[Metacard] OS X: 'icns' resources?

[Vinciane BAUDOUX]

On the subject of icons : is there any Windows utility which can easily
import Mac icons, and vice-versa ?

Thanks,

Vinciane Baudoux.
----- Original Message -----
From: <fuegox at mac.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Metacard] OS X: 'icns' resources?


>
> On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> > Anyone know where on Apple's site they have the info on how to create
> > 'icns'
> > resources?
>
> I downloaded apples developer tools.  It that tool set you will find the
> following app:  iconComposer
>
> It has the ability to import .pict and .tiff images.  I have found the
> .tiff to work best.
>
> You must create the icon in the following sizes:  128x128, 48x48, 32x32,
> 16x16 if you want the icon to size nicely.  They must also contain an
> alpha mask.  I used Graphic Converter to do that.
>
> The last step is to get this data into your saved app under the "icns"
> resource.  This was tricky because ResEdit only copies in 32k at a time
> from the clipboard.  I found that on average the icons were from 60-70k
> in size.  I just learned from poking around that Graphic Converter can
> transfer the whole resource over in a couple of mouse clicks with its
> "copy file into resource" menu option.  That is a big time saver.
>
> If you want that iconComposer app, just let me know.  I can simply email
> it over to you since it is a free app for all developers.  I am more
> than happy to explain any of this in more detail to anyone interested.
>
> -Mark Talluto
>
>
> >
> > I was able to trick their crippled version of the Google engine into
> > providing useful results for 'plst', but for the 'icns' resources
> > needed to
> > complete an OS X delivery I could find only header info, but no tools or
> > other practical advice for anyone not using SaRez.
> >
>
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