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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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