[Tango-artists] display perspective suggestion, shadows.

[Sacrat]

Jakub Steiner пишет:
> On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 14:50 +0400, Sacrat wrote:
>   
>>    
>> Well, Jakub,
>> So far I'm submitting PNG files without shadows at all, so what would 
>> you think about not making them a part of the icon? This way shadows 
>> (round, drop shadow, etc...) could be done automatically or 
>> semi-automatically so we have no "shadow zoo".
>>     
>
> I don't think that will work. Most of the icons have on the table
> perspective and getting that done somehow automatically is crack. As for
> the SVGs, there's a couple of solutions:
>
>       * Use a radial gradient for round objects
>       * Use a tri-object hack using two radial and a three point linear
>         gradinet (see tango icon theme scalables)
>       * Create a black shadow object and assign the blur effect manually
>         in a text editor. There used to be a bug in rsvg rendering the
>         blur effect shifted a pixel to the right. I believe it has been
>         fixed in the meantime.
>
>   
OK. But what about transparency and gradient parameters? Without 
unifying them we may cause even more problems for people submitting new 
icons. Maybe, not setting it in a guide, but just making a note...
>> P.S.: what do you think about my suggestion about displays? If needful, 
>> I could redraw these icons.
>>     
>
> Personally I have absolutely no problem with the tilted display, but
> many people think the perspective is broken (don't get the tilted
> display bit), so maybe we could go for a boring face-on for the 22x22
> and perhaps even the scalable. Are you going to give it a go?
>   
Doing that right now. Unfortunately this icon is among those, inaccepted 
by Illustrator, so I'm currently fighting with Inkscape. I'll post a 
link to the result when ready so we may see if it's worth changing...