After seeing Alister's video a few years ago, I have been using gimp for my icons!
(Thanks Alister!) On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 18:11 +1300, Alister Christie wrote: > I made this video a few years ago > http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27 > making icons with GiMP. > > However there are some quite good free standalone Icon editors. > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > On 9/11/2010 5:32 p.m., John Bird wrote: > > I have never read up on best practices/sizes etc for creating > > program icons and BMP files for buttons/images etc. Anyone got any > > good references to read up further?? > > > > q1 – I have figured how to create a BMP with transparent background > > for bit buttons etc so the image is not square. How do I create > > same for program ICO files? All my program icons in the task bar > > are square as a result. > > > > q2 – Where does everyone else store their image files? Really they > > should be considered part of the project. Only the IDE does not > > store what the original filename was, so to find the image again > > (for a bitbutton/program icon etc) I have to know what it was and > > where. I haven’t made up mind between storing them in the > > project source folder or a separate images folder... > > > > Any Embarcadero programmers out there reading this – how about the > > IDE stores the names of the files when it loads them, so it can be > > found again. > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > > unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
