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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: I don't like this SVG idea...
From:       Kenneth Wimer <wimer () suse ! de>
Date:       2004-01-22 22:26:11
Message-ID: 20040122222611.GB29199 () suse ! de
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* Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe@softhome.net> [Jan 22. 2004 20:53]:
> I think you meant this to go the list, so I'm CCing my reply there.
> 
> Thursday 22 January 2004 14:04
> > Actually, the smaller icons lack contrast.  Under sampling reduces contrast
> > -- they become fuzzy colored blobs at small resolution.
> 
> I think in the case of the Kopete icons' they were simply designed to look 
> good at larger size, but at a small size, the color differences are too sharp 
> and it's hard to tell what exactly I'm looking at (keep in mind I'm looking 
> at 16x16 icons on a monitor with 133dpi).

This is a typical problem with drawing icons using Illustrator. It is
very easy to make things too complex. In addition it shows that the
person who drew them really didn't have a good idea of what to draw
(believe me, I know this feeling myself).



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