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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: zoom border
From:       tackat () t-online ! de (Torsten Rahn)
Date:       2004-01-31 14:19:31
Message-ID: 200401311519.31993.tackat () t-online ! de
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On Saturday 31 January 2004 14:23, Ante Wessels wrote:
> This page has always been at the kde-artist icon guide, but not in the menu. I 
> always overlooked it...
> 
> http://artist.kde.org/zoom.html

Eeew, I already wondered where this one had moved :)
Actually it dates back from the year 2000 IIRC when we thought about _rendering_ the \
icons for large versions altogether (Using blender e.g.) :)  
> A quote: 
> 
> "
> As the 128x128-versions are "closer" to the user you may also add some details 
> that don't change the look of the icon completely. Also you may use a 
> *little* bit more realistic colors. But the overall-experience should stay 
> the same! These "zoom-icons" have to scale extremly well. So you have to use 
> parallel perspective and the icon has to match the shape of the existing icon 
> as exact as possible! Furthermore these icons lack any black outline/border 
> (These would look blurry if scaled). Instead we will add 
> alpha-channeled-shadows. Please do not add this "outline-shadow" yourself! We 
> will do it once all icons are done using a script. 
> "
> 
> Well here is the reason the outline was dropped. But what happened to the 
> "alpha-channeled-shadows"? 

Not really. :) The attempt to go for large scaled icons back in that time was barely \
related to the SVG approach that we went for when Crystal appeared. I'd consider the \
removal of the black lines a design decision when Everaldo created the first Crystal \
icons.

Regards,
Torsten Rahn

> No concept for a sharp border was used at all once kde went svg...
> 
> Cordialemente,
> 
> Ante
> 
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