PPC Application icon 16x16 and 32x32

Mats Boberg

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Jan 22, 2004, 6:01:30 PM1/22/04

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Hi,

I've read that a ppc application icon should be in dubble format with one
16x16 pixel icon and one 32x32 pixel icon.

Has anyone figured out how to create an icon that consist of both 16x16 and
32x32 pixels?

This should be trivial due to all want a presentable product to show the
customers...

I've tryed to use a 16x16 icon, but that icon didn't look good in 32x32
pixels and vice verca...

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Tim Wilson

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Jan 22, 2004, 6:15:27 PM1/22/04

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> Has anyone figured out how to create an icon that consist of both 16x16
and
> 32x32 pixels?

You can do this through the VS.Net IDE. Add a new Icon file to the project
by selecting "File->New->File->Icon File" on the menu. You should now be in
the icon editor of VS.Net. If you look at "Image->Current Icon Image Types"
on the menu you can see all the image types that exist for the current icon.
By default there should be a 16x16 and 32x32 at 16 colors. You can choose to
delete the current image type and add new image types to the current icon
from the Image menu as well.

HTH
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Chris Tacke, eMVP

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Jan 22, 2004, 6:13:16 PM1/22/04

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Use just about any icon editor (I use Axialis AXIcons). Create an icon file
and add two formats (16x16 and 32x32) to it. Design each and then save.

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Mats Boberg

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Jan 22, 2004, 6:42:54 PM1/22/04

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Thanx Chris and Tim

I can't say the editor in vs.net is userfriendly, but it did work!

/Mats Boberg

Isaias Formacio Serna

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Jan 22, 2004, 7:47:35 PM1/22/04

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What about the number of colors??
16?? Isn't that poor???

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Mats Boberg

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Jan 22, 2004, 7:53:37 PM1/22/04

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256 worked fine for me!

/Mats.

Isaias Formacio Serna

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Jan 22, 2004, 8:24:11 PM1/22/04

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I found out that the maximum number of colors displayed by a Pocket PC is
4,096 which are 64bits if anyone tries this before me, i'll appreciate if
you post if it works...

Thanks,

Isaias

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Chris Tacke, eMVP

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Jan 22, 2004, 8:42:35 PM1/22/04

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No, in keeping with the icon editors in other MS studio tools like VC6 and
eVC, it pretty much sucks (hence my use of another editor).

-Chris

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Chris Tacke, eMVP

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Jan 22, 2004, 8:52:00 PM1/22/04

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No, 64-bit would be 2^64 values which is something like 18 septillion
colors. I've never seen anything that could edit or display 64-bit color
(not saying it doesn't exist, just that I've not seen it). I'd be shocked
if your eye has that resolution.

32-bit, common with high-end PC graphics cards is 4.3 billion.
24-bit, which is probably the max on most any PPC is 16-million
16-bit, which is probably the max most LCDs can actually achieve is 65k
colors
8-bit is 256 colors, and is suitable for just about any icon I've ever seen.

Using greater than 8-bit color for an icon is basically a (large) waste of
space.

-Chris

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Roberto M. Oliva

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Jan 23, 2004, 2:52:31 AM1/23/04

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Visual Studio let you create those kind of files. Just create a new file of
type Icon, and you can set the different sizes with the menu option: "New
Image Type..." under the "Menu" menu.
If your question is about how can a 32x32 image be created automatically
based on a 16x16 image you can use one of the several icon tools avaiable.
For example: Microangelo.

Hope this helps!
Roberto

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Isaias Formacio Serna

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Jan 23, 2004, 2:21:40 PM1/23/04

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Indeed, my mistake! I multiplied 64^2 instead of 2^64

:S

Thanks.

Isaias

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