A Desktop Revolution The Basics
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For an example on how to build a Mac OS X icon, we will use the traditional jewel … This simple tutorial. assumes that your editor of choice is Photoshop, …
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Aquafied: Understanding And Designing Aqua Icons
Lauri Kieksi - lauri@pixelcentric.net
A Desktop Revolution
The release of Mac OS X brought with it a completely new breed of desktop icons. System 7 had given us
easy customization with 256 color icons. Mac OS 8.5 gave us 8-bit alphas and full-color icons. But Mac OS
X’s thumbnail (128×128) icons are a much larger leap.
In some respects it is a leap some would not like to take. Gone are the days of pushing individual pixels in
ResEdit, as the tool of choice for most is now either Illustrator or Photoshop. Some might even go as far as
to say that the era of friendly, warm and 100% hand-made icons has ended. But on the other hand Aqua
allows icons to be crystal-clear and big enough even on huge monitors. Thanks to Apple’s efforts on the
Aqua Human Interface Guidelines, Aqua icons used in software applications are typically more consistent
with the whole Mac OS X experience than the equivalent System 7 or Mac OS 8/9 creations. The result is a
visually consistent user experience.
Creating Mac OS X icons presents a much greater challenge…
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