An icon is a graphic image, small picture, or object that represents a file, program, web page, or command.
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Learning to do icons - any collection of tutorials for a start?
I am a developer and really need to get to grips with graphics.
Even before settling on a specific tool, what I need is somewhere to go and
learn how to do things, such as for instance a "save" ...
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tips on designing high-quality semi photo-realistic icons that attempt to be modelled 3-D objects
I'm an amateur graphic designer. When I'm free I do some simple graphic designing with Photoshop and Illustrator (mess around with the pen tool, add style to a layer, adjust hue of an image, etc).
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How to go about creating an Icon Pack
As a beginner in Illustrator I've been creating some pretty cool graphics I'd like to share on my website. From what I've seen, people create a one file .ai icon pack that you can download and use ...
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What are some good tools to create 3D icons?
I really like icons like those created by SoftFacade.com:
I read the interview from one of their founders, where he mentions that they use "3d tools" without going into specifics.
Now I am looking ...
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Why is OS X using my 32px@2x icon instead of scaling down the 128px icon?
I'm making a custom folder icon similar to the ones in the Home folder (Pictures, Documents, etc).
To do so, I extracted the images from the .icns of the blank folder icon and photoshopped my own ...
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How can I design a domain-specific “actions” icon? [closed]
We are writing an application for road construction management. Think of the guys that plan the lane expansion or road resurfacing that ruins your day. :)
All throughout the application, we have the ...
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Where can I find a better version of this image?
I saw a hard copy of the symbol in the lower left corner of this image and I'm trying to find either a higher resolution version or a vector graphics version. I need something that will look good when ...
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Create icons from sprite image
If I've a big sprite png image with 40x40 icons. How I can convert it to separate images for each icon with photoshop or gimp?
As the sprite is quite big I would prefer and automated method.
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How to convey the idea of an “API” as an icon?
I've been assigned to design an icon (or logo) for our API (Application Programming Interface). In programming, an API allows programmers/developers to access, or "hook into" functionality located on ...
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Where can I find a customizable arrow button?
I'm implementing an up/down voting system, and I want to find a standard but sleek button with an arrow inside it that you can customize by color, arrow size etc.
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Is there an icon set for displaying “All”, “Some”, and “None” states?
Is there an icon set for displaying "All", "Some", and "None" states?
For example, an icon for "All categories", one for "Some categories", and one for "No categories".
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The most legible sans-serif question mark for small sizes?
Trying to come up with the most legible sans-serif question mark for my Google reCAPTCHA's help icon. The ones that Google use are either too retro or too unreadable (below).
I want a question mark ...
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How to create a 3D effect in Inkscape as required by the Android Design Guidelines?
In the Iconography section if the Android Design Guide they describe the following style that should be used for Launcher Icons:
Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, ...
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What icon fits “results”?
I'm looking for an icon to fit results.
There seems to be a lot of them online, but the vast majority of them fits the concept of financial results. I'm looking for one that will fit in with sports ...
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Any good websites that offers free icons or icons to purchase? [closed]
Hi i have the following queries:
Are there any websites that offers free icons for mobile design? As in totally free for commercial use and does not need to link back to website?
Alternatively, are ...
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How to clone the iPhone Camera app's gradient?
I have finished the development of an app. Now I have to worry about the icon ;-)
To align with the built-in app, I want the gradient of the my icon background looks like the built-in Camera app, ...
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What tool or tutorial to use to inject a word into an existing icon?
I want to create icons easily. Is there any tool (or tutorial) that can help creating beautiful semantic words that can be added to an existing icon?
Example:
Suppose that we have this icon:
and we ...
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Sharpening iOS Icons
I'm creating an iOS app and have a couple custom icons for my navigation bar. The first one is a plus sign and that came out pretty well. I also have a refresh icon and it's not as sharp as the plus ...
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How to group ico files
A while ago I noticed some .ico files actually came in "packs" that contained the same image in different sizes. I now need to create one of those packs (I have 10 different sizes). Do I need a ...
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Features of a good logo for a smartphone app
I can design but I am new to the "phone app" world. How do I make an awesome logo for this smartphone-app job? I am looking for a "To Do" list, please.
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How would you represent i/o as an icon?
This has caused me to lose sleep and not get my weekly pat in the back from my boss.
We have a web hosting related product that consists of database, bandwidth and I/O sub-products.
To represent the ...
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Could someone recommend an app for simple designing of icons? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some good resource for programmers to design icons?
I have been developing web and iPhone applications for our company to use internally. For the artwork I've ...
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Is there a way to extrude an image in Photoshop?
I want to create a new icon for my application according to the new Android Design Guidelines. Is there any way to get my 2D silhouette and automatically extrude it to create the 3D effect?
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What icon fits “incomplete” and “overridden”?
When users create widgets in my system, they can leave the billing info incomplete till later. (They eventually have to fill it in unless the requirement get's overridden by a manager.) I need an icon ...
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What's a fast way to split an icon pack delivered as a psd?
stackexchange community!
I have downloaded the Icon Sweets 2 icon pack and I cannot seem to fulfill the seemingly very easy task of exporting individual PNGs for each icon (contained in a separate ...
