Gray scale Icons - Editor

[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

[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.

[Jim2007]

Thanks for the tip, I will look into it

[jmburnod]

Hi Jim,

You can also use the blendLevel propertie like that

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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

[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

[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

[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.