Looks great, David. One question: isn't it OK to use compression on the
8-bit icons?
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Subject: Creating color icons with Constructor
>
>
> I'm not sure there's ever been a complete step-by-step process posted to
lead
> people through creating color icons for their project. So I wrote one;
here it
> is. (It will also be added to the Knowledge Base very soon.)
>
>
> To use Constructor to create icons that work both in black and white, and
in
> 8-bit color, do the following:
>
> - upgrade your CodeWarrior r6 with the 3.5 SDK from
> http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/tools/ and add the updated Constructor
which is
> in the seeding area of the Pavilion at http://www.palmos.com/dev/pavilion/
> - remove the old icons from your project, so you don't confuse things by
> having duplicate objects
> - create a new App Icon Family, with ID 1000, by clicking on "App Icon
> Families" and pressing control-k. Select the ID if it isn't already 1000,
and
> set it to 1000 since that's the ID you must use for the large application
icon.
> - Double-click on the new App Icon Family you created. Specify a width
and
> height of 32 pixels, then click where it says "Family Items" and press
control-K
> twice.
> - Set the first family member to be a one-bit depth icon, no
transparency, no
> compression, and then make up a new bitmap ID (I usually use 1001 for this
> icon.)
> - In the second family member, set its depth to 8 bit, with
transparency, then
> choose a color that will be the transparent color (I use the bright green
one
> near the bottom left corner), turn off compression, and then make up a new
> bitmap ID (I use 1008.)
> - Click the "Create" button for the first (black and white) family
member.
> The dialog that comes up will let you edit that icon. (Its title bar says
> "Bitmap ID 1001", that's correct.
> - Go to the Options menu, and select "Set Image Size". Specify 32 by 32
and
> click "Resize".
> - Go to the Colors menu, and select "Black & White (1-bit depth)".
> - Draw your icon. Even though the window is 32 by 32, you should only
use the
> top 22 pixels, and your drawing should be no wider than 22 pixels,
centered
> horizontally in the window. This is not strictly necessary unless you
want to
> maintain compatibility with all versions of Palm OS and all the known
> application launching programs. 22x22 is the "proper" size, but using
32x32 and
> centering horizontally but not vertically will make it work everywhere, at
the
> expense of a few extra bytes in your icons.
> - When you're done with your black and white icon, repeat the process
for the
> 8-bit version. (Click "Create", set the size to 32x32 and the color depth
to 8,
> and draw.) I find it saves time to copy the black and white icon's data
into
> the color icon, and then adjust the colors to look right.
> - To create the small application icons, do the same except create an
App Icon
> Family with id 1001 and new IDs for the icons for the one-bit and
eight-bit
> bitmaps (I use 1011 and 1018), and set the sizes to be 9 high by 15 wide.
>
> Then save and build your project. If you end up with a generic
application
> icon, make sure you're using ID 1000, and are using the 3.5 SDK with
CodeWarrior
> r6.
>
> -David Fedor
> Palm Developer Support
>
>
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