IconPress Icon Maker

[miker1264]

I like IconType, IconSplit and IconPress. 

[AMIGASYSTEM]

They are actually the prettiest images I could find, then I edited them to fit better.

For the Others I couldn't find any better

[miker1264]

They are actually the prettiest images I could find, then I edited them to fit better.

For the Others I couldn't find any better

Thanks. I'd like to use them if you would attach the archive.

BTW I'm working on a technique to add Drop Shadows and Glow Borders programmatically. I probably won't add a menu system to IconPress because with the small icon tools I prefer the KISS approach (keep it super simple).

But I may add these functions indirectly. And they will be part of some of my other graphics applications. 

The glow border from IconEditor is a simple neon effect and it doesn't resemble the Icaros Glow Icon border. I need the glow border to be 95% to 98% accurate so that the HSL hue vales are the same so that my Tint Green & Tint Blue functions work correctly to make green & blue glows with HSL Rotation. 

So the glow border technique that I have developed is very graphics intensive but it produces impressive results. I first generate a "glow mask" using the standard HSL hue value range for the yellow glow border (hues 45-57). This is pastel yellow to olive green. The glow mask does not include the RGB pixel data of the icon image at this point. The next step is to apply a smoothing algorithm to blur the edges. The next step is post processing to lighten the glow pixels and perform alpha blending where needed. The last step is to overlay the original RGB pixel data on top of the glow mask.

So far the results are highly accurate. It's a work in progress. Attached are the sample images including the glow mask. Now you can compare the result of the generated glow border "Def_Picture_Result.png" with the original glow border "Def_Picture_Original.png".

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Yes as soon as I create the icons I will attach the archive !

IconEditor needs to be improved, the developer told me that on AROS and OS3 it was missing an essential component that is only present on Os4.

The Glow of IconEditor in my opinion is better than the Ken Glow Icons also used by icarOS, only IconEditor uses only one hue, it would be enough to make a blend of rays to get a more appealing glow.

In the future I will certainly use your tools to create or improve the quality of my Icons

[AMIGASYSTEM]

I created the second faces for all the icons, and then tried to improve the icons you didn't like

I attach Icons archive

[miker1264]

Testing some color variations.

[miker1264]

I was experimenting with alternate drawer icons.

This is the Silver Series.

I particularly like the pastel icons on the bottom as well as the bright blue & medium blue icons on top.

If these are appealing I will make some more PNG Icons. 

What do you think?

[Amiwell]

great miker good job

[AMIGASYSTEM]

miker are elegant and professional !

[miker1264]

Here are some Ram Disk Icons for you to use.

The black icon is the original def_Ram icon. The two purple Motorola Icons I painted myself. The circuit board images were borrowed from Linux to make an icon.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Very Nice, the Icon with the circuit board was installed on AROS one, I found it on the Web, above the Cip was drawn a note, on AROS One 2.0 it has been changed now it is round and it is inserted in a ring

[miker1264]

Very Nice, the Icon with the circuit board was installed on AROS one, I found it on the Web, above the Cip was drawn a note, on AROS One 2.0 it has been changed now it is round and it is inserted in a ring

Thank you. Some of your earlier icons such as for AROS One 68k version 1.2 are very appealing to me.

Although the Folder Icons & 3D Button Icons you currently use are also nice if you like that style. I do however like the Flat Button Style (Squared Icons) such as for PNG, BMP, etc. The simplistic look & feel is very nice.

Your custom icons require a lot of work to maintain them & make new icon sets. Your time is much appreciated.

[miker1264]

Rather than start a new topic I will just mention it here. 

I've decided to add another small icon app called "IconTint". It can be used at the command line or in a display window.

I have the working code in my main graphics program but it needs some enhancement. It does just what the name implies - it changes the default Neon Yellow (Gold?) glow border of an icon image to either Neon Blue, Green, Red, Orange or Purple and it allows you to save the new image.

I use it often and I thought it may be useful for others. It will be posted when finished. It will use a small window with a menu. No user interface needed which makes it easier.

I could give a lengthy explanation as to how I discovered this technique and how it works. Maybe I'll add that later. Brief explanation: it involves HSL Color Rotation of the hue values in an original glow border (hue range 46-57 degrees). We simply supply a new hue value to add to these values.

Let me know if this seems useful.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Great App, question, possibly you will be able to use it to change the glow color on an icon set? if it will be possible I will put it on each Icon Set, that way, from icon with a script you can install the Icon Set, is then with a second icon change the Glow.

The Icons of AROS One 68k v1.2 were not icons created by me, I had taken them from HERE, then in order not to have copyright issues, I preferred to create them myself.

[miker1264]

Great App, question, possibly you will be able to use it to change the glow color on an icon set? if it will be possible I will put it on each Icon Set, that way, from icon with a script you can install the Icon Set, is then with a second icon change the Glow.

The Icons of AROS One 68k v1.2 were not icons created by me, I had taken them from HERE, then in order not to have copyright issues, I preferred to create them myself.

Thanks for the icon information. I will have a look. 

As for changing the glow border tint for AROS One icons you would need a slightly modified IconTint app that will account for the hue ranges for your custom icon images.

Kens Icons (aka Icaros PNG Glow Icons) have a specific range of hue values. I would need to identify the hue range for your icons. Maybe send me some sample icons one for each glow border tint color (red,blue,green,yellow,orange, purple). Then I can find the hue ranges. Anything is possible. As far as batch mode - why not. It's possible.

But IconTint only works with PNG icon images not complete icons. So we need another tool to "split" the icon. I noticed that in System:c we have "join" but no "split". Someone should write an icon split command line app. 

So here is the simplified process. Icon split, icon tint, icon join, icon exchange.

But it all takes time. Thanks for your patience.