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In interesting effect is to create different color versions of the same icons. For example, creating Red and Green versions of our "Blue Sphere" icon:
1. Open your original icon file. As example, we'll work on the Blue Sphere icon which is located in the Librarian (if not displayed, press ESC). In the Icons/Tutorial subfolder, select and open the "MySphereIcon.ico" icon. 2. The image file opens in a document window. In the image format list, select the 48x48 Windows® XP image: 3. Choose Draw/Adjustments Effects/HUE-Saturation or press "U". A Dialog box opens. In the Hue group specify 140 either using the slider or the edit zone. When done, click OK. The sphere color has been changed to Red! 4. Select the whole image (press Ctrl+A) then Choose Draw/Adjustments Effects/HUE-Saturation or press "U". A Dialog box opens. In the Hue group specify 140 either using the slider or the edit zone. When done, click OK. The sphere color has been changed to Red! Creating a new icon from this image 5. In the menu choose Edit/New Windows® Icon Project from this Image (Ctrl+Shift+Y). 6.
The dialog box New Windows® Icon From
Image opens. In the Name
group (
7.
In the Image Formats group, select the image formats you whish to
add in the icon ( 8. When done, click OK. The icon is automatically created with the various image formats you've selected. Close the "Blue Sphere" icon (that you've modified to red) without saving it! DO NOT SAVE THIS ICON. Respond NO to the question "Saving Changes you Made?".
Article written by Axialis Software Team on September 10, 2007. Copyright ©2007 Axialis Software - All Rights Reserved - Terms of Use. |
), enter the icon project name "Red Sphere".
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