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by Kibo
Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:00 am
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

Thank you for the compliments, Stairhopper! Remember that no matter what the official icon is, you can always just cut and paste any icon you like, old or new, onto an app, provided you have a transparent .png: 1.) Open the new icon's .png file in Preview, then press Command-A and then Command-C to ...
by Kibo
Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:40 pm
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

I've brightened up my proposed icons a notch. I realize it's a subtle change, but the light grays really shouldn't be any brighter than this -- there are constraints I have to stay within to keep the shading from disappearing. (On some displays, grays above a certain brightness get "crushed&quo...
by Kibo
Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:16 am
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

Yes, they are a bit heavier and darker. The chunkier shapes help it at small sizes, and toning down the brightness of the gray parts was a decision I made when testing it against white, gray, and black backgrounds -- if it's too bright, it pops out of black backgrounds in a glare-y way. The middle g...
by Kibo
Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:44 am
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

My full proposal PDF (3.6 MB): ​http://www.filedropper.com/iconproposal
by Kibo
Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:26 am
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

I've made some progress on modern-style OS X icons, and will be submitting two versions to the devs for consideration (I'll open a Trac ticket shortly.) Here's a comparison between the look that was established for Transmission in 2007 and my proposal to match modern icon styles: icon_sample_1a.png ...
by Kibo
Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

The same sketch, just recolored to make the red more dominant. Almost a Constructivist color palette.
Transmission icon flat N4v1 256px SKETCH.jpg
Transmission icon flat N4v1 256px SKETCH.jpg (71.73 KiB) Viewed 60046 times
I might be staying too close to the existing design. I'll go away and brainstorm for a few days and maybe inspiration will strike.
by Kibo
Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:34 pm
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

Here's a very rough sketch of my first attempt to adapt the current icon to match Apple's style (flat shading, no foreshortening, thin bright outline, closer to vertical orientation.) It's meant to match Mail, Notes, Calendar, TextEdit, etc. Transmission icon flat N1v15 SKETCH COMPARISON.png Losing ...
by Kibo
Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Mac Requests
Topic: Transmission Icon
Replies: 19
Views: 85649

Re: Transmission Icon

In my personal opinion, of the two you've suggested, the upper one maintains some good continuity with the current icon, and is a pretty good design, though the shade of red needs adjusting and the contours could use some tweaking to make the shapes "read" better at small sizes (one advant...