment with this until
> its right.

yes, take all the time you need. as i've said before, you don't need to
hurry.

> Thanks for the links.I already had them in my bookmarks along with a
> few others that I found when looking for a good svg program.There is a
> lot of good reading there if that kind of thing interests you.

sure, if you know any other good tutorials, tell me please!

> Sodipodi is what Inkscape is based on but seems to be even more 
> limited.It saves in a compressed svg format (.svgz) and won't import 
> anything but .bmp files.Messed with it a few hours and finally gave up
> 
> on it.Wish Inkscape was more stable and was documented better because 
> looks very promising.
> 
> The good new is that I have a friend that works for a local computer 
> company and he gets free software from time to time.Finally caught up
> to him this weekend and he mentioned having a copy of Adobe
> Illustrator CS that he will never use and let me have.Just have to
> wait until he gets around to it though.With Illustrator I should be
> able to create icons without having to use any other graphics
> programs.Or at least I'm hoping.

i can't say much about those programs as i don't really know them. 

> Btw,I did apply the unsharp mask to the image with different settings 
> and sent you the best one.Its obvious I'm applying too much of a blur 
> during the creation process and need to tone it down some.Just hate 
> those darn jagged edges.Of course those edges won't show up when the 
> image is reduced in size so what the heck.This bad habit is  from not 
> being use to scaling my images down to icon size (if that makes any
> sense). Back to the drawing board.  :)

yes, hopefully you can work around these problems, maybe by using svg in
the first place? anyway, good luck :)



regards, 

        tooar


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