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Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:10 pm
by Jim2007
Hi There,
Can someone recommend a simple editor for the Mac that I can use to convert colored Icons to gray scale for my disabled buttons? Thanks.
I've been searching for a while, but so far have not some up with a simple tool
Jim2007
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:14 pm
by sturgis
Its not really an external tool but.. If you look at this lesson
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4 ... Grayscale- it will explain how you can use livecode to convert an image to greyscale. Handy and educational too which is hard to beat.
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:02 pm
by Jim2007
Thanks for the tip, I will look into it
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:10 pm
by jmburnod
Hi Jim,
You can also use the blendLevel propertie like that
Code: Select all
on DisableBtn pBtn
set the blendlevel of btn pBtn to 50
disable btn pBtn
end DisableBtn
on EnableBtn pBtn
set the blendlevel of btn pBtn to 0
enable btn pBtn
end EnableBtn
Best regards
Jean-Marc
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:43 pm
by jacque
It's not a simple tool, but Graphic Converter is free and will convert an image to grayscale. You can ignore all the complexities and just choose a single submenu item to do it:
Picture -> Colors -> Grayscale
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:09 pm
by Jim2007
Thanks for the tip. As of version 7 the converter is now a paid application... I tried the old version 6 and while it does convert the png files to gray, it also blows the transparent backgrounds... seems like running my old editor via Parallels is the way to go for now
Re: Gray scale Icons - Editor
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:32 am
by jacque
That's too bad, I didn't realize he'd changed the payment scheme. Version 6 should be fine though.
After converting to grayscale, choose the transparency tool from the tool palette (it looks like a magic wand over a big "T") and click in the background to reinstate transparency. Then save as a png file. I just tested it, and it works in version 6.