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Graphic icons for using with “Appreciate this Post” & “Follow updates on this post”
What could be good graphic icons for using with "Appreciate this Post" & "Follow updates on this post" in a social web application?
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
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Convert icon to a transparent png
I have a set of icons that I resized to 30x30. Now I want to use them for my iPhone TabBar as specified here:
http://www.idev101.com/code/User_Interface/sizes.html
How can I make these transparent ...
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jquery mobile user interface vectors or something very similar?
Does anyone know where to get jquery mobile vector .ai files preferrable?
In need to do some mockups in high quality for print but cannot find any ilustrator or vector psd templats for this.
Is there ...
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Is there any way to combine a picture's border into the shape in illustrator?
I made an icon with a border, but I don't want the border. If I remove the border, the icon loses it's thickness and doesn't look right. Is there any way to make the border into part of the shape?
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Exporting drawing for icon images to be used in Android for various screen sizes in a not too labourious manner?
I want to make a set of icons for android phones. The guide has a set of recommendations for the denstiy and sizes link to recommendations. What is an efficient manner to go about producing these ...
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Greying-out images?
Could someone recommend me an easy to use tool for greying-out some images (icons) ?.
In an Android application I am doing I have a set of full color icons that I want to use in a tab bar, but I want ...
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Image quality - Export vector icon to PNG vs resize PNG
I have a set of vector icons which I need to save as PNG images in 3 sizes (16,32,48). I'm confused as the best way to go about this to produce the best quality results. Either I can save each one ...
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Designing a button with an inset icon style in Photoshop? [closed]
I am using the Glyphish icon set, and I am trying to achieve an "inset" look of the icon in a button in Photoshop. Any recommendation on how best achieve it?
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icon / design element database / site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where are some good places to find free stock images?
Are there good central locations for icons / buttons / ui elements?
There are a number of great font databases ...
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Exporting iconsets to XAML
I am currently working on a GUI and iconset in Illustrator which will be exported (using a plug-in) to XAML.
While GUI elements can be exported by placing them in a new file, this becomes a lot of ...
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Problems altering font icon set in Fontlab
I found a nice social icon set as font: http://www.tajfa.com/projects/rondo/
What I now want is to remove the circular borders around them, but when I open them with Fontlab Studio 5 I only see a ...
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How to combine multiple png icons into one transparent iconset
What software can I use to combine multiple transparent png and icon files into one transparent iconset?
Example:
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Need advice on reducing icon size without loss in detail [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
I'm redesigning the icon for my Android application.
I designed it at 512x512 and then rescaled it to 96x96 and 32x32. However, it ...
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How to represent “all”/“all options”/“show all” as an icon
This to go in a tab. The other tabs show quite separate groups the user might find interesting. This tabs contains all of them.
I've thought about writing "ALL" (capitals seemed more recognisable in ...
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How can I ensure my custom font-face icons alias correctly?
I have a set of icons as a custom font and am using them in place of an image sprite.
The issue is the icons alias terribly at low sizes; i.e. the size that they are meant to be in the majority of ...
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How can I symbolize credit? [closed]
I'm trying to think of a way to graphically represent the idea of credit, as in money owed. Are there any conventional solutions to this?
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Getting started with App-Icon-Design
I want to start designing my own icons.
I already have some experience with Photoshop and I made some icons using a tutorial.
Do you have any tips on how to learn icon design?
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Where to found web browser Icons? [closed]
I am not sure if this is the right question to ask here. I am looking for all browser icon packs. Searched in google but did not found any good resources. Can you help me with this?
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Best Way to Build & Design Buttons for iOS in Photoshop? [closed]
I have been getting into designing interfaces for iOS, mostly iPhone and iPhone 4 retina display. I'm wondering how I should go about creating interfaces, the most standard way? I have been using the ...
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Can Inkscape be associated to SVG as the primary tool of the trade? [closed]
I'm planning to make an icon to represent SVG. I know there are official logos, but I never saw them until I looked for them, and I don't believe many designers associate SVG to these logos.
My icon ...
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Icon to best convey “Make a new post”?
What icon would best convey "Make a new post"? Can't think of any, considering just spelling out "Make a new post" instead.
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New generation of Add New icon that has no “+” (Plus) sign [closed]
could anyone suggest me a new way to represent the icon "Add New" without using any form of plus symbol.
For example, say Add New Quiz. How could I represent this as an icon without using any form of ...
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Where can I find icons / vector art of everyday objects?
I am designing an application that requires between 100 - 200 icons / vector art of everyday objects - grandma, banana, boat, etc.
The resource that I've found that is closest to my needs is The Noun ...
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Create an “pressed in” look
I'm trying to recreate a fairly common look, but I really like how it is executed on getpebble.com
The getpebble.com icons are on the left, and my disaster of an attempt is on the right. As much as I ...
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When you export from Adobe Illustrator cs4, is it done as png-24?
In Adobe Illustrator CS4, when I do Save for Web & Devices I get to choose explicitly that I want png-24. But when I export I do not get asked it, is this because it is the default? I need it to ...
