MacOS X icons --> WinXP icons?
Monday, July 23, 2001 by Serge Ponderosa | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
The new XP icon format is really nice (24 bits + 8 bits alpha channel). I hope we'll soon see a lot of these. In the meantime, is there a program to convert MacOS X icons to XP icons? Or maybe some tips? Gif Movie Gear doesn't seem to be able to open Mac icons 
paxx
Reply #2 Monday, July 23, 2001 6:39 AM
Reply #2 Monday, July 23, 2001 6:39 AM
If you have Java, there's also ResCafe, which seems to save 32 icons with alpha: http://www.cs.msstate.edu/~smithg/ResCafe/
Serge Ponderosa
Reply #4 Monday, July 23, 2001 8:26 AM
Reply #4 Monday, July 23, 2001 8:26 AM
Thanks for the links, Paxx! I downloaded both, but no luck. IconShop can't save the alpha channel and ResCafe won't even run on my machine.
Maybe I'll try a Mac emulator to run IconBuilder
BTW, isn't it weird that icon editors are so conservative while there are so much customizing programs pushing the Windows boundaries to the limit? While Windows introduced 24 bits and 48x48 icons in 1995, it took years for most of the icon editors to support them. I hope we won't have to wait so much for alpha channel support!
Maybe I'll try a Mac emulator to run IconBuilder
BTW, isn't it weird that icon editors are so conservative while there are so much customizing programs pushing the Windows boundaries to the limit? While Windows introduced 24 bits and 48x48 icons in 1995, it took years for most of the icon editors to support them. I hope we won't have to wait so much for alpha channel support!
paxx
Reply #5 Monday, July 23, 2001 10:54 AM
Reply #5 Monday, July 23, 2001 10:54 AM
Yeah, Rescafé's instalation isn't easy to figure out. But I would think Peter Stuer will probably make alpha channels available in a future release of IconShop. Maybe you can email and ask him: [email protected]
Take care.
Take care.
Serge Ponderosa
Reply #6 Monday, July 23, 2001 7:20 PM
Reply #6 Monday, July 23, 2001 7:20 PM
Paxx, I listened to you and I wrote to Peter Stuer. And... guess what? He's already developping a new IconShop version with XP support! But he can't test it because he don't own a WinXP version. Needless to say, I was glad to help and... lo and behold! It works like a breeze!
You know what? I'm happy Thanks again, Paxx!
and... lo and behold! It works like a breeze!You know what? I'm happy
Thanks again, Paxx!
plastic
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:36 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:36 PM
That's what I call good news, Peter Stuer was always right ahead on development, but looking forward to this very much (and thanks you both for speeding it up)!
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Reply #1 Monday, July 23, 2001 6:36 AM