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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Mikkihii on October 25, 2003, 08:29:41 PM

Title: PNG-icons
Post by: Mikkihii on October 25, 2003, 08:29:41 PM

I'm using image2icon to convert picture-files to icons. Now I started to use Powericons, so it would be nice if I could convert pictures to PNG-icons.

Is there any program, that can do that? :-?

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: lempkee on October 25, 2003, 08:36:08 PM

huh?  png is a image! , rename png pictures to .info  and it will work with powericons.

cheers

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: lempkee on October 25, 2003, 08:36:43 PM

btw , welcome to amiga.org :D

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Framiga on October 25, 2003, 08:42:05 PM

#lempkee

mhhh! have you tryed?

PNG icons, requires an Alpha-Channel and with Amiga it isn't a joke.

Any suggestion? (useful)

Ciao

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Mikkihii on October 25, 2003, 08:44:22 PM

Thank you, nice to be here :-)

But... I know that PNG-icons are PNG-images. What I want is: program that leaves app-icon on WB so that I can drop image-files to it, scales size smaller, convert it to PNG and names it picturefile.info.

...and I know my english isn't perfect, hope you understand :lol:

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Mad-Matt on October 25, 2003, 08:54:22 PM

@framiga
whats with the alpha channel bs ?

For a png icon just rename ya .png file to .info.

use whatever tool ya like to scale/save ya pics to png . doesntget any more simplier then that ;)

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Mikkihii on October 25, 2003, 09:06:16 PM

but if I want icons to, let's say, hundred images?

I'm been using ImageStudio for single files, but it's so slow...

Just mailed to image2icon-programmer, if he could make update.

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Framiga on October 25, 2003, 09:23:46 PM

@ Mad-Matt

Have you tryed?

The background of the PNG MUST be trasparent.

And yes, PNG icons uses alpha channel.

Ciao

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: AmiDelf on October 25, 2003, 09:41:26 PM

How is it possible that AmigaOS can suddendly have 32bit icons, when everyone have screemed about that AmigaOS is limited to 256 color icons.

Why have no one thinked of this before? :)

Regards,
Michal, www.amigaworld.org

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: sir_inferno on October 25, 2003, 09:48:55 PM

lol i don't know about all these alpha channels etc, but i know that Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com) Fireworks is highly compatible with .png images, so just get a trial of that and fiddle about, it's quite powerful too... :-)

then you could save it as a format which is friendly to pc-amiga crossing...

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Framiga on October 25, 2003, 11:01:45 PM

@AmiDelf

Dear AmiDelf, why don't you think twice, before saying . . . ?

Amiga Icons have max 256 colors BUT those PNG icons, aren't AmigaIcons, understood?

Thanks to the PowerIcons patch, it is possible (only on 16-24 bit screen), to use the PNG icons even at 32 bit (24 bit + 8 bit of AlphaChannel used for trasparency).

Understood?

Ciao!

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: takemehomegrandma on October 25, 2003, 11:58:08 PM

Hmm, looks like you guys got a *small taste* of the MorphOS world now!  :-P  :-D

Title: Re: PNG-icons
Post by: Amigadude on October 26, 2003, 01:58:00 AM

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Mikkihii wrote:
But... I know that PNG-icons are PNG-images. What I want is: program that leaves app-icon on WB so that I can drop image-files to it, scales size smaller, convert it to PNG and names it picturefile.info.

There's a configurable drop icon that can trigger other programs (not a clue what the name is) but that with a quick Arexx script & netpbm (A collection of small single/simple function graphics utils) would do the job. making the size configurable & identifing the dropped image type would be the biggest probs...

...but not that much of a problem.

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...and I know my english isn't perfect, hope you understand :lol:

Better than most English ppl I chat to on IRC  :-D


JohnN

If no-one comes with a better idea I'll have a go @ making this bodge work...