What are the basic steps for icon creation?
Everaldo: Basically this is the process of creation of an icon: 1. The icon is drawn manually in paper and afterwards it is digitalized. 2. A The digitalized image is imported to adobe illustrator and serves as base to the drawing in vector. 3. The drawing in vector is exported to photoshop where it is finalized and exported to the final format. 4. The finalization of the icon is made in different ways depending on the system in which the icon will be used. When the icon will be used in Linux I use photoshop itself to make the adjustments and export the icons in PNG. When the system is Windows I use Axialis icn workshop to finalize the file in .ico. When the system is MacOS I use iconbuider plugin for Photoshop created by iconfactory. Jimmac: The hard part is always a good metaphor. One that takes the point across but also takes the level of detail in question. It needs to be simple. You can hardly draw a soccer ball in the net of a goal on a stadium at 16×16 pixels to illustrate “scor
