ICONS with black background, why?!?!
Wednesday, December 4, 2002 by MasterAlucard | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
hi..
why do my icons sometimes have a black background and sometimes not,..
and when i put the icons with black background on the desktop, the background is no longer there; only on folders i have the problem..
shouldnt it actually be transparent?!?
do i have to make some widows settings?!?
ps.: which is the best tool for unzipping hundret of ICLs a once!?!?
thanks in advance
yours
vanessa!!!!!!!!
please email me..
[email protected]
why do my icons sometimes have a black background and sometimes not,..
and when i put the icons with black background on the desktop, the background is no longer there; only on folders i have the problem..
shouldnt it actually be transparent?!?
do i have to make some widows settings?!?
ps.: which is the best tool for unzipping hundret of ICLs a once!?!?
thanks in advance
yours
vanessa!!!!!!!!
please email me..
[email protected]
paxx
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:11 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:11 AM
That's a shame though.
An ico file can include icons for many sizes and colors depths. It would be sad if icon makers don't include non-XP icons anymore. But oh well...
An ico file can include icons for many sizes and colors depths. It would be sad if icon makers don't include non-XP icons anymore. But oh well...
MasterAlucard
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:34 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:34 AM
my color depth is 32bit all icons are alpha blended and designed for mac os which i converted for winXP
the icons itself has icons from 16/2 mono till 128x128WinXP
the prob is, that when i use the icons inside a folder i get the icon with the black background (on miniature view) .
if i use the same icon on desktop i get the icon with transparent background...
the icons itself has icons from 16/2 mono till 128x128WinXP
the prob is, that when i use the icons inside a folder i get the icon with the black background (on miniature view) .
if i use the same icon on desktop i get the icon with transparent background...
c242
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:46 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:46 AM
This is 'normal' behaviour on minuature view in XP. 
The shadows are shown as black.
The shadows are shown as black.
Koasati
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 10:43 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 10:43 AM
I don't know what you mean by minuature view, but for the record, my color depth is 24bit, and I have no trouble with XP icons.
c242
Reply #6 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 10:50 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 10:50 AM
That's only if You switch the folder appearance to miniature view in explorer. Icons-files contained in that folder show as described above. Example: http://www.neurobeat.com/temp/MiniViewIcons.jpg
MasterAlucard
Reply #9 Thursday, December 5, 2002 12:54 AM
Reply #9 Thursday, December 5, 2002 12:54 AM
the link shows exactly how i'd like them to be shown..
but when i use the thumbnail view the icons dont have a transparent background like on your pic, but an ugly and annoying black one.-
but when i use the thumbnail view the icons dont have a transparent background like on your pic, but an ugly and annoying black one.-
c242
Reply #10 Thursday, December 5, 2002 2:37 AM
Reply #10 Thursday, December 5, 2002 2:37 AM
They are all black in the background ? Oh... is it with all icons or just with specific ones ? Can You give a link to a set that makes the problems ?
MasterAlucard
Reply #11 Thursday, December 5, 2002 5:40 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, December 5, 2002 5:40 AM
i used to dowload them from another page, where you can download MacOS icons,
here is the link to a icon library on that page :
http://www.xicons.com/downloads/0078libraries.sit.hqx
if you need the file already converted into windows ICL format
download it here:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bilderbilderf/ico/Libraries.icl
you'll see that, if you take an icon from that library and watch it in thumbnail view in a folder there is a dark background, and when you use the same icon on the desktop the background is transparent..
here is the link to a icon library on that page :
http://www.xicons.com/downloads/0078libraries.sit.hqx
if you need the file already converted into windows ICL format
download it here:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bilderbilderf/ico/Libraries.icl
you'll see that, if you take an icon from that library and watch it in thumbnail view in a folder there is a dark background, and when you use the same icon on the desktop the background is transparent..
c242
Reply #13 Thursday, December 5, 2002 7:04 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, December 5, 2002 7:04 AM
Converted the mac-icons and see the 'problem' now. I think, there is no solution. Seems to be a glitch in the thumbnail view of XP.
MasterAlucard
Reply #15 Thursday, December 5, 2002 7:21 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, December 5, 2002 7:21 AM
btw.
how do you convert mac icons into ICLs
i need a fast way because i must convert about 200 hqx files ..
and the way i do convert for windows takes too much time
how do you convert mac icons into ICLs
i need a fast way because i must convert about 200 hqx files ..
and the way i do convert for windows takes too much time
c242
Reply #16 Thursday, December 5, 2002 9:25 AM
Reply #16 Thursday, December 5, 2002 9:25 AM
I purchased Icon Workshop. It has a built-in batch-converter for Mac icons. http://www.axialis.com
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Reply #1 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 9:05 AM