[vlc-devel] New Document Icons for Mac OS X

[Pierre d'Herbemont]

I actually like them. Thanks for your work.

Though:
- I fear that in small (16x16) they will be too much look alike.
- Couldn't the subfile icon be improved, to be more meaningful?
- I dislike the white color that reminds me too much of a generic file
type. What do you think?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Dominic Spitaler
<dominic.spitaler at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've created two new versions of the icon for generic files (subtitles) and
> audiofiles (mp3,…)
> I put them all together on some sort of background so you can see how it
> could look on the desktop.
> By request I'll upload the PSDs for everyone…
> Here's the screenshot
> Dominic
> Am 24.04.2009 um 11:52 schrieb Dominic Spitaler:
>
> Well, for the default generic Icon I thought I'd remove the movie stripes
> (or whatever they're called), and the extention.
>
> For subtitles and playlists I'd too just remove the stripes, but leave the
> extention.
>
> For audio files I'm not really sure what to do here, I could copy the audio
> icons
> from Quicktime, but I'm not sure, that's the right way to do.
>
> One other thing I noticed is, that at the moment the document icons (30
> Files I think),
> have about 1,8 MB file size together, by using my icon it would take up
> about
> 4,6 MB (including a 512x512 and 256x256 Icon), by only using
> 128px and upwards you'd reduce the size to 36KB per Icon (now 60KB)
>
> Of course I'll create all needed icons as soon as the design of the icon is
> finished
>
> Dominic
>
> Am 24.04.2009 um 01:37 schrieb Pierre d'Herbemont:
>
> The concern was expressed by Jb some times ago, if I recall well.
>
> What about non movie file types?
>
> Music, Playlist, Subtitles, come to my mind... Those would need to be
>
> refreshed as well. And all the variant of the icon would be needed as
>
> well. (For the different file extension).
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Dominic Spitaler
>
> <dominic.spitaler at graphische.net> wrote:
>
> Allright, so what now?
>
> Is it ready to land?
>
> Do you guys even want it?
>
> shall I begin exporting the icon for all different file formats?
>
> Dominic
>
> Am 23.04.2009 um 08:38 schrieb Georg Seifert:
>
> This is much better.
>
> Georg
>
> Better?
>
> Hello Dominic,
>
> I think the shadow in the punchings should look more like the outer
>
> shadow of the sheet. I did an adjustment how I think it should look:
>
> schriftgestaltung.de/dateien/genericVLC_GS.psd
>
> regards
>
> Georg
>
> Hey guys!
>
> Updated the icon and fixed a transparency issue.
>
> As it matches the OS X guidelines I'd like to hear what you think about
>
> it.
>
> Preview JPG
>
> PSD for everyone interested
>
> Regards,
>
> Dominic
>
> Am 15.04.2009 um 08:58 schrieb Dominic Spitaler:
>
> Hello!
>
> I have been working on a new Document Icon for VLC on Mac OS X, as I
>
> found the current ones esthetically unpleasing, and not quite “Mac-Like”. My
>
> Icon Design is oriented on the QuickTime Document Icons, to ensure they
>
> blend in the Mac Environment.
>
> Preview Image
>
> PSD Icon
>
> You can download the PSD and make any changes you like. It can be
>
> exported as an Icon using Icon Builder 8.5.1.
>
> I'd love to hear what you think about it. If you want, I'll create a
>
> complete Icon Set for all File Types VLC is capable of playing.
>
> Dominic
>
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