What Icons Are You Working On?
February 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by PoSmedley | Discussion: OS Customization
About six years ago, Phoenixheart started a thread titled 'Rare Icon Request' which got 1907 hits in four years. I cut my teeth on Photoshop doing requests in that thread as did a few other skinners. I lost count of the icons I did. I also lost count of the Iconpackages I started or OD packs I started because of ideas I got from that thread.
Anyway.....there are a lot of great artists out here making icons for all kinds of things. So, what have you got going on with icons? Dazzle us. I know I would love to see. As I plug through my first windowblind (One Piece At A Time -threads) we have skinners making other things to go with it and someone out there is working on some icons as well.
What are you working on? Or are you a first timer looking for tips? Post here!
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Reply #23 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:57 PM
Questions??? I have been making icons for my own personal use via the ico plugin for Photoshop. If I wanted to make them to distribute, how would I go about it? Whenever I try to save icons through icon developer, even though the png is on a transparent background, it always shows up with a black background.
Reply #24 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:20 PM
The black background is an indication that it is being saved as a .BMP image. PNG images have an inherently transparent background. Maybe double check to see what ID is saving it as?
Reply #25 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:56 PM
Do you see me working on anything here?
I'm just doing what we talked about in vStylers thread. Starting some customization threads to help snuff out the BS crossovers from the gamer forums. If I remember, you said....
Quoting Wizard1956, reply 14 The game threads are just space filler until something worthwhile needs posting.
and
Quoting Wizard1956, reply 10Abandoning WC isn't going to make it a better place, more posts by skinners for skinners will.
So.....the real question is why haven't you (with your +1429 Karma and wealth of often good advice on computing and ability to find skins and wallpapers that others think are lost to the web forever) started a thread?
Next time, bring a bigger stick when you come trolling in my schoolyard, wise-ass.
Picture in OP: BUNK. How appropriate.
Bullshit you lazy bastage.
Get back to the skin, OR
I side with the derp.
Reply #26 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 11:01 PM
No, I am saving from Photoshop as a transparent PNG and it shows transparent in icon developer but when I save the icon it saves with a black background. I can open the same png in Photoshop and save as an icon and the background is transparent. 
Reply #27 Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:51 AM
Try this Frankief : When Icon Developer opens to the screen where you set all your format sizes , click on the button in the lower left corner that says "Alpha Channel" --- there you will see what you have your background set as. it should be set to transparent by default, but you never know, it may have gotten changed inadvertantly.
Reply #28 Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:47 AM
It is set to transparent, but it still is saving the PNG as an Ico with a black background. I am lost. It shows with the transparent checkerboard but saves with a black background.
Reply #29 Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:55 AM
do any of the other icons on your desktop have a black background around them ?
Reply #30 Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:55 AM
I used to have that problem with an image viewer. Always did it save a .png with a black background. I got rid of the image viewer. It was irfanview. I use Xnview now. Relevance ...... ?
Reply #31 Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:59 AM
I am trying and can't even duplicate this on purpose.
Exactly how are you saving it in Photoshop? I have tried multiple variations/settings in png format to see if I can duplicate your issue but have yet to do it. Importing the image into ID is pretty straight forward so I'm stuck thinking it's how you're saving it in Photoshop.
Reply #33 Thursday, February 2, 2012 1:51 PM
I also tried every single variation I could to reproduce the issue that Frankief is having , and I couldn't. It has to be something to do with how it is being saved I'm sure. I haven't found an image yet that I could not manipulate to make it do what I want , with the exception of some resizing adjustment issues I've had that vary across different software platforms, but other than that, this one has got me stumped. -- Ace ---
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Reply #36 Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:50 PM
Okay. think I figured it out! I saved the PNG without merging my layers. As soon as I saved as PNG with merged layers, I got the transparent background. I appreciate all of the input and now have a new avenue to explore! 
Reply #38 Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:49 PM
Great Frankief !! So glad to hear you got the problem resolved. That makes my day. Good job ! 
-- Ace --
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Reply #21 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:45 PM
Ow!
Ow!
Ow!
Ow!
You sunk my battleship!!
I think I'll swim off now....blood in the water, sharks and all that.
I do have an idea for a thread. Everyone will be invited.