Converting icons

[nasty]

I've made quite afew PC icons over the years, and was wondering how I would go about converting my PC icons to use on my Amiga?

[motorollin]

Take a screenshot on your PC. Save as a JPEG. Copy to your Amiga. Load in to PPaint. Cut out brushes and save as IFF. Import in to Iconian and save as .info files.

Alternatively, install PowerIcons from Aminet. Take screenshot on PC. Load in to Photoshop or similar app that can save as PNG. Cut out images and save as individual PNG images with .info extension. Copy files to Amiga and they will automatically display as icons.

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moto

[Piru]

@motorollin

You lose the transparency with that method though.

[nasty]

So how about if put the images in gif format would that still support transparency?

Cause my icon are like this

So i'll need to try and keep the transparency for them to look good!

[motorollin]

@Piru
Doesn't Iconian support transparency then? I haven't used it in years as I now use PowerIcons.

@Nasty
Most decent image processing tools would be able to open a transparent gif and save it as a transparent PNG. If the gifs aren't already transparent, then you could cut around them and delete the border to make the outside transparent, then save as a transparent PNG.

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moto

[cecilia]

my PDF explaining how to make PNG icons using IFX. even if you don't have IFX, look at the explaination and you (hopefully) will understand how transparency works with PNG's.
I do this all the time. PNG icons are great!

also, if you make screen shots, don't save to jpg's. you will end up with ugly artifacts, jpgs being looosy.

save as PNG, iff, any format that has no compression.

[Amigaz]

use directory opus for windows, I use it to convert any icon format (.ico etc) to .png without loosing anything.
I think Xnview does the trick too www.xnview.com

[nasty]

Thanks for the hints guys,

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Copy PowerIcons executable in C: or wherever you want.

  PowerIcons should be launched in your Startup-Sequence with RUN (it doesn't
  detach itself) JUST BEFORE LoadWB.
  A typical line would look like:

   ...
   Run >NIL: PowerIcons >NIL: [options]
   LoadWB
   EndCLI >NIL:


I tryed installing powericons , I put the exe in C then added the command to the startup-sequence but then wen I reboot it asks me to insert env in any drive? Any ideas to what I'm doing wrong?

[cecilia]

that's very odd. at first I thought you had placed the command too early, but just in front of LoadWB is exactly where I have it.

[nasty]

Yip it was my dumb mistake, how do I change all the default icons to the new powericons.  I tryed iconcopy to replace the def_ icons but no joy.

[cecilia]

It would be nice to explain your "dumb mistake" so others could learn for your boo boo.

And, frankly, I'd be afraid to change all icons all at once. unless you have a script that you know for sure completely works.
but, i guess i'm a scardy-cat!   :kitty:

[nasty]

the dumb mistake was adding it slightly to high in the startup-sequence, the main icom im having a problem replacing is the RAM icon.

I've got a complete backup incase anything goes wrong, its one thing i've learnt from a pc :-)

[amigadave]

I want new cool icons and a great workbench background, with transperency and all that good stuff.  Where is the easy to install, preconfigured, easily editable, one package/program to do all this?  I have seen some awesome screen shots over the last two years and thought to myself "I have got to get me some of that" on my Amiga.  With AOS3.9 what other programs do I need to install?

Creatively challenged, but willing to learn.

[cecilia]

aminet - use PowerIcons to be able to use PNG icons and the rest of the searce has a bunch of png icons you can use.

a png icon is a png image which uses the name "blah.info" with PowerIcons installed, it's automatic!

[Amigaz]

nasty wrote:
the dumb mistake was adding it slightly to high in the startup-sequence, the main icom im having a problem replacing is the RAM icon.

I've got a complete backup incase anything goes wrong, its one thing i've learnt from a pc :-)

The ram icon is in prefs/env-archive/sys

it's called def_ram

good luck  :-)