Re: [Audacity-quality] sync-lock button, mixer toolbar sliders (was Re: [Audacity-devel] audacity t
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From: Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...> - 2010-10-24 19:41:07
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On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Al Dimond <bus...@gm...> wrote: > On Sunday, October 24, 2010 08:20:26 Gale Andrews wrote: >> | From Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> >> | Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:05:57 -0700 >> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] sync-lock button, mixer toolbar >> | sliders (was Re: [Audacity-devel] audacity trunk fails to build >> | on Ubuntu) >> | >> > On 10/23/2010 5:15 PM, Al Dimond wrote: >> > > On Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:06:44 Al Dimond wrote: >> > >> On Saturday, October 23, 2010 09:15:59 Gale Andrews wrote: >> > >><snip> >> > >> >> > > Well, I have something that I think is OK. >> > > >> > > The icon itself: >> > > http://aldimond.users.sourceforge.net/SyncLockTracks.png >> > > >> > > A screencap with this icon: >> > > http://aldimond.users.sourceforge.net/new_synclock_icon.png >> > >> > Great job on the image. But imo it takes up too much of the >> > button -- knob is right at the top edge of the image. I know >> > it's hard to get decent anti-aliasing at smaller sizes... >> >> It is a bit large, and IMHO the "rim" really is too thin now, so >> much so it barely looks like the tile icon and doesn't look >> comparable to the thickness of the magnifying glass handle >> relative to the glass itself. And the rim still looks a little >> jagged here, though far better. Wouldn't a slightly thicker rim >> help make it less jagged? Steve's versions give a much smoother >> representation of the rim here, even than Al's. >> > > The problem with making the rim too thick and smooth is that it breaks > with the style of our other icons, which are very lightly anti- > aliased. If that weren't the case I'd use what Steve had, but maybe > with slightly thicker hands. I agree about the break in style from the magnifier icons, but I think that they could also do with a makeover. Regarding the white clock face, that was in response to Vaughan's comment about using white to match with the active zoom icons. (you wanted a white clock face, so I give you a white clock face ;) Do we have a consensus for a white clock face? Other than the white clock face, the main issue with the current icon is that it does not look round - more like a jagged octagon. Thanks for all the comments. This gives me something to work with. Steve > > Anyway, I'll try shrinking the circle a tad and making the rim a bit > thicker (if possible without muddying it), then post results. Thanks > for comments. Oh, and if it's relevant to anyone, I found this nice > page on how to make almost-circles using Bézier curves, which is > useful if you make circles using paths in GIMP (that's what I use as a > starting point): > > http://www.whizkidtech.redprince.net/bezier/circle/ > > - Al > >> >> >> >> >> Gale |