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Article #45675Re: Color Icons in the Finder (was Displaying cicn's on the desktop)
From: Bruce Burkhalter
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 03:23
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 03:23
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In article <38361@apple.Apple.COM> rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) writes: >these cicn resources that I've been using with icon colorizer >into the icl8 resources that SunDesk uses? Why was icl8 >created in the first place? This may sound silly coming >from an Apple person, but I can't keep up with everything. The icl8 (and the icl4 and icl2) describe an icon of a specific bit depth. The icl8 uses 8 bits for every pixel, the icl4 uses 4 bits for each pixel, etc. In System 7.0, the Finder will use color icons ala the ColorFinder INIT. To draw the icons, it will use the icon resource corresponding to the current bit depth of the monitor i.e. if the monitor is set at 8-bits (256 colors) is will use the icl8. This is done for speed. It is faster to draw the icon if the bit depths match. Bruce Burkhalter
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