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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Martin,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>could you give me the original images, please? When I extract them from the windows icons I have a significant quality reduction. The format doesn't care, I can manage every image format.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Marco</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>PS: did you received my mail about wxPython location wizard?</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Da:</B> Martin Landa [mailto:landa.martin@gmail.com]<BR><B>Inviato:</B> mer 23/04/2008 12.03<BR><B>A:</B> marco.pasetti@alice.it<BR><B>Cc:</B> Hamish; GRASS Developer Mailing List<BR><B>Oggetto:</B> Re: [GRASS-dev] New GRASS Icons and Windows<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi,<BR><BR>2008/4/23, marco.pasetti@alice.it <marco.pasetti@alice.it>:<BR>> if you want (and if you consider that appropriate) I could prepare multiple<BR>> icons for windows, with the following format: 16,24,36,48 and 64 px<BR>> waiting for reply... ;-)<BR><BR>multiple sizes within the same icon file would be ok.<BR><BR>Martin<BR><BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>><BR>> Marco<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> Da: grass-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org per conto di Marco<BR>> Pasetti<BR>> Inviato: mar 22/04/2008 1.17<BR>> A: 'Hamish'; 'GRASS Developer Mailing List'<BR>> Oggetto: R: [GRASS-dev] New GRASS Icons and Windows<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Hi Hamish,<BR>><BR>> >ISTR that Windows's .ico files could store multiple sizes within the same<BR>> file, yes?<BR>><BR>> Yes, right!<BR>> In the image I posted, the icon on the right is *multiple* icon, containig 4<BR>> icons: 16,24,36 and 48 px<BR>><BR>> Marco<BR>><BR>> -----Messaggio originale-----<BR>> Da: Hamish [<A href="mailto:hamish_b@yahoo.com">mailto:hamish_b@yahoo.com</A>]<BR>> Inviato: luned́ 21 aprile 2008 23.44<BR>> A: Marco Pasetti; GRASS Developer Mailing List<BR>> Oggetto: Re: [GRASS-dev] New GRASS Icons and Windows<BR>><BR>><BR>> Marco Pasetti wrote:<BR>> > I think that there's a small *issue* with the new icons in Windows: I<BR>> > don't know how is the story on Vista (it seems it's becoming to be a<BR>> > problem developing on Windows and not having Vista to do tests...),<BR>> > but on XP icons must come as multiple icons to do a *good job*; on<BR>> > Linux that's not a problem, but XP just resizes icons and doesn't<BR>> > resample them (and that matters if they need to be displayed in a size<BR>> > different from the original).<BR>> > GRASS icons are in 64px size, while windows commonly uses 16 and 32px<BR>> > size.<BR>> ><BR>> > I usually make icons in multiple format with the following sizes: 16,<BR>> > 24, 32 and 48 px. Using only the 64px size the icons on windows, even<BR>> > at 32px size, seem less definite and, surely, not beautiful as the<BR>> > originals. I attached an example that shows how icons appear on<BR>> > windows at 32px size (the most used, along with 16px size): on the<BR>> > left the original, on the right the modified version (I resized the<BR>> > original 64px icon to 16,24,32, and 48px images and saved all as<BR>> > multiple icon).<BR>><BR>><BR>> AFAIK lib/init/grass.ico is Windows specific, so Windows-ize it as needed.<BR>> ISTR that Windows's .ico files could store multiple sizes within the same<BR>> file, yes?<BR>><BR>><BR>> Hamish<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ____________________________________________________________________________<BR>> ________<BR>> Be a better friend, newshound, and<BR>> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.<BR>> <A href="http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ">http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ</A><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> grass-dev mailing list<BR>> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> <A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev</A><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> grass-dev mailing list<BR>> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> <A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev</A><BR>><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Martin Landa <landa.martin gmail.com> * <A href="http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa">http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa</A> *<BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>