Layer guide for more complicated icons and even your basic, standardized dying.

[parttime_fang]

So, I told Box I'd show her how I did layers. This basically is now a quick and dirty guide to layer spiffiness!

THIS IS SO IMAGE HEAVY IT ISN'T FUNNY.

Comments

[smiles_too_much]

Hello! Awesome tutorial, it's fun to see how different our techniques are :P. As it is, there is only one point where I feel I can give some meaningful input: resizing. You... really shouldn't have to re-size multiple times just to get the result you want. Have you tried different compression types? Since I fail at clarity I made a chart instead. Behold!



Eh. Don't mind the subject, he's just some random experiment of mine with vaguely appropriate features (varying opacity, lines, weird expression...).

The various re-sizing options are accessed thru Image->Image Size ->(bottom of the window) -> Re-sample Image. For general iconing purposes I'd suggest Bicubic Sharper, but um.... results vary.

/Zelion

[scintilla72]

And if your image editor offers a Lanczos resize, that can sometimes be even sharper than Bicubic.

[parttime_fang]

Oh man! WHERE WERE YOU MY LAST ICON SET ALL MY LIFE? This looks like it'll save a lot of time! I linked down here and will definitely be trying this myself. This looks so much easier. [Pouncehugs!]

[smiles_too_much]

(is hugged, yay!)

I might not be a true Photoshop guru, but I do know a thing or three. Feel free to ask anytime~