[FrostyMMB]

Hey guys, I created an icon set for Mac OS X, made up of a bunch of our favorite headphones. 29 icons in all. There are a few cans that I couldn't find good images for to turn into icons, but I hope everyone enjoys the set.

Head Fidelity Icons for OS X v1.0

If recieve enough outside motivation, I could make a Win XP icon set as well, but I'm undecided. Then again, if someone were willing to increase my financial status...

Frosty

 

[MacDEF]

FROSTY, THOSE ARE SO COOL!!!

Wow, and the scale NICELY, too. Good job!

 

[jbannow]

Well, no Mac here so I'll just say that it's a cool idea. I'd like to see a Windows version of these ...

 

[legoman]

windows xp please.
please.
please?
pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase

 

[ai0tron]

WUT ABOUT WINDOZE??

 

[dngl]

XP me up please...

 

[Duncan]

I must admit to being confused...

I downloaded the Stuffit expander (www.stuffit.com) and uncompressed this file only to find that virtually all the files were 0 bytes...

Even though Windows (XP) shouldn't be able to read mac files... surely it should still show the files at their actual size???

 

[chych]

Wow, impressive job on the icons! For the less fortunate, this is what some of them look like, in full size...

 

[MacDEF]

Quote:

Originally posted by Duncan I downloaded the Stuffit expander (www.stuffit.com) and uncompressed this file only to find that virtually all the files were 0 bytes... Even though Windows (XP) shouldn't be able to read mac files... surely it should still show the files at their actual size???

It's because they're icon files, Duncan... they don't have any data in them

Here are a couple pix of all the icons -- they scale even bigger, but this was the biggest I could use to get them all in two decent-size shots:

 

[FrostyMMB]

Yup, there they are. The icon of the Orpheus named 'Head Fidelity Icons v1.0' is a readme clipping with recognition to the headphone sites.

I will note that these even look good with a colored or pictured window background in the OS X finder—I got the transparency and masking good and there isn't any evidence of a white outline from being cut out from the white backgrounds in the original images. They will also work in OS 9 but will obviously not look as cool with just 32 pixels.

Anyway, if you remember a few weeks ago when I was asking for big pics (pig pics) of cans, this is why. If I can get more nice big shots of the missing cans on white backgrounds, like the Sony CD3000 and or some of the other woody cans, I can release and updated version of the set. Oh and if there are some nice shots of some amps, those could be worked out as well.

 

[MacDEF]

Frosty: yep, you got the transparency down VERY well -- good job!

Have you looked at KR's "Lust" page (in his sig)? There are lots of good pix of both headphones and amps there.

P.S. You should submit these to one of the Mac OS X icon sites.

 

[FrostyMMB]

Yeah, I'll be posting this soon to OS X icon sites. I've checked KR's lust page, but I didn't see a lot of large pictures of cans on white backgrounds. Otherwise they are very difficult to cut out and and the lighting is lacking for icons. Good pics, just not right for the job.

 

[chych]

Hey Frosty, I can get some large pictures of the etymotic er-4s, senn mx500s, and sony a44 if you want... what are the specs for a picture?

I also took a bunch of pictures of my cd3000s when I had them, something may work...

They are at http://homepage.mac.com/cyb/ebay/cd3000.1.jpg to /cd3000.7.jpg

 

[FrostyMMB]

Doh. I had an image for the mx500s all ready and a few clicks away from being an icon, and I forgot about them. They can wait for an update. Otherwise, I could use the A44s and Etys. The specs for a picture are, ideally, just the headphone at a good viewing angle with a plain white background (no background), and with as few shadows as possible. That way there isn't the hassle of taking a half an hour to get a mediocre cutout and risking accidental selection of part of the headphone and deleting it. So basically it's too difficult (for me anyway) to get a good cutout with multicolored, complicated background. So, most photographs don't work well, unless the headphon can be shot sitting up surrounded by a completely white atmosphere.

 

[chych]

Worrg, Dad took digi cam for his trip to Europe, won't be back for a week... oh well...