Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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Hi Fred,

I've been playing a bit more with trying to create an updated Spider Basic app icon. This time I used a proper SVG graphics program (Autodesk Graphic) on the Mac to achieve something a little more professional (I hope). For example, this version has a two-tone border and a drop shadow:

SVG file:
http://www.shimeril.com/files/SpiderBasicLogo2.svg

PNG export:
http://www.shimeril.com/files/SpiderBasicLogo2.png
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.icns file for OS X:
http://www.shimeril.com/files/SpiderBasicLogo2.icns

As ever, if you do like these, feel free to use them for SB.
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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It's good looking ! Just tried to download the new .icns to try it, but it says 'file not found'
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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My apologies. I had the "B" in the filename as lower case on the server - I've corrected it for you and the link above should now work.
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Looks good, thanks ! Are the 512x512 and 1024x1024 formats really needed in the .icns file ?

edit: I think it's for the retina display, right ?
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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To be honest I am not sure what the formal requirements are for icns files. I just use a small app from the App Store called "Icon Tool for Developers" (free) that resizes a source image into all the required sizes and bundles them up.

I don't have access to any retina Macs so I'm afraid that I cannot test to see whether the icons look OK on those - maybe somebody else on the forums with a retina Mac could take a look for us?
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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Actually, a couple of the iOS devs at work have Retina MBPs - I'll send it along to them and ask them to check out how it looks.
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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They said it looked fine.
This set looks okay to me

Note: if you are not using asset's catalogs when you added to the app you just need to double check the naming conventions, like e.g. icon_32x32.png and icon_16x16@2x.png are having the same physical size but the first is not for retina screen but the second one is, so the naming convention helps the system to identify which icon should appear in a certain situation.
I think that is probably correct though: as the image was created on a non-retina Mac, it probably uses the 32x32 for a retina 16x16 to keep the detail? Sound about right?
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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Are these logo's still available ?
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Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

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Hi - sorry I discontinued my webhosting at that host.

The icon is now bundled with SpiderBasic (as of 1.40) so you should be able to just lift to from the app.

I'll also update the first post in this thread with links to a flickr copy
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