I did a little more tweaking on the icons to add more contrast and
improve the radius on the blue screen...
http://xorengineering.com/dev/icons/

At this point I need a little direction on the use of the
render-icon-theme.py script. I used an existing icon source file as a
reference to create my system-config-boot.svg file but when I run the
script some of the icons are off center.

Bryan



On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Bryan Nielsen <bnielsen1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another version of the icons is complete...
> http://xorengineering.com/dev/icons/
>
> I put a 0.5 pixel radius on the corners of the blue screen but I'm not
> sure it was enough.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Jakub Steiner <jstei...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> ----- "Bryan Nielsen" <bnielsen1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I uploaded the latest render...
>>>  http://xorengineering.com/dev/icons/
>>>
>>> With blue backgrounds, microscopic text and the glossy reflection
>>> from
>>> the computer display icons.
>>>
>>
>> Howdy Bryen.
>>
>> Excellent progress! Still ready for some nitpicks? ;)
>>
>> I would curve the corners of the blue screen slightly. Really just a 
>> half-pixel so it's not that sharp compared to the outer border-radius. You 
>> can also shade the stroke with a gradient as well so it doesn't feel so flat 
>> -- darker on top, lighter at the bottom. I would chop that one pixel row on 
>> the 16x16 so that the switch is surrounded by the same padding on both 
>> sides. Lower the opacity of the white text lines down a notch. Tweak the 
>> switch on the 32 and 48 to be less tall so it's more consistent in shape 
>> between the sizes. The smaller the size, the more contrast you usually need 
>> to put in. As you can see on the glass reflection -- it's nicely visible on 
>> the 48, but a lot harder to make out on the 32.
>>
>> Now that you are getting the hang of it, I am looking forward to more icons 
>> :)
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> --
>> Jakub Steiner
>> http://jimmac.musichall.cz
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