default kde menu icon

[Roman Shtylman]

I think that will completely break down at smaller sizes and the
border will begin to bleed into the icon itself. Have you tried
rendering it at the various sizes? making sure to go down to 22x22?
Some people like really small panels.

I don't want to overdo it with the icon. It doesn't need to scream out
at you... just sit there nicely and wait for you to acknowledge it
when you need to. I kinda think the background of that one makes it
too dark... something is off about it.

~Roman

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Francisco T. <leviatan1 at gmx.com> wrote:
> I have another icon:
> http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4967/karmicfinal.png
> http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8636/karmicinstantnea2.png
> http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4439/karmicinstantnea3.png
>
> I have the original svg file.
> If somebody wants it, I don't know about icon design, but it could be a start.
>
> --
> Francisco T.
>
>
> El Sábado 02 Enero 2010 18:00:39 Roman Shtylman escribió:
>> My concern with a drop shadow is that it doesn't work as well with the
>> default theme (and even other themes) as well as the white glow. I do
>> agree that the gears are very difficult at small sizes and wonder if
>> it would be acceptable to just use circles for this one usage... but I
>> don't know whether that is allowed or whatnot. Also, I think that most
>> people mentally know the small circles are gears and maybe aren't
>> bothered that they look a tad fuzzy cause of it?
>>
>> If the general idea is liked we should deff propose several icon
>> options and evaluate which one we feel works best.
>>
>> ~Roman
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Tres Finocchiaro
>>
>> <fatbuttlarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Roman,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the screenshot.
>> >
>> > I do not think the Kubuntu icon looks good at small sizes, and therefor I
>> > do not think it can easily be made to look good for the K button.
>> >
>> > I think this is because at small sizes, the small gears look like blurred
>> > snowflakes, which makes the icon difficult to distinguish at small sizes.
>> >
>> > In this case Roman has added an outer glow to the logo to increase
>> > contrast around the edges of the logo.  I feel strongly that outer glow
>> > should be used in moderation, and in this case I do not think it
>> > compliments the polished look of the AIR or Oxygen desktop themes.
>> >
>> > I will suggest (although off-topic) using a logo that does not use the
>> > gears in such a small instance.  Of course, I think this wouldn't fly as
>> > it is not the official logo.
>> >
>> > However, I think a modified version of the original logo would be much
>> > more distinguishable as a K button, similar to the polished look of the
>> > gnome's Ubuntu button. (Notice the small drop-shadow used in the Ubuntu
>> > screenshot and no outer glow).
>> >
>> > -Tres
>> >
>> >
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