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Icons (ICNS) - Export | ||
Icons File format is an Apple file format used to store a family of images that are used by the finder to draw the desk top icons that represent files, folders, and applications. The images are of different sizes, these various sizes are used by the Finder to according to the display needs. A larger image for large icon view of a folder, and smaller versions for the small icon labels of a list form display of a set of files. EazyDraw will automatically generate the necessary images and masks, then construct the components of the file. These are then saved to an icns file for use in other applications, such as the Icon Composer or icns Browser provided with the OS X development environment. This export panel may also be used to attach the icns file information to an existing file or folder. This will install your EazyDraw drawing image as a thumbnail icon for the file or folder. A thumbnail derived from a drawing may copied and pasted directly to a file or folder using the Finder and the Get Info window for the file or folder. This action will likely require changes to the Copy Order settings on the Perferences panel. This panel is used to attach a thumbnail preview image that is other than the actual contents of the drawing. If you wish to simply provide a preview image of the contents of a file use the checkbox found on the Save As panel or the Build Thumbnails button on the Open Panel.
To attach as an icon to a folder, do not select the desired folder. Instead, select the parent folder and enter the desired folder name as text in the file name box. To attach as an icon to a file when more than one file in the folder has the same base name - but different extension, you will need to type the entire name with extension. The custom thumbnail icon information is attached to files in the Resource Fork. The overall disk space occupied by the file and associated resource fork will increase by 30 to 60 kBytes. The Finder may be used to copy and paste these thumbnails. From the Finder, select Get Info for the two files or folders of interest. Select the icon image found on the upper left of the information window - a faint border is then shown around the icon. You may then Copy the icon. On the other information window, select the icon and Paste -- the icon will then become the preview thumbnail for the file or folder. The "Add Thumbnail Preview" check box will actually add the icns information as a resource to the file that contains the icns information. These are two different things conceptually. This can actually be useful since then the "icon" would also be available for copy from the finder get info window of the icon file. The Finder Get Info window may be used to remove a custom thumbnail icon. Select the file, perform Get Info, select the thumbnail icon on the upper left of the information window, hit delete. This will return the file display icon to the standard one derived fromt the operating system. |