Re: 256x256 px icons

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Aug  2 15:49, Andy Koppe wrote:
> On 1 August 2011 21:05, Andy Koppe wrote:
> > On 1 August 2011 09:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> On Jul 31 21:21, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >>> On 30 July 2011 21:22, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >>> > On 30 July 2011 19:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>> >> On Jul 29 21:29, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >>> >>> Attached is my take on this, with 64x64, 48x48, 32x32 showing
> >>> >>> fatbuttlarry's Cygwin symbol inside the Konsole icon, and 16x16
> >>> >>> showing the Cygwin symbol only.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Not bad, but the green border around the C is too dark to set the
> >>> >> C apart from the background. ÂThe border needs some light grey which
> >>> >> allows to recognize the C.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm not sure how to do that, but the attached attempt turn up the
> >>> > saturation of the green outline.
> >>> >
> >>> > It also reduces the blurriness of the whole thing a bit. Apparently
> >>> > it's better to convert an SVG to a high-res bitmap and resize that
> >>> > down with a bitmap program such as Paint.net instead of converting the
> >>> > SVG straight to the target bitmap sizes (at least when using
> >>> > InkScape).
> >>> >
> >>> > The two attached icons differ at size 32: cygwin-terminal2.ico has the
> >>> > Cygwin-in-terminal there, whereas cygwin-terminal3.ico has just the
> >>> > Cygwin symbol. Size 32 shows up in the Windows 7 taskbar.
> >>>
> >>> Further to those two, here's one with the glowy Cygwin symbol all the
> >>> way from size 16 to 64. It's a "remastered" version of the one in
> >>> cygutils; a bit bigger and with the aforementioned brighter green
> >>> outline around the "C".
> >>
> >> Thanks. ÂBut, hmm. ÂThe longer I play with it, the less I like the green
> >> glow. ÂIt adds an eerie touch to the C
> >
> > Now what's wrong with that? Cygwin - mean and a bit eerie. ;)
> >
> >> and it still doesn't set the C
> >> really apart on dark backgrounds.
> >
> > I disagree, looking at a desktop with a darkish picture and dark grey
> > taskbar and window borders.
> >
> >> I think we should go with a grey outline.
> >
> > I did eventually work out how to turn the outline of fatbuttlarry's
> > icon grey. See attachments.
> 
> Having used both variants for a while, I agree that a grey outline
> does look better.

I tried your icons on my desktop and the standalone icon looks good.  In
the terminal icons the beveled C looks better than the fatbuttlarry C,
cleaner, crisper.  It's also easier to distinguish from the dark
background, but that's probably just because you used a darker shade
of grey for the frame.  In the terminal window, a lighter grey really
doesn't hurt.

Generally it looks like your C's are a pixel or two smaller, except in
the smallest sizes.  Gimp shows that you're always leaving a transparent
frame of at least one pixel.  Any reason for that?

I guess we're getting close to the end result now.  The question is
just, should we use fatbuttlarry's bubbly C, or Warrens beveled C?
I like both.  The beveled C exists in 256x256, too.  I like the
beveled C better in the terminal frame, but I like the bubbly C better
standalone.  Maybe we can just use both in this combination?


Corinna

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