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SteadFast
Jul 7, 2009, 11:49 PM
I am trying to alter the BeeJive icon on my 3GS. When I created the document in Photoshop it looks the way I want it. When I SSH it into my phone it comes out looking similar but has rounded edges and isn't the exact look that I created in adobe. Any idea?


Che Castro
Jul 8, 2009, 12:49 AM
would you mind posting that Icon image

I also dont like the current beejive icon
SteadFast
Jul 8, 2009, 02:07 PM
would you mind posting that Icon image

I also dont like the current beejive icon

This is what I made to match my theme:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/imlachg1/Icon.png

This matches this theme:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6540/new3.png

Every time I try and upload the new icon it keeps the shape of the stock icon, and just has the little icon I created on the top of it. Any ideas?
Night Spring
Jul 8, 2009, 02:28 PM
You need to edit Beejive's Info.plist.

If there is a key called UIPrerenderedIcon, then flip it -- if it's true, set it to false, or viceversa.

If there is no UIPrerenderedIcon key, add it, and try true and false until you get the effect you want.
SteadFast
Jul 8, 2009, 02:56 PM
You need to edit Beejive's Info.plist.

If there is a key called UIPrerenderedIcon, then flip it -- if it's true, set it to false, or viceversa.

If there is no UIPrerenderedIcon key, add it, and try true and false until you get the effect you want.

That works a little, it still has rounded edges and the part that is supposed to be transparent is translucent. Any other ideas?
Night Spring
Jul 8, 2009, 03:44 PM
That works a little, it still has rounded edges and the part that is supposed to be transparent is translucent. Any other ideas?

Hmmmm. Those effects are controlled by mask, overlay and shadow. I was fooling around with them the other day, but never quite figured them out completely. Perhaps you could search around? Try the theme modding forums, maybe?
idesign245
Jul 8, 2009, 10:30 PM
I was designing my own icon for Beejive tonight too, and found that at first I saved it for web as a .png 8 and it looked crappy with white outlines showing up, so I saved it as .png 24 and it looks fine now. Maybe that could be whats screwing yours up?