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- From: ryan@nas.nasa.gov (James S. Ryan)
- Subject: Icon Formats (Was Re: OS/2 Icons)
- Keywords: icon
- References: <1992Nov10.154707.26088@spock.UUCP> <MSALETNI.92Nov10131051@jade.tufts.edu>
- Sender: ryan@wk229.nas.nasa.gov (James S. Ryan)
- Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 23:50:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.235021.5571@nas.nasa.gov>
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- When editing icons, I find that it is possible to save
- them in any of a number of different formats, and that
- many combinations of resolution and number of colors are
- possible.
-
- I tried to learn about these formats in all of the online help,
- under every name I could think of. No dice. Can't find anything
- in the FAQ or by lurking in these newsgroups. If you can help,
- please answer:
-
- 1) If there is more than one format stored, which one will be
- used in a given situation (screen resolution/driver, etc.)
-
- 2) I see that the icons appear to be about the same size regardless
- of the size of bitmap which is stored. How is the scaling
- done? (e.g., if I make a 64x64 icon, and display it on a
- screen where it covers only 20x20 pixels, does it average
- color values? throw pixels away? what?)
-
- 3) There is the option of storing the icon in (pardon my faulty
- memory of the terms) forms such as 1.2, 2.0 and 2.0 packed.
- a) is 2.0 incompatible with 1.2 systems?
- b) is 2.0 better than 1.2 for 2.0 systems?
- c) what is "2.0 packed", and why doesn't that button work?
-
- 4) Anything else I should have asked. I may not know enough
- to ask the right questions!
-
- Thanks,
-
- Steve Ryan
-
- ryan@nas.nasa.gov
-
- Not an employee of nas, nasa, or the gov, so I don't speak for them.
-