Application Icon creation for Automator app?
What are the specs, filetype and correct way to apply a custom icon for an automator or any Mac OS X app?
24" iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)
OK Since nobody answered I had to get the info someplace else. I am posting here for search reference.
To create a Mac OS X Icon for Leopard:
Download Xcode.
Open Icon Composer application found in:
Developer/Applications/Utilities/Icon Composer.app
Using Photoshop create a 512 x 512 image.
Make your icon art with whatever transparent parts you want.
Remove the background layer.
Save As the file as a tif with layers unchecked.
Then in the tiff options dialog check "Save Transparency"
Open Icon Composer.
Drag your fattened tif file onto the 512 square in icon composer.
Select the radio button to copy the image to all sizes if you wish.
If not then you will need to manually add other files for the other sizes.
When you are ready save the file and it will crate an .icns file.
Now you need to be able to apply this file to an application icon to do this you can use CandyBar but I wanted free so I used icns2icons:
http://www.icons.cx/goodies/
Just drag your icns file onto icons2icon application and it will convert the file so that you can access the icon through get info in the finder.
Now select your .icns file in the finder and do a get info.
In the get info window click on the file icon to select it.
Hit Command-C to copy the icon.
Now find the application you want to apply the icon to in the finder.
Do a get info on the app.
Select the icon in the app get info window.
Hit Command-V to paste the copied icon.
Ta Da.
You now have a custom icon on your own application that has transparence and will scale to 512 pixels!
To create a Mac OS X Icon for Leopard:
Download Xcode.
Open Icon Composer application found in:
Developer/Applications/Utilities/Icon Composer.app
Using Photoshop create a 512 x 512 image.
Make your icon art with whatever transparent parts you want.
Remove the background layer.
Save As the file as a tif with layers unchecked.
Then in the tiff options dialog check "Save Transparency"
Open Icon Composer.
Drag your fattened tif file onto the 512 square in icon composer.
Select the radio button to copy the image to all sizes if you wish.
If not then you will need to manually add other files for the other sizes.
When you are ready save the file and it will crate an .icns file.
Now you need to be able to apply this file to an application icon to do this you can use CandyBar but I wanted free so I used icns2icons:
http://www.icons.cx/goodies/
Just drag your icns file onto icons2icon application and it will convert the file so that you can access the icon through get info in the finder.
Now select your .icns file in the finder and do a get info.
In the get info window click on the file icon to select it.
Hit Command-C to copy the icon.
Now find the application you want to apply the icon to in the finder.
Do a get info on the app.
Select the icon in the app get info window.
Hit Command-V to paste the copied icon.
Ta Da.
You now have a custom icon on your own application that has transparence and will scale to 512 pixels!
