vjsz Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Well, now i know vista uses PNG as Icon format. but i remember last year at Winhec, before the so call "reset" they talked about the new icon or image format called "Photon" or something. Someone knows what ever happen to that? thast was supposed to be vectorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadsport Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I don't remember hearing anything about "Photon," but weren't they going to go with Vector graphcis? Is that still planned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 When they were talking about Vector graphics, they were talking about the rendering engine, WPF (formerly Avalon). Icons are still in bitmap format, however they support larger resolutions now. By default I believe that is 256x256. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 When they were talking about Vector graphics, they were talking about the rendering engine, WPF (formerly Avalon). Icons are still in bitmap format, however they support larger resolutions now. By default I believe that is 256x256. 586593740[/snapback] You sure? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 So we have 4 sizes: 16x16 32x32 48x48 256x256 Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Photon was some sort of HDR image format that worked with wavelength information. Something along those lines. I wonder what happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 You sure? :unsure: 586594320[/snapback] Yea I remember it was said that all "Longhorn" icons will be scaleable vector images. But with Vista UI guidelines they mention 256x256 PNGs. And when you see pixel sizes, you know what it is... :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 29, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2005 So we have 4 sizes:16x16 32x32 48x48 256x256 Right? 586594313[/snapback] no wrong, Vista Icons are all PNG images saved in an ICO packadge the formats come in 8bit, 16bit and 32bit PNG at res 16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 128x128 256x256 although not all are required only 16x16, 48x48 and 256x256 are recomended, the new vector scaleing can smooth them pretty good to look right at any res but 16x16... these are not vector images, but use vectors to scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 29, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2005 Yea I remember it was said that all "Longhorn" icons will be scaleable vector images. But with Vista UI guidelines they mention 256x256 PNGs. And when you see pixel sizes, you know what it is... :angry: 586594910[/snapback] they never said the "icons" would be vector images, they where talking about vector resizing which is completely different... it's useing Direct3D to find points on an image and use them to resize the image with better quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 they never said the "icons" would be vector images, they where talking about vector resizing which is completely different... it's useing Direct3D to find points on an image and use them to resize the image with better quality 586594948[/snapback] Yeah, I don't think MS said this outright - it was just rumor. I believe that with Avalon we have the option to create our own vector icons however, the shell will not make extensive use of them. I don't know if anybody has noticed but in 5112 and 5219 there seems to be anti-aliasing of the icons going on when they're between sizes. For example, a 200 px icons appears just as smooth as a 256 px icon. In Xp if you scaled things up just one pica everything got grainy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dee Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I thought I read somewhere that the Windows Team is planning on pushing it out to 512 by 512? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcinay Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I thought I read somewhere that the Windows Team is planning on pushing it out to 512 by 512? 586595062[/snapback] Me >> Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Paint >> Ctrl+E >> 512 >> TAB >> 512 >> ENTER/me thinks that's way too big/crazy! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I find 128x128 px icons already too big, even on a 23" Cinema Display. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted October 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 1, 2005 Me >> Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Paint >> Ctrl+E >> 512 >> TAB >> 512 >> ENTER/me thinks that's way too big/crazy! K 586595085[/snapback] Probably, but it's usually easier to scale down than up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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