Yandros on 16/1/2009 at 05:30
You mean roughness along the border between opaque and transparent? You can smooth roughness by softening the edges of the mask. I can give it a go if you send me the PSD file (or export to PSP, which is what I use).
(Sorry if that's a stupid question, I didn't look at the icon yet.)
jtr7 on 16/1/2009 at 05:57
Some of the black pixels added to the shape and shading, and once removed, left pixels poking out from the edges, or bits missing. Has anyone ever seen an official larger version of this design in another context outside of the game icon?
This is what it looks like with all the black removed (enlarged 500%):
Inline Image:
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1481/goldiconenlarged500pctgo1.pngI left some dark pixels in but it's still rough. It'll probably look okay on a dark background.
Here's the (
http://www.mediafire.com/?lznq2jlyq2u)
PSD if someone wants to tweak it.
Yandros on 16/1/2009 at 13:31
I've got this done so far, based on your higher res image above but recoloured to be more like what Hiatus wanted in the OP. It's 128x128 for those who have Vista, and I'll have smaller versions for older OSes.
Inline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/TGIcon.pngI still need to mask out the black and save as .ico, which I can do later today. Hiatus, let me know what you'd like done differently.
EDIT
Whoops, NM, I see you want the original 32x32 icon above but with transparency. I'll work on it.
EDIT 2
Here's the .ico above but with transparency in the middle parts and holes filled in appropriately. Looks pretty good on my XP desktop. I may still finish the larger one for use myself in Vista, if anyone else wants it I'll make it available.
(
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/TG.ico)
Inline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/TG.ico Right-click and Save As...
clearing on 18/1/2009 at 13:14
Thanks, Yandros :D
Hiatus on 20/1/2009 at 13:55
thank you both, jtr7 and Yandros, for the updated icon with transparency.
@Yandros: what have you used as source? this one: (
http://www.potterdevelopments.org.uk/fm/images/TG.gif) ? Doesn't the fact it's only 8-bit (as .gif) the problem (lower quality etc)? Shouldn't icon files be true color normally (24-bit)?
and higher res version (for Vista+) would be welcome, too.
ps anyway, its's now how it should be from the start with golden icon (wonder how LGS could have overlooked it back then - guess there were too busy with making TMA).
Yandros on 20/1/2009 at 14:21
Yes, I started from Potter's GIF for the smaller icon. It's so small I didn't see any point in making a 32bit (24bit colour + alpha channel) icon for it, I don't think the difference would be very noticeable at that resolution. It's just a GIF with single colour transparency, and careful editing.
The larger icon was based on jtr7's up above, but I didn't get around to finishing it yet. For it I'll use an 8 bit mask and alpha channel, probably TGA or PNG, then convert to ICO. I've never done that before, so I don't even know if ICO will support an alpha channel. Does anyone know?
jtr7 on 20/1/2009 at 19:04
It does support an alpha channel, but I've had to wrestle with the software to get it to save with it. The alpha channel is the only reason for the transparency in the icons posted, otherwise it defaults to opaque black or white. I had to convert the format to work with the image, then try to save as an icon or use conversion software, whichever just got the job done.
