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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Alevice, bitmaps [b]do[/b] use the same file format that icons use, is a legacy sence at least. I'll get to the transparency in a second, but AFAIK, no icon file format for any operating system uses compression. Way back when ms created the bmp (bitmap) file format (i think they created it, it's a pertty basic format in any case) they also used this for their application icons. But they renamed these files .ico for whatever reason, but they were still just plain old bitmap files (so are the windows start-up/shutdown screens for that matter, but they have a .system extension I believe). As the OS progressed their icons required greater features like multiple sizes and transparency, which was first done by setting a single colour in the palette that would not be drawn to the screen. Later they added 8-bit transparency like PNG images. But all of this is built atop of the basic bmp file format, which does not use compression. You might be able to save a compressed image from your image editing program then convert it to an ico file but I assure you, the inital image compression won't be carried over to the ico file as the converter will simply read the image pixel by pixel, which subverts any compression you might have done, possibly resulting in an uncompressed image with compression uglies. So don't compress any file you want to convert to an icon (unless it's a form of lossless compression or minor palette optimisation). So, if you're making a favicon then just save yourself the trouble and make it a windows bmp file and rename it, cause that's all those expensive icon editing programs would do in that particular case. ;) Hell, you could even do it in MS paint! But if you want to use the more advanced features of the ico file format then you'll need to use a program/converter designed for doing just that. Edit: You use Corel Photopaint! I thought that program was dead... wipes away a tear*... Oh the memories.... Arr who am I kidding. I kicked that app to the kerb the second I found a copy of photoshop and Doc's hands on tutorials some 5 years ago. Never looked back since. From my perspective of Photopaint at the time, Photoshop was a much more productive and capable program, but each to their own I guess. [This message has been edited by Cameron (edited 02-01-2004).] Loading...
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