Re: hi-res finder icons?

Subject	Re: hi-res finder icons?
Date	2014-07-21 19:04 -0700
From	William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID	<210720141904220793%whanna@invalid.invalid> (permalink)
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In article <210720142137166771%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <slrnlsret1.19p9.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> 
> > > i have hi-res images rendered at Frax which i then DL from the web.
> > 
> > > the DLed file (8192 x 6144 px) has a finder icon that looks really
> > > great at full size.
> > 
> > > however, after processing them in PS6 and saving as TIF files, the
> > > finder icons look like crap... very pixelated.
> > 
> > Photoshop 6 does not produce full size icons. I believe the maximum is
> > 64x64, but it could be 32x32. 
> 
> photoshop 6 is 15 years old.
> 
> assuming you mean photoshop cs6, it creates 256x256 icons. it also
> creates an image preview.
> 
> > OS X supports 256x256 icons.
> 
> 1024x1024 for retina, 512x512 non-retina.


yes... i meant cs6

256x256 would explain why they look bad

so... that's the limit in PS CS6?

thanks

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hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-20 19:34 -0700
  Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-20 19:37 -0700
    Re: hi-res finder icons? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-21 19:03 +1200
      Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-21 07:57 -0700
        Re: hi-res finder icons? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-21 16:35 +0000
          Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-21 13:01 -0700
            Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-21 13:10 -0700
              Re: hi-res finder icons? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-22 13:21 +1200
              Re: hi-res finder icons? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-22 15:26 +0000
                Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-23 16:07 -0700
  Re: hi-res finder icons? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-22 01:17 +0000
    Re: hi-res finder icons? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-21 21:37 -0400
      Re: hi-res finder icons? William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-21 19:04 -0700

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