How to make a 512-px version of the Network icon
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UPDATE 2008-01-02: Ahruman commented that you can just use NSNetwork in IconGrabber. No need to go through all these steps and fake one.
If you’ve ever needed a high-resolution version of the Network icon for anything, you may have noticed that Mac OS X does not ship with one. When you select the Network and Copy it, then create a new document from the clipboard in Preview or Acorn, the largest size available is 128-px.
Fortunately, the .Mac icon is available in 512-px, and you can easily change it into the Network icon.
You will, of course, need Leopard (for no other version of Mac OS X has 512-px icons).
- Obtain the built-in image NSImageNamedDotMac in either Core Image Fun House or Acorn.
- Apply a Hue Adjust filter: +5°.
- Apply a Color Controls filter: Saturation × 0.25.
The easiest way to get the .Mac image is IconGrabber. Enter the name “NSDotMac”, then click Draw, then set the size to 512×512, then save. (Note: On an Intel Mac, you’ll need to build from source, because the pre-built version for PowerPCs doesn’t run on Intel for some reason.)
February 2nd, 2008 at 15:14:34
Erm… if I create an NSImageView in IB and set the image to NSNetwork, I get a 512×512 icon.
*checks* Yep, works with IconGrabber too.
February 2nd, 2008 at 15:23:07
Ahruman: Erk. How’d I miss that?
Thanks. I’ll update the post.