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Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:47 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Hi all,

I have created myself a new rounded icon for SpiderBasic, as I was not so keen on the square version.

The .icns file for OS X is >> here <<.

The PNG file I created it from (for other platforms) is >> here <<

And here is what it looks like (smaller version of the above PNG):

Image

Fred, if you like it, feel free to use it on any platform. Or just ignore this if it is not to your taste of course.

UPDATE: I no longer use the above web hosting. Here is a new link to the main PNG file (note that it is now included with SB as of 1.40 so you probably already have it)

https://flic.kr/p/M6MS7N

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:18 pm
by Fred
It does look good, thank you ! I will probably update it for 1.30

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:40 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
My pleasure. :)

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:59 pm
by Fred
I tried, but it doesn't look OK with very small size like 16x16 or 32x32. I will try to find another way.

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:06 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Maybe for those sizes revert to the square?

I used an autoscaling icns making app to create all the sizes from the original - let me see whether it has some fine tuning options

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:25 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Malheureusement, non.

No options - I'll have a go at resizing the original file to 32x32 and 16x16 to see if it's any better.

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:32 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Manually rescaling the 512x512 image to 32x32 and 16x16 using the Preview app gives:

Image and Image

Is that any better?

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:58 pm
by Arbrakaan
Nice logo SparrowhawkMMU !

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:35 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Arbrakaan wrote:Nice logo SparrowhawkMMU !
Thanks, but all I did was to pass the existing image into a couple of small apps that create icons and icon sets for me. All of 5 minutes - I don't have any artistic abilities I'm afraid :D

Re: Alternative SpiderBasic Logo

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:31 pm
by SparrowhawkMMU
Now I've started playing around with OS X folders, but I'm not quite sure that they work as well. Still, I'm using the grey one for my own copy of SB and it looks not too shabby in the Applications folder.

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If anyone wants one of these, let me know and I'll upload a DMG file with them in it.