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Designing icons in Mac OSX

  • 15-11-2006 12:04PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭


    I'm a software developer and I need to come up with an icon for the project files created by my application. The application already has a logo/icon, but now I need to shrink the logo a little, superimpose it over an image of a blank dog-eared page (as is the convention for creating document/project file icons) and save it as a .icns file. Anyone have any pointers on how to do this? I don't have a clue when it comes to graphic design I'm afraid :o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭ErinGoBrath


    If you post up the logo and the image of the dog eared blank doument I'll shrink the logo and merge it into the blank doc for you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    Sweet, thanks. I'll just need to quickly prepare a few bits and pieces, I'll put it up within an hour or two...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    Feck, boards won't allow me to upload the zip file with the image files. Here it is anyway: http://www.box.net/public/yq3pjhckk2

    I'll sent you a PM with a few details now. Thanks again!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭ErinGoBrath


    I've done as requested, I'm not sure whether the Mac OSX required a transparent backround behind the sheet so I did one with a transparent background and one without.

    Non Transparent
    http://www.box.net/public/k5oy0vgvbc

    Transparent
    http://www.box.net/public/e93ct9b4lt


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    Thats perfect! you've saved me about half a day of stumbling around with graphic editors I know nothing about. Cheers again :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭ErinGoBrath


    No problems dude, possibly some good karma for me!


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