[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #8758: Add reference perspective overlay to Icon-O-Matic.
- From: "jstressman" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:17:11 -0000
#8758: Add reference perspective overlay to Icon-O-Matic.
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Reporter: jstressman | Owner: stippi
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Icon-O-Matic | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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I might be helpful to add the option to toggle a reference layer that
shows the default perspective as illustrated in the Icon Guidelines:
https://www.haiku-os.org/development/icon-guidelines
This way we could more easily ensure that we're at least staying close to
a standard perspective (and thus hopefully avoid issues like #8747 in the
future).
This could be toggled on and off, possibly have its opacity easily
altered, and be able to choose whether or not to be shown above or below
the other layers.
I created an icon very close to the "reference" image from the Icon
Guidelines, but in doing so it raised another question. As you'll see from
the attached image, the top perspectives and even shadow perspectives on
the two cubes differ.
While comparing that reference icon to other "official" icons, such as the
App_GLDirectMode2 icon, it seems pretty clear to me that the reference
image has a higher back-end. The App_VirtualBox icon shares the low back-
end with the GL one... but other icons like the App_MediaConverter seem to
have an even higher back-end angle than the reference image.
How important is it to stick to the reference angle?
If we do add such an overlay to help us "get it right" in the future,
which angle should we go with as the default? The slightly higher top/back
of the reference one with less perspective on its shadow... or the
slightly increased perspective look of the GL / VirtualBox cube icons
(with the lower top/back and the shadow that's slightly thicker up front
and narrower in the back)?
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8758>
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