Re: [Jsmooth-devs] transparent Icons

[Rodrigo R. <re...@ch...>]

Roman Kennke wrote:

> I have a problem with JSmooth and Icons, that are transparent. It does 
> always make the icons look very nasty. I attach one of my icons (32x32 
> 24 bit), so you can try it out for yourself. Maybe it has something to 
> do with: "automatic color reduction is done if necessary"?? I would 
> prefer, if JSmooth doesn't touch my icons ;-) This effect also applies 
> to 8 bit icons, as long as they have transparent pixels.
> 
> Any ideas?

Unfortunately, the way the .ico format manages the transparency is very 
different from how the PNG format manages it, so the convertion can't be 
avoided. Moreover, the conversion algorithm is very basic, and that's 
why the result often looks so crappy.

Your best option is to use a tool to convert by yourself the image into 
a windows .ICO file (using some format converter or graphic tool), so 
that JSmooth don't try to modify it by itself.

HTH,
Rodrigo