Phoon
Comment #2 Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:52 PM
Comment #2 Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:52 PM
Agree with tintin67, the screenshot looks fantastic but is hardly an accurate representation. My default setting is 32x32 size. My screen res is 1280x1024. At these Default settings the icons appear to be blurry little specks on the taskbar and tiny undistinguishable images on the all programs menu. In icon view mode of explorer, they are also small and grainy looking. There are no glass covers on any icons I see except for my email client icon.
I did bump the size up to 48x48 and a SLIGHT improvement was noticed but not much.
Are you running any special settings which make these icons appealing? Please share that info if you would because the screenshot images look great.
I did bump the size up to 48x48 and a SLIGHT improvement was noticed but not much.
Are you running any special settings which make these icons appealing? Please share that info if you would because the screenshot images look great.
BoXXi
Comment #3 Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:57 PM
Comment #3 Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:57 PM
tintin67: If you view the icons on a white background, you won't see the glass bowl effect, as a glass effect is achieved by using white. As for the other stuff, I have no idea why it would appear corrupted, I made it the same way as everyone else does, by starting with a 256x256 .png image and letting Icondeveloper convert them to icons using the Lancosz 3 setting which the developers recommend. Maybe the images aren't suitable for small icons, I don't know........ I have only just started making icons, so maybe I will learn as I go on. Thanks for letting me know, and for the kind words.
Fairyy~
Comment #4 Friday, June 23, 2006 5:39 AM
Comment #4 Friday, June 23, 2006 5:39 AM
I had to download these to my desktop and then right click on the download - open with " winzip " then click on your package. It applied the package but the icons still werent in IP . For unknown reasons the download went in temp internet files - but I just went there and cut and pasted them into Icon packager themes - no problem.( If I open the normal way they automatically open with Icon developer and it says " corrupted " .)
This is not the first time I've run into this problem. Im not sure its anything you have done or not done. Certain versions of IP acted this way. and noone takes the time to comment so its hard to tell if its only a few have trouble opening the package. Not everyone has the newest versions. But for me ...this way of opening works. The icons look best when IP is set on " Large icons " I think they are just too detailed to be viewed in small mode...but, used in DesktopX - they look great.
This is not the first time I've run into this problem. Im not sure its anything you have done or not done. Certain versions of IP acted this way. and noone takes the time to comment so its hard to tell if its only a few have trouble opening the package. Not everyone has the newest versions. But for me ...this way of opening works. The icons look best when IP is set on " Large icons " I think they are just too detailed to be viewed in small mode...but, used in DesktopX - they look great.
tintin67
Comment #5 Friday, June 23, 2006 7:17 AM
Comment #5 Friday, June 23, 2006 7:17 AM
Hi Mr. Boxxi,
thanks for your reply; I guess that Fairyy is right: you have to view the icons as large as possible (my usual setting is 48x48), since they are so detailed. I'll try them at 64x64 or larger
. Anyway, looking forward to any other IPackages created by you!
thanks for your reply; I guess that Fairyy is right: you have to view the icons as large as possible (my usual setting is 48x48), since they are so detailed. I'll try them at 64x64 or larger
. Anyway, looking forward to any other IPackages created by you!
Bushman
Comment #6 Friday, June 23, 2006 7:41 PM
Comment #6 Friday, June 23, 2006 7:41 PM
Hey dude my only problem is the size and the Globe doesn't show up. I am on a purple background. My res is 1280x1024 and what ever the norm is for icons (size) in win xp but yours are smaller 
sending email of things 
sending email of things 
ShelbyGT_The_Car
Comment #7 Friday, June 23, 2006 11:32 PM
Comment #7 Friday, June 23, 2006 11:32 PM
Everything works ok for me here - but it is a bit smaller than usual size tho...
see link
Link
SGT
nice work Boxxi
see link
Link
SGT
nice work Boxxi
Sea Hourse
Comment #8 Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:55 PM
Comment #8 Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:55 PM
I had no problem installing the package but they look terrible on my desktop. Against a black background there is no globe and at 60x60 on Object Dock everything is just a blur. That's too bad because these are the nicest looking icons I have seen in a while. I really hope these can be fixed as they are excellent looking.
DocX
Comment #9 Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:01 PM
Comment #9 Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:01 PM
Nice work man. I think making icons would be such a long and painful process I could never have the patience to make them. (Use a Nikon D200 for the my Pics folder next time) Great work dude!
babyjag
Comment #10 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Comment #10 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Well hey... looks like you've already had a lot of input, but for me the icons are the perfect size and are great, but as with the others, the glass bowl effect does not show. I'm at 1280 res, and norm icon size with a blue background. Hope this helps ya. I could never do it you know... create icons and the like. I think you're the tops!
babyjag
Comment #11 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Comment #11 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Posted twice by accident. That's what you get for getting a comment from a new user huh... sorry
babyjag
Comment #12 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Comment #12 Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18 AM
Well hey... looks like you've already had a lot of input, but for me the icons are the perfect size and are great, but as with the others, the glass bowl effect does not show. I'm at 1280 res, and norm icon size with a blue background. Hope this helps ya. I could never do it you know... create icons and the like. I think you're the tops!
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Comment #1 Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:19 PM
the icons look great on the screenshot, but the package doesn't seem to work properly; when downloading the package I#m prompted to open it with Icon Developer (which is unusual), when doing so ID tells me the file is corrupted. And when opening it with IP the icons aren't shown properly, the glass bowl is missing, for example, and the images are sort of grainy...my (quite new) computer has a pretty good ATI graphics card. Pity, I think your idea is very good and a different approach, I'd really like to use your package!