ITS A GIRL THING

Friday, April 20, 2007 by RoseNell | Discussion: Customization Software

oK, I wish that when Icons are made for the Desk Icons that more times they would all so make them for Object Dock. I know , it must be a girl thing but I like my things to match. I know I am just a user and not a contributing skinner , but I do love this site and think you skinner's are wonderful artist. I have this great wall and can't find Icons to match to make it look GREAT. Thanks
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RoseNell
Reply #1 Friday, April 20, 2007 10:16 AM
I do want to want to make a follow up. I do contribute with ScreenShots with all YOUR work. LOL, But at least I showcase them.
In Light & Love

Lantec
Reply #2 Friday, April 20, 2007 11:46 AM
You might try this......
Open Iconpackager and select the icons you want to use then go to settings and under "Saving Icon Packages" make sure the check box next to "Save Package as Individual Icons" is checked. Then do a File > Save As (or save) You'll then need to use Windows Explorer to go to C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconPackager\Themes\xxxxxxx to find your icons.

Alternately you could open the package in IconDeveloper and export the ones you want to use.

RoseNell
Reply #3 Friday, April 20, 2007 3:58 PM
I am not sure I understand that. I am talking about to different Icons. One being Desktop icons and Object Dock Icons. I know how to use them Just would like more set of each one to match.

elvee
Reply #4 Friday, April 20, 2007 4:08 PM
You could also drag the same icons from your desktop onto Object Dock and use them that way to match.

Hope I understood you correctly  

RoseNell
Reply #5 Friday, April 20, 2007 4:17 PM
Oh, will that work that way. I will try. Thanks

elvee
Reply #6 Friday, April 20, 2007 4:23 PM
Oh one thing though, the icon you want to match up might not be of the same quality and will look somewhat fuzzy on Object Dock when magnified.

WebGizmos
Reply #7 Friday, April 20, 2007 6:39 PM
Rose...follow these steps and you can use any icon you have for ObjectDock
1. Open IconPackager
2. Click on the icon set containing the icon you want to use.
3. Click on "Icons and Cursors" on the left.
4. Navigate to the icon you want to use by clicking on the choices at the top.
5. Right click on the icon and choose "Edit using IconDeveloper"
6. Click on the size format on the left which can be anywhere from 256 x 256 to 16 x 16
7. Now right click the larger image on the right and choose "Export Selected" and then "As PNGs" and choose a folder you want to save it to.

Now...when you do this you have to go and rename the png file before trying to save another one because it will overwrite the previous one. I do this all the time if I see an icon I want to use for ObjectDock.


arcturus13
Reply #8 Friday, April 20, 2007 8:32 PM
Rose... another way that works for me....

try AveIconifier2

WWW Link

With it you can drop ico or png files in one side where indicated, and drag the opposite file out the other side.

WebGizmos
Reply #9 Friday, April 20, 2007 10:40 PM
AveIconifier works great...Been using it myself for long time...but for what she wants to do she'd have to not have them in a package and be able to just unzip them in a folder to use it. The nice thing about AveIconifier is it maintains the original file name.

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #10 Saturday, April 21, 2007 4:54 AM

I do mine like this:

Open IconPackager, Settings, and check "Save package as individual icons". Then select the package you want and 'File' > 'Save Package as', browse to the ObjectDock folder where your icons are, create a new folder with the name of the package and ok. You then have a folder full of icons.

Incidentally, .ico icons look great on ObjectDock, no need to convert to png


WebGizmos
Reply #11 Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:17 AM
Interesting Fuzzy....I'll give your method a try.

Fairyy~
Reply #12 Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:20 AM
Incidentally, .ico icons look great on ObjectDock, no need to convert to png


I agree - I have never converted Icons to pngs to use on Object dock. I Just change each individual Icons on OD by right clicking on each Icon in an existing dock > Dock Item Properties > Change image > navigate to Icon packager > Themes > find the icon pack I want then find the icon > ok

Then I just "save dock theme as"

Erk.
Reply #13 Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:49 AM
I use Fairyy's method too ...just one extra step though ..I like uniformity of filetypes on my docks [yeah, I'm a bit weird ] ...so I convert to .png just before using on the dock. It's a reasonably quick method once you've done it a few times.

MySecret
Reply #14 Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:39 AM
Fairyy~ I have used your method but unfortunately some icon packages do not show up as separate icons...There are many that do not....Layout by Z71 for example. And as a result I was unable to use some icon sets that way.

Web your way does show up those icons that didn't show up before.

Fuzzy your way shows all those missing icon sets and is by far the fastest once you have saved each icon set.

Finally I can use every icon set that I have in my docks...Thank You !~!

And Erk I will be doing a batch convert now with each full set to png. I do as well prefer to use all pngs....I'm funny that way too

It's My Secret

elvee
Reply #15 Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:48 AM
And Erk I will be doing a batch convert now with each full set to png. I do as well prefer to use all pngs....I'm funny that way too


Thats a good Idea. I prefer using .png's myself  

Fairyy~
Reply #16 Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:53 AM
so I convert to .png just before using on the dock. It's a reasonably quick method once you've done it a few times.


I know how to convert them , I just don't use OD as much as I do RightClick. The RightClick program kinda makes the others not needed for getting around but I use it when I see some flashy Icons that I just must have

Fairyy~
Reply #17 Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:56 AM
nfortunately some icon packages do not show up as separate icons


Yes. I've seen that before , but I'm pretty sure you can fix that..but I havent run into it in awhile.

RoseNell
Reply #18 Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:47 PM
Thanks everyone for all your help. Greatly appreciated. Still learning. I am in my second year with Wincustomize and I love it. I am hooked. Its the first site I go to everyday. Thanks again.

RoseNell
Reply #19 Friday, April 27, 2007 9:01 AM
FUZZY LOGIC,,,,,,

I must be doing something wrong. I walk through all your steps but when I get to saving file as and go to OD docklets, I make a new file but it won't let me hit OK, it opens the empty file. Any suggestions?????
Thanks

RoseNell
Reply #20 Friday, April 27, 2007 9:04 AM
Fuzzy Logic....

I have followed your steps , but when I get to Save as , and go to OD and click on Docklets and make a new folder, it won't let me click OK, it open the empty folder.
And suggestions????
Thanks

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