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

Wed Apr 29 20:33:20 CEST 2009

1. You're absolutely right, I'll need to think about the 16x16 icon
a bit more. At the moment they all have the same generic 16x16 design
with just the VLC icon on it.

2. That's the generic Icon used for every filetype there's no special  
icon for.
Of course a more meaningful subtitle icon could be done, but I have no  
idea
how that could look like. Suggestions?

3. Well that's what the Human Interface Guidelines suggest,
I thought It would be a good Idea to follow them.
I love consistency and they blend really well with for example
the Quicktime, iTunes or the Preview document icon…

By the way: If you think the holes in the video icon are too big,  
don't worry
that's just a result of the downscaling of the 512x512 Icon.

I've made a list of all icons available and with which icon I'd  
refresh them:

Audio Icon
A52
AAC
M3U (or generic?)
MP3
OGG
PLS
WMA

Video Icon
AVI
DIVX
DV
MOV
MP4
MPEG
MPEG1
MPEG2
MPEG4
MPG
OGM
VOB
WMV

Generic Icon
generic
ASF
ASX
BIN
CUE
DAT
SRT
SUB

I'm not really sure but aren't there much more file formats VLC can  
play?
Shouldn't there be special icons for those as well? (I'm thinking  
especially
of MKV files. Those are the ones I use most often)

Currently I have an audio a movie and a generic Icon, would we/you
need special icons for streaming, playlist and subtitle files as well?

Dominic

Am 29.04.2009 um 18:27 schrieb Dominic Spitaler:

>
> Am 29.04.2009 um 18:05 schrieb 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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Am 29.04.2009 um 18:05 schrieb 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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