Billy wrote: > On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 20:46 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: >> bvc wrote: >> > Overall I like the Human icons and it's probably because of the >> > shadows. It actually has a shadow and not some unprofessional round >> > thing popping out from underneath it, like the svg icons do. For this >> > reason alone, Tango and Tangerine are a mess and makes them >> > distracting and ugly! If you look at my screenshots with tango and >> > tangerine you will see realistic, 'professional' svg shadows. >> > >> > Billy >> Ok, fixed in tango cvs now (thanks jimmac!). I must admit that I never >> quite liked the tone in your complains about the shadows, but anyway, >> now it's fixed. >> We're planning on moving over to svg-filters for the shadows once they >> are properly implented in Inkscape and when librsvg (almost there) and >> ksvg2 renders them perfectly. AndyFitz actually made it working by >> inserting a class into a svg file by hand, so it's not that far away. I >> really own that man a beer. >> Will take care of the shadows in Tangerine sometime this weekend. >> Take care! >> - Andreas >> > I'm happy to see improvement! Might want to consider another important > aspect in icons. Perspective. With the gradients in Tango and > Tangerine, it's obvious they are not intented to be 2d/flat icons. > Adding the perspective element to the shadows has everything to do > with not ending up with icons in between 2d/flat and 3d/life and > therefore unprofessional. > > Open them in tabs and click between them. > *Mine* > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/icons/Tango/Tango-SH.png > <http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/%7Ebvc/dapper-xubu/icons/Tango/Tango-SH.png> > -Folder shadow angles in the direction the folder is facing > -Computer icon has a shadow that is consistent with the folder > -script icon has a diamond with a shadow that places it infront, > making it complete. > -exec icons on the desktop have a diamond shadow laying down behind it > (seem I over did it a little) What is round about a diamond? > -toolbar icons (old) are standing up instead of having a haze around > half of them. Nice. Where can I get hold of the svg's? - Andreas
BTW, I'm sure most already know, but for anyone that doesn't check these outhttp://www.silvestre.com.ar/?p=53
Many of them make attempts and a shadow that is more than a round circle. Just for ideas.
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