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Isometric Save Icons in 10 Minutes

DIGG IT!     0 Comments Published Thursday, March 04, 2004 at 6:14 AM .

This set of save icons took 10 minutes to build with Icon Builder 2004. I was tired of the flat brown save disk and wanted a more isometric "3M" colored look and feel. This icon also uses 50% alpha transparency on the shadow allowing the surface below to show through in the Flash Player. Color swapping was easy once the icon outline was finished especially if you zoom in on the icon. I also used the background color changer to highlight the white pixels and the transparency. I also tend to use the preview pod allot, it lets you preview the icon during development, just press the small Polaroid Icon on the toolbar and watch the pod preview appear.

The preview is a good example of how powerful the icon format is. As icons are ASCII, you can pass an icon from one swf to another without resorting to a compiled movieclip library. Assets in this format are ideal where you need to render dynamic data like emoticons, tree icons, and cross swf assets. In Icon Builder, I simply pass an icon via Local Connection to the pod and presto.

Save Icon Collection (Click to change icons!)


Icon Source ASCII: (Icon Builder > Open > Open from Source > Paste!)


Cheers,

Ted ;)

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