Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Talluto
On Apr 7, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > 2. I hate the tool I've been using (a Photoshop plugin named IconFactory; > usability hell) - what tool do you folks like for making icons? We use Axialis IconWorkshop. Have been using it for years and it supports everything icons for Mac a

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-08 Thread Cal Horner
Richard Far be it for me to push some one else's products but I have been using Axialis Icon Workshop for a lot of years and it always comes through. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-08 Thread Roger Eller
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Monte Goulding wrote: > > On 08/04/2013, at 9:31 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > > > I look forward to mergIcon. ;-p > > Not likely to happen... this was all about 8 or 9 years ago. > Yeah, I was kidding. Well... unless you wanted to. It would be a welcome addition, esp

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Monte Goulding wrote: If I remember right I put the errors there because I thought people would rather see an error there than find out that under some circumstances their app gets some generic icon instead of what they wanted. I think people complained so much about those errors that RunRev gav

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-08 Thread Monte Goulding
On 08/04/2013, at 9:31 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > I look forward to mergIcon. ;-p Not likely to happen... this was all about 8 or 9 years ago. > > Seriously, since cross-platform icon creation is so difficult, or at least > inconsistent, I would rather have an opinion in LiveCode to generate ico

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-08 Thread Roger Eller
I look forward to mergIcon. ;-p Seriously, since cross-platform icon creation is so difficult, or at least inconsistent, I would rather have an opinion in LiveCode to generate icons from a png file at build time. ~Roger On Apr 8, 2013 12:08 AM, "Monte Goulding" wrote: > > On 08/04/2013, at 1:

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Richard, under Windows i am using IconWorkshop from Axialis. http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/ IconWorkshop creates icons for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android The Pro (commercial) license costs 69€ at the moment (normally 99) and comes with a lifetime license. There is also a Home version

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread G.W.Gaich
Hello Richard, on Windows I use IcoFX for making icons. http://icofx.ro/ Version 2.4 $49.99 but there is an older Version (1.64 / Freeware) on http://www.chip.de/downloads/IcoFX_28266149.html that I'm using for years. Best Regards Wolfgang Am 08.04.2013 03:22, schrieb Richard Gaskin: Ap

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread Monte Goulding
On 08/04/2013, at 1:43 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> 1. Where in the docs is the list of specific required icon sizes noted? > > I vaguely recall the old-style size restrictions were removed entirely, so > there's no list any more. I forget the details, I just remember those errors > disappeare

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/7/13 8:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: 1. Where in the docs is the list of specific required icon sizes noted? I vaguely recall the old-style size restrictions were removed entirely, so there's no list any more. I forget the details, I just remember those errors disappeared. 2. I hate

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread Richard Gaskin
Stephen Barncard wrote: > I use icon composer that comes with Xcode to convert images to the > icn format or are you referring to a pixel by pixel artwork tool? The Mac side on this is easy. The problem I'm having is specific to Windows. Apparently, as with the transition from Win98 to X

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread stephen barncard
here's a Mac list I found http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/software.php On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:33 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > I use icon composer that comes with Xcode to convert images to the icn > format or are you referring to a pixel by pixel ar

Re: Win ico sizes

2013-04-07 Thread stephen barncard
I use icon composer that comes with Xcode to convert images to the icn format or are you referring to a pixel by pixel artwork tool? On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Apparently there's been a change between LC 4.6.4 and 5.5.4 with regard to > the various sizes of the