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From: cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)
Subject: Mask effect testing icons
Message-ID: <1994Feb9.112329.6488@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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The binaries have been slow lately, so here is some of my work:

        I got tired of trying to guess what the resulting color would be when
using a particular icon color with a mask of a second color over a background
of yet a third color.  This led to the creation of MaskTestIcons.  Basically,
it is just an icon composed of a grid of icon colors laid out in vertical
stripes over mask colors laid out in horizontal stripes.  The result can be
viewed in the finder by putting MaskTestIcons in your */Icons folder,
rebooting,
and renaming any icon to be either MaskTest3 or MaskTest4.  These names
correspond to two identical but different sized icons with each grid
intersection being either 3x3 or 4x4 pixels, respectively.  The effect is 
quite
wierd, some parts of the icon are transparent because of the colored masks.
That is, you can look through the icons to see other icons or background
pictures that are behind them, and would normally not be visible at all.
With some effort, it should be possible to create completely translucent 
icons.
Sound cool? Icon artists, get to work!
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 |___               Chris Deschu                       cdeschu@nyx.cs.du.edu
_|_|con   (610) 791-3596   4804 Bowood Street, Center Valley, PA. 18034-9628
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______________________________________________________________________________
 |___                Chris Deschu                        cdeschu@nyx.cs.du.edu
_|_|con    (215) 791-3596    4804 Bowood Street, Center Valley, PA. 18034-9628
:-)|echnologies is IT in the Lehigh Valley for Apple ][ Consulting and Repairs