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On Aug 5 11:35, Warren Young wrote: > On 8/3/2011 11:49 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: > > > >Warren's has the advantage of a 256 version and that it's more > >tweakable assuming he provides the vector version it's presumably > >based on. > > Sorry, there is currently no vector version. Effects like bevels > and shadows are raster effects. However, based on this: > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/SVG_filter_effects > > it does look like SVG's been extended with the raster effects needed > to recreate my beveled icon. I am installing Inkscape now and will > try to do that later, perhaps today, perhaps not. > > In the meanwhile, here's my new beveled Cygwin logo: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.psd > > Changes from the original: > > - removed the big drop shadow (outer glow still present) > - softened lighting on the wedge > - dropped outer C stroke from white to a light gray > - rebuilt as 1024 px square, not counting the outer glow, > for finer editing control > > This should open in any version of Photoshop going back to the 90s. > (v6 and up, I'm guessing.) While I realize not everyone will have > even that, I'm providing it because it's based on easy-to-edit > procedural effects, rather than flattened raster effects. > > However, I have made a fully rasterized, layered version compatible > with Gimp for those without even Photoshop 6.0: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow-rasterized.xcf Thank you very much. I created an icon set from there. The fact that everything is layered is cool. You can simply change a single aspect of the picture. What I did: - In general the dark shadow of the wedge became too dark (IMHO) when resizing the image to smaller sizes. The wedge looked pretty asymmetrically when small. So I lightend the shadow quite a bit before scaling it down. - For the 256x256 icon I darkened the C stroke a bit, for 48x48 and below I used an entirely white stroke before scaling down. - For the 256x256 icon I kept the dark outer glow, for the smaller sizes I removed it. The 16x16 icon looks blurry when magnified to 800% in gimp, but I'm surprised how good it looks in normal 100%. Is that one ok as default Cygwin icon? I'm going to work on the terminal icon based on Andy's blank-terminal icons and this beveled icon next, as well as on a new setup "box" icon. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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