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| Saturday, September 23, 2006 |  |
New Logo!
By Hector @ 3:57 PM :: 1267 Views ::
0 Comments ::  :: Website, Company |  |
Here are the gory details on how I did this:
I started with a blank 256 by 256 pixel canvas. Next, I dropped the red glossy square from the "Pack 1 - Glossy Buttons" Square folder. I went and
found what the color for those RSS icons was (#F99432) and used that as
the base. So now I have a orange square. I cycled through the white shapes, looking for something that would remind me of either System or Configuration. I found a hammer and a wrench that were crossing each other. This graphic is in the same package, but in the Symbols folder. It is called "Symbol Tools.png." This is exactly what I wanted!
Now I have the base icon that I want to use. I now started playing with the glassy effects. This took me around 30 minutes, until I got the effect that I wanted. There were something like18 different glassy effects. I saved this with a new name. So now I have a base graphic, and now a glassy graphic.
My last endeavor was to get a border that I was happy with. I started by looking in the "Pack 2 - Vista Buttons" package. I tried several different combinations until I settled on "Border - 02.png" graphic. I added an inner shadow, and the "Border - Glossy.png" effect. This only took me around 15 minutes.
I exported this to a gif. I realized that 256 by 256 was too big. I kept exporting, until I found that 96 by 96 pixels would work well for this DotNetNuke skin's logo region.
Total time was around 2 hours.
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