[Shell Patcher] Tango Icons for Windows

[Update]

Use Miranda and wait for the complete pack :yes:

http://www.miranda-im.org/

[schaggo]

Just an idea, but what about sticking to the topic? I remember it being -on one side- shell patcher and on the other side tango icons for windows. which ever you chose, please stop bloating the discussion thread with promoting sutff not really belonging in here. thanks.

another $0.02

[Update]

Thats not what you'll be saying once Miranda takes over the world :no:

[Kraftman]

Just an idea, but what about sticking to the topic? I remember it being -on one side- shell patcher and on the other side tango icons for windows. which ever you chose, please stop bloating the discussion thread with promoting sutff not really belonging in here. thanks.

another $0.02

Thank you! :yes:

Thats not what you'll be saying once Miranda takes over the world :no:

Chill about all these different programs you are obsessed with. We don't care.

[vertigosity]

Thats not what you'll be saying once Miranda takes over the world :no:

Miranda might take over the world... but Patricia Mcmillian will make it off the planet before the Vogons blow everything to ****. And that's why penguins are best, even if Zooey Deschanel is hot :laugh:

Edit: When the **** did NW turn off the swear filters?

Edited September 5, 2006 by vertigosity

[The Regal Wind]

Vert, I'm just gonna assume you're reading a Douglas Adams book, 'cause that was an awesome reference.

Also, good job again. I can't say this enough. XD

[SooperDoode]

On a side not does anyone know any good iTunes skins? All the ones I've seen are pretty bad.

I've lookd and haven't seen any. One might have popped up though! Check dA or Google it :)

It's raster. Raster=bitmap.

I didn't really think it needed to be said, but you're supposed to do the SVG first... making a PNG is irrelevant, you just generate the sizes you need upwards from the SVG :p

I have no idea what you just said :p. I know I was supposed to do the SVG but I have no clue how to make one....I really am not very knowledgeable with SVG's. I tried looking online for something and Adobe said Illustrator made them but whether that is true I'll never know. Anyway...sorry! I know I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff. I'll stop offering to make icons now :pinch:

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photoshop shouldn't really be used for icon making...no...photoshop should not be used for icon making

[SooperDoode]

photoshop shouldn't really be used for icon making...no...photoshop should not be used for icon making

Would you mind elaborating as to why Photoshop should not be used for icon making?

[Update]

Well, most of its fairly obvious if you've ever used a vector based program like illustrator before, main point being the lines and vector capability, but for something that REQUIRES .svg, or some kind of scalable vector suppport photoshop has non-existent support....just try to save as svg and see what happens.....

best bet, "render" (draw) in illustrator and if absolutely needed export to photoshop, while losing the vector capability

may i suggest a worth investment of your time (aka download time if you know what I mean :whistle: ) to Creative Suite 2

[vertigosity]

Inkscape - it's free, it's legal, hey, it's what I use to do vector art. And unlike the GIMP, it feels at least somewhat like a normal Windows app. Illustrator is Adobe's software for doing it; I think Jimmac (the creator of a lot of the Gnome and Tango icons) used it before he moved to Inkscape himself.

In the olden days, when icons were only a few sizes, people used primarily raster/bitmap editors to do icons, but these days, vectors are where its at, since it's easier to play with them after the fact, scale them to size, and display them at different sizes. Tango actually specifies that you do >=48x48 in SVG, so if you wanted to be Tango, SVG is pretty much a requirement. All the smaller sizes can be done in a raster editor, but usually tweaking the SVG is enough, or at least gives you a very good start.

[SooperDoode]

@TEMPNEGROQ: Very good elaboration....thank you!! I've been using Photoshop CS2 for months now and it's usually great for me but as I really have only had experience creating UI images I did think of using something else. Illustrator is great with smoothing out lines which is why I wanted to use it but the er..."investment" is a pretty large one. Thanks for the advice though! I understand all this icon making business better now :)

@vertigosity: How does InkScape compare to Illustrator? Does it smooth out lines and all or is that typical when creating vectors? Nevermind. It does smooth out lines...even does calligraphy! Very nifty :D I do apologize for my lack of knowledge with all of this. I usually teach myself tech things by breaking stuff and trying to fix them :blush:

Edited September 6, 2006 by SooperDoode

[vertigosity]

@vertigosity: How does InkScape compare to Illustrator? Does it smooth out lines and all or is that typical when creating vectors? I do apologize for my lack of knowledge with all of this. I usually teach myself tech things by breaking stuff and trying to fix them :blush:

^Best way to learn stuff. Hey, that's what I've always done :yes:

As far as I know, anti-aliasing is pretty much par for the course in vector image software. In fact, I haven't been able to find an option in Inkscape to make graphics with aliasing. If there was one, it'd be useful for playing with some stuff, like 16-color graphics for stuff that needs 'em. Of course, I've never played with Illustrator - since I'm a dialup man, its actual work to pirate stuff.

[SooperDoode]

^Best way to learn stuff. Hey, that's what I've always done :yes:

As far as I know, anti-aliasing is pretty much par for the course in vector image software. In fact, I haven't been able to find an option in Inkscape to make graphics with aliasing. If there was one, it'd be useful for playing with some stuff, like 16-color graphics for stuff that needs 'em. Of course, I've never played with Illustrator - since I'm a dialup man, its actual work to pirate stuff.

Yup, for the most part lines come out amazingly clean. My gosh...it almost makes me want to scrap Photoshop completely. InkScape is also really low on resources which is a nice differance...enough of that though. I'm playing around with that foobar icon again. Maybe I'll actually make something decent this time ;). As for pirating stuff, I have DSL and it is still work for me. Just don't like the hefty price tag of some software out there. Nice to see free alternatives!

[russellc]

would there happen to be a list of files that this modifies?

and also, does it automatically create a backup copy of each modified file?

thanks!

[Suicide]

omg im so out of space (drunk & stoned) to read those 5 new comments!

thanks for your hard work, vertigosity, you know who you are!

[agt]

Lucky. Wondering if theres a tangofied Xbox icon? Figured here was the best place to ask.

[saiz66]

I found a problem (not a huge one) when using the tango icons. I attached a pic, in which you can see in thumbnail view some folders arent changed to the the tango folders. Anybody know how I can fix this? Sorry if this has been posted before since I dont feel like reading 70 pages :p .

[Lee G. Veteran]

Tools > Folder Options > View > Check Do not cache thumbnails > OK ;)

[saiz66]

@ lcg : Thanks a lot!

by the way these are the best icons ever!!!

[MasterC]

Tools > Folder Options > View > Check Do not cache thumbnails > OK ;)

You can also right click the folder, and click refresh thumbnail, I believe.

[vertigosity]

Just as a heads up to anybody who's hanging on the edge of their seat waiting for the next point release, I've been feeling really lazy about working on this lately, so I'll probably skip this month.

would there happen to be a list of files that this modifies?

and also, does it automatically create a backup copy of each modified file?

thanks!

It does create backups for everything it modifies. I don't really have a list, the closest thing there I have is the NSIS script that modifies it. I'd have to clean it up and format it if you want a look.

[saiz66]

If I wanted to change an icon, where would all the tango icons be located?

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If I wanted to change an icon, where would all the tango icons be located?

Tango icons are good enough not to need editing. But if you want to make a new one with the same characteristics:

http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project

[Suicide]

uh, too bad to hear about skip :[