Re: graphics and formats

[Tim Allen <timallen godzilla zeta org au>]

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Ben Frantzdale wrote:

> Recently I have been screwing around with some of the images that come
> with gnome (icons, etc.) The thing is that most everything comes in *.png
> format.

And the problem with this is ..?

> Great for final use but a pain for editing.

Not so great for final use in GNOME. Absolutely perfect for final use in
Window Maker (since Window Maker supports alpha-channel icons) but ImLib
doesn't support more than 1-bit alpha.. :(

Anyway, before I discovered GNOME, I used to enjoy drawing icons for
Window Maker in the GIMP, and did 'em all in .png, and loved every minute
of it. Well, I'd draw with layers, backup a .xcf, then combind and render
to .png, but I still like .png best. (Why don't I do icons for GNOME?
Because I don't have time right now, and I don't have a snow-flake's
chance in Hades of matching TigerT.. :)

> It would be great if
> Gnome's graphics were easily available in *.xcf (gimp native) format,
> complete with layers, etc.

Seen tigert.gimp.org? IIRC, he's got some of the original material
available for download. The show-off. :)

Tim Allen