Customizing SMF > Graphics and Templates
Default icons
Jade Elizabeth:
It's a lengthy and irritating process, and some can't be.
Search the theme files for .gif and change them all to .png :).
LFrancke:
--- Quote from: abhirupmanna on June 10, 2012, 08:25:20 AM ---But seriously these default icons look so bad. Another doubt. How do I make them png icons instead of gif because gif loses all its quality.
If possible how do I do it ?
--- End quote ---
Depends in part on your skill, your vision and your tools.
Gimp can be your friend and it is free .... www.gimp.org
You can make your own or edit what is available. Take the basic icon and add bump or shading or bevels to it or what ever you feel the need to do and you have an enhanced appearance from the original.
It is a long and weary task to do so and that is why most folks just use the default icons.
abhirupmanna:
Icon making isn't the trouble editing the files is my trouble -.-
I'm no good at that stuff :P
Jade Elizabeth:
Yeah, recolouring them is also horrible. I remember desaturating and then adjusting the contrast on every one of them for a black theme. OH MY GOD. I am so glad I can do that in 5 minutes as opposed to the 4 or more hours it took me back then!
For editing files fry notepad++. I don't know what searching capabilities it might have but you may be able to do a mass find and replace on the themes directory of .gif to .png :).
ARG:
I converted both RC3 and RC5 to 100% png. It was a very long and tedious process so I gave up when 2.0 was released. It's simply not worth the time to do it for every major upgrade. ???
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