Derek Bump (dreamscapesoftware.com) wrote: > I've used Axialis Icon Workshop, and it is a wonderful program. > It just kinda drives me crazy that, since Revolution is a > development application, that an Icon editor would not have > been already created.
Derek, I think your vision of having an integrated icon creation/editor in the standalone builder is a terrific idea. I would say that creation is more important than editing due to the abundance of artistic software already available. During application development, the icon is the very last item on my agenda. So often, when I go to build my first standalone after a long and laborious development cycle, I just leave the ugly box icon that Rev offers. I would much prefer to at least have a selection of premade icons (like the image library) to choose from. The ability to paste or load in any image would also be a plus. The only important thing to me at this stage of development is to use an image that is colorful and provides a general idea of the type of application. I would want the icon creator/editor to create icons that work in any platform I am building, and in all the required resolutions and bit-depths. The fancy masking functions and photoshop-like filters are not important as long as transparency is honored when present in imported images. When my apps are ready to ship, I can then use photoshop or fireworks, etc. to create better icons. Rev would be a better product if it had this capability regardless of what Mr. Gaskin has to say about it, IMHO. :-) I agree with him that this is no easy task, but if you are driven by your own passions to accomplish this goal, I support your efforts to improve our favorite development environment. Roger Eller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution