How do I make an image into an Icon.

lurk

lurk

Mitä?
I was wondering how does one cross the barrier form being a lowley 128x128 tiff, jpeg, gif or whatever into being an icon. I can copy the icons which I have between items through the inspector window but that is it.

Any ideas? This cannot be hard I would hope...

Thanks,
-Eric
 
Thanks for the links I looked through them and I could only find references for how to deal with icons that are already on the resource side of my mac. But say I have a tiff I would like to become an icon. How do I get it blessed so that it can become an icon itself?

Thanks,
-Eric
 
Just download Iconographer X, par example, and voila! You get a photoshop-like enviroment with complete control, and there you can paste your images into boxes representing the different icon-resolutions and masks.
 
But what is an icon, in technical terms?

Those of us already comfortable with pushing pixels shouldn't need a standalone app just for that use. How "special" can that 128x128x32 pile of bits really be?

Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
 
A computer-icon is a collection of images. The difference between an image and an icon is the possibility to have different graphics for different sizes (ie. simplify it when smaller etc.) and use masks to create transparent or semi-transparent areas. An image is just an image and got no specially made black and white renderings etc.
 
Howdy,

So I tried iconographer and I was able to create ICNS files and to open ICNS files which I had laready made with the dev tools. The problem is that the ICNS files I make with the devtools need to be included in an application before I can see them. Am I missing something here. If I open the same icon file with iconographer I has able to get it to change the icon on the file so that cut and paste would work for changing the icon on a folder. What did I do? I can't make this reliably work...

Why cant I just drop the ICNS file directly into the image well in the info panel?

-Eric
 
I don't like ICNS. I like to save in the Mac OS Universal format. Open the ICNS file you made in Iconographer. Then goto File-->Save As... There's is a drop down menu on the Save As... window. Select Mac OS Universal and save it where ever you want. That should do it.

PS. lurk: I love your Blinky avatar:D
 
Howdy,

I did what you suggested and saved it in universal format. Lo and behold it worked! I am all little concerned about how well these icons will play with CVS... but that is a problem for another thread and maybe a different forum.

Thanks a bunch,
-Eric

PS. I like Blinky to, I used to work at a nuclear plant so he's close to my heart... all seven chambers ;)
 
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