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Re: 256x256 px icons


On Aug 10 02:47, Warren Young wrote:
> On 8/9/2011 1:25 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> >Erm... say that again?  Here's where you're losing me.  I don't even
> >know how to make the stroke thicker unless it would be a big, square
> >block.
> 
> Elaborating on steps I gave a few messages up the thread:
> 
> - enlarge the canvas to make room (Image > Canvas Size)
> - right click stroke layer in Layers panel, Alpha to Selection menu item
> - Select > Grow
> - fill selection with stroke color (Edit > Fill with BG Color)
> 
> Voila, the stroke is now thicker.
> 
> But never mind that.  Here's a re-spin of the logo, with the strokes
> thickened and the wedge shadow reduced again.  It looks rotten at
> full size, but it's just what you need for direct resizing down to
> 32 px and smaller:
> 
>     http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-for-small-composites.xcf
> 
> Here's what you get when you resize the C-on-terminal with this
> thicker stroke:
> 
>     http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/terminal-with-c-aa-32.png

That looks excellent, IMHO.  Can I just grab it for the official 32x32
terminal icon?  There's no reason I should duplicate the work, right? ;)


Corinna

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