New icon for XnView
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Pierre - right, icon in exe is better, not perfect though, but...
Pierre and robc - most important is small icon and it looks bad on dark backgrounds.
We could try to improve it, otherwise we should use icon with background.
I'll try to improve it, robc you could try too, all we need is to replace white/black border with orange (not with transparent).
Edit - I need original transparent 16x16 icon... Pierre please?
Pierre and robc - most important is small icon and it looks bad on dark backgrounds.
We could try to improve it, otherwise we should use icon with background.
I'll try to improve it, robc you could try too, all we need is to replace white/black border with orange (not with transparent).
Edit - I need original transparent 16x16 icon... Pierre please?
An alternative is keep the icons like now and only change the 16x16 ones by adding a background, maybe not a simple square as before but some kind of back that make the icon loook better in this size, i will work in something and show up on monday.
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Yes, that's what I want (if we don't make perfect 16x16 transparent icon).danilloOc wrote:An alternative is keep the icons like now and only change the 12x12 ones by adding a background, maybe not a simple square as before but some kind of back that make the icon loook better in this size, i will work in something and show up on monday.
Yes, current icon with black border is too 'thin'.robc wrote:What do you mean, Dreamer? replacing the white/black border with a shade of orange different from that of the logo?
But, someone must create such icon - and soon, otherwise - you know...
I think current 16x16 transparent icon is maybe even worse than old with grey background - and we can't change it.
I've trying to play a bit with the icon waiting for some inspiration, but it's very hard to shrink an image with that much detail to 256 color and get good results.
an alternative is to add a background or find an alternative for the brushed eye...
an alternative is to add a background or find an alternative for the brushed eye...
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I know, also orange is not the best for transparent background...VuDu wrote:I've trying to play a bit with the icon waiting for some inspiration, but it's very hard to shrink an image with that much detail to 256 color and get good results.
Yes, I think it would be better than current transparent icon, but robc don't want background.VuDu wrote:an alternative is to add a background or find an alternative for the brushed eye...
BTW robc - you don't want a background, but your avatar looks the same as my suggestion.
Nope... my avatar is a crystal button with rounded corners, you've always spoken about a flat white or black background, an ugly substitute for an uglier grey old-style square button... bleah! And then, it's an avatar, not an application icon to be displayed on a title bar and taskbar... Furthermore, such a design in a 16x16 size would be unrecognizable. Why do you all think orange on transparent is not good? Orange stands out enough both on light backgrounds and dark backgrounds, much more than other colors.
I'm working on it as we speak (LOL... made it sound important )
I've been trying different positions with the "eye", since it's not 1:1.
another alternative is to use some other xnview-related image... for example, i tryed using the black-squared "V" from the big logo, but the result wasnt that good.
edit:
what do you think?
I've been trying different positions with the "eye", since it's not 1:1.
another alternative is to use some other xnview-related image... for example, i tryed using the black-squared "V" from the big logo, but the result wasnt that good.
edit:
what do you think?
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I don't think, I know, do you really think this is nice?robc wrote:Why do you all think orange on transparent is not good?
This one looks much better IMO - .
Thank you!VuDu wrote:I'm working on it as we speak (LOL... made it sound important )
Could you try to do also such (16x16) icon please? I mean the same as a third icon on image below. Dark blue should be transparent. We (and Pierre) could choose the best then.
It's the main xnview icon, so we should use xnview icon IMO.VuDu wrote:another alternative is to use some other xnview-related image... for example, i tryed using the black-squared "V" from the big logo, but the result wasnt that good.
Here's a quick test: is it so bad on all backgrounds? This is the "real thing" in 16x16 which should be used to choose, not the bigger size as Dreamer has posted (in bigger sizes borders get much more noticeable); I know it's almost unrecognizeable, but at that size all outlined icons have this problem. My suggestion (as I already mentioned some posts above) is either to redesign a logo or keep the existing one and just redesign the smallest icon, as many have done for their apps to compensate for the few available pixels.
Or a "bolder" version
Or a "bolder" version
Not too bad on dark background, but perhaps a simple white background will be good for the 16x16 icon...robc wrote:Here's a quick test: is it so bad on all backgrounds? This is the "real thing" in 16x16 which should be used to choose, not the bigger size as Dreamer has posted (in bigger sizes borders get much more noticeable); I know it's almost unrecognizeable, but at that size all outlined icons have this problem. My suggestion (as I already mentioned some posts above) is either to redesign a logo or keep the existing one and just redesign the smallest icon, as many have done for their apps to compensate for the few available pixels.
Pierre.