Did I miss something?

[Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com]

Derek Bump (dreamscapesoftware.com) wrote:
> I've used Axialis Icon Workshop, and it is a wonderful program.
>  It just kinda drives me crazy that, since Revolution is a
> development application, that an Icon editor would not have
> been already created.

Derek,

I think your vision of having an integrated icon creation/editor in the 
standalone builder is a terrific idea. I would say that creation is more 
important than editing due to the abundance of artistic software already 
available. During application development, the icon is the very last item 
on my agenda. So often, when I go to build my first standalone after a 
long and laborious development cycle, I just leave the ugly box icon that 
Rev offers. I would much prefer to at least have a selection of premade 
icons (like the image library) to choose from. The ability to paste or 
load in any image would also be a plus. The only important thing to me at 
this stage of development is to use an image that is colorful and provides 
a general idea of the type of application. I would want the icon 
creator/editor to create icons that work in any platform I am building, 
and in all the required resolutions and bit-depths. The fancy masking 
functions and photoshop-like filters are not important as long as 
transparency is honored when present in imported images. When my apps are 
ready to ship, I can then use photoshop or fireworks, etc. to create 
better icons. Rev would be a better product if it had this capability 
regardless of what Mr. Gaskin has to say about it, IMHO.  :-)  I agree 
with him that this is no easy task, but if you are driven by your own 
passions to accomplish this goal, I support your efforts to improve our 
favorite development environment.

Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>