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List:       kde-kimageshop
Subject:    Re: cursors and icons
From:       Torsten Rahn <supas121 () juliet ! astrophysik ! uni-kiel ! de>
Date:       1999-12-02 10:29:12
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On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Matthias Elter wrote:

> Am Mit, 01 Dez 1999 schrieben Sie:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > if you really want some cursors and some icons, maybe I can help
> > you ;-)
> Thanks for your offer to help! 
> What we need is:

I don't have much time right now, but fortunately Tomas is there :-)

> - A large/normal/tiny application icon.

You should create the locolor-version first. There's a (slightly 
outdated ) style-guide here:

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/icon-style.html

> - Toolbar icons: 
> We currently use greyscale icons ripped from the GIMP for our tool icons. I'd
> love to see a nice set of colored tool icons. :-) What we need are icons
> for a movetool, paintbrush, eraser, airbrush, selections etc...

there should exist locolor and hicolor versions for the toolbar-icons
(both will be supported soon)

Torsten
 
> - Tool cursors:
> 
> For better visual feedback every tool should have its own editing cursor (a
> paintbrush, a colorpicker, etc...). What we need is somebody to draw them. ;-)
> 
> - Small cursor HOWTO:
> 
> A cursor is a black/white (2bit) image (xbm == x bitmap) + a xbm image used as
> transparency mask. You can draw them in GIMP (use a 2bit indexed
> black/white image and save as xbm) or using the X tool "bitmap".
> Simply draw a black/white image (cursors should be black with a white border
> for better visibility) and save it. Now load your image again to create the
> mask. Mark all visible areas black and transparent areas white. And don't
> forget to send me the files. ;-)
> 
> Greetings, Matthias 
> 
> --
> Matthias Elter
> elter@kde.org / m_elter@t-online.de
> KDE - http://www.kde.org
> 
> 

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