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Re: 256x256 px icons


On Aug 10 12:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 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? ;)

Here's my new icon set for the setup icon using your above C for midgets
in the 32x32 setup icon:  http://cygwin.de/cygwin-setup-beveled.ico

That's better, isn't it?


Corinna

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