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03-12-2007, 06:41 PM
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Points: 150.18 Donate | | | [Tutorial] High Quality XMB Icons
In this Tutorial I will show you how to make a high quality 8-bit XMB Icon.
Things you will need:
Photoshop
RCO Editor
Access to Flash0
1. Make an Icon then open it in Photoshop.
2. Click Image -> Mode -> RGB Color
2a. Make sure your Icons are the correct size. Open your topmenu_plugin.rco in RCO Editor to see the size needed.
3. When you get the Icon the way you like it click File -> Save For Web.
4. Save it as a PNG-8. Make sure it is 256 Colors. This way you will not make you image look bad.
5. Open your new PNG.
6. Click File -> Save As...
7. Make it a BMP. By default it will be an 8-bit file.
Now you have a high quality bmp file. I know it sounds like an oxymoron, but it really does work. |
03-12-2007, 06:57 PM
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i'll use it soon! |
03-12-2007, 07:07 PM
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My Mood:  | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 20 | | | Why save it as 8 Bit, when you can save it as 32 Bit and get more quality?
Just curious,
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03-12-2007, 07:17 PM
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03-12-2007, 10:00 PM
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My Mood: | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 20 | | | Same size, Im in the middle of making my dad a starwars one, lol.
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2.01 > 2.60 > 2.71 < 1.50 > 2.71 (SE_A) > 2.71 (Se_B > B' > B'') > 2.71 (SE_C) > 3.02 (OE-A > B) > 3.03 (OE-A > A' > B > C) > 3.30 (OE-A) > 3.40 (OE-A > B) > 3.52 (M33 > -2 > -3 > -4) > 3.71 (M33 > -2 > -3 + 1.50 V2)
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03-12-2007, 10:58 PM
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Points: 150.18 Donate | | | RCO Editor will not accept 32-bit. And all of my 8-bit icons were much smaller than the 32-bit ones. With this tut, you still get the same quality as a 32-bit bmp. |
03-12-2007, 11:05 PM
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03-12-2007, 11:10 PM
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My Mood: | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CT Age: 20
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Points: 150.18 Donate | | | Open your current topmenu_plugin.rco with RCO Editor and go to the icon you want to replace. Under the preview, it will have the required dimensions. I think the default is 64x64. That is what I made mine. |
03-12-2007, 11:41 PM
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Points: 3.87 Donate | | ok so i made a bunch. they all look the same and have no titles they are a work in progress. If anyone wants to edit them and make them their own feel free. here they are. i am going to work on them more later. please someone tell me how they look as is for me because i am to busy. thnx Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire |
03-13-2007, 07:41 AM
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My Mood: | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 20 | | | im using the Rco icon editor 1.2 and that supports 32-Bit, you must be going wrong somewhere cause it works good for me.
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