Hallo zusammen, ich bin zwar kein hauptamtlicher Grafikdesigner o.Ä., sondern Programmierer-Azubi, werde aber seit einiger Zeit bei uns in der Firma mit dem erstellen unserer Icons betraut. Die grundlegenden Techniken hab ich mir im Laufe der Zeit angeeignet, die Ideen und das eigentliche Iconerstellen sind nicht das Problem. So weit, so gut. Ich bekomme es aber nur in den seltensten Fällen hin, dass meine Icons bei 16x16 Pixeln noch annähernd ansprechend aussehen. Auf der anderen Seite sehe ich 16x16 Pixel Icons von professionellen Anwendungen die verdammt filigran und einfach gut aussehen. Meine Frage lautet deshalb: Wie machen "die", dass bei zur Verfügung stehenden 16x16 Pixeln Icons trotzdem noch filigran und nicht total pixelig aussehen - was ist der Trick? Hoffe mir kann jemand von euch helfen. Bin für alle Antworten extrem dankbar! Gruß Justin
They create or use iconic graphics that suites icons; not photographs for example…
Since one icon is composed of several images, each with a different size and number of colors (Color Depth), they might have different designs for each image of the icon. So the 16x16 image must be the most simplified, not necessary the logo, especially when the logo is not a logo :)
For such sizes they use Bitmap Editors like Adobe Photoshop or Corel PHOTO-PAINT not Illustration and Layout Applications like CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator. Thought they might use Adobe Illustrator for icons because it has the appropriate tools; like the Pixel View which make illustrator combines the power of vectors with bitmaps; and PNG full support.
I think they use Photoshop ;) Corel PHOTO-PAINT doesn't fully support transparent PNG and see below.
Icons Profs use Icon Editors after they prepare the graphics in Bitmap Editors. Most of these Icon Editors support the industry standard PSD, or even they have plug-ins to transfer images between them and Adobe Photoshop. And some support native Photoshop PSD format with Layers.
Since the developers of Icon Editors find supporting Corel PHOTO-PAINT worthless, PHOTO-PAINT users use standard formats to exchange images with Icon Editors, and PNG is the most supported format by Icon Editors. Unfortunately, Corel's Bitmap Editor (PHOTO-PAINT) can't save transparent bitmaps as PNGs (Details and Illustrations).
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