[crupp]

Does anyone have a Sports icon; IE a football, Hockey or baseball theme? I have not seen one.

[Scooterpig]

I'd like to ask toyvan where do you grab the original icon image from please so it can then be modified to Glass Orb?

ie; this post

Thank you..

[Geff Sweatstein]

Originally Posted by Scooterpig

Here's a couple from me, am still learning and playing but getting there..

Shazaam, Lightsaber & 2 different WiFi Toggles.

Thanks to toyvan for such a great theme..

Thanks for the WifiToggle

Can you do:

StumblerPlus
CardShark
iLog
iTalk

[toyvan]

Originally Posted by effele

No, no, Thanks to you mate for making my iPhone a pleasure to look @.



Hi one question, how come below my nickname in this forum: "effele" says "What's Jailbreak?", how do I change that?

You're welcome. The more posts you make on mmi will change your "what's jailbreak" under your name automatically....so, just keep contributing to these threads

Originally Posted by Scooterpig

I'd like to ask toyvan where do you grab the original icon image from please so it can then be modified to Glass Orb?

ie; this post

Thank you..

I usually find all original icons doing a google image search or just create my own with an alternative image that I also find on google images...

[Scooterpig]

Originally Posted by toyvan

I usually find all original icons doing a google image search or just create my own with an alternative image that I also find on google images...

Thanks mate, what a brain fade that was, never even thought of there..

Originally Posted by Geff Sweatstein

Thanks for the WifiToggle

Can you do:

StumblerPlus
CardShark
iLog
iTalk

As I'm still only a beginner, had a quick play and did these for ya Geff, hope they ok and if not ignore them, doesn't bother me at all..

[Geff Sweatstein]

Originally Posted by Scooterpig

As I'm still only a beginner, had a quick play and did these for ya Geff, hope they ok and if not ignore them, doesn't bother me at all..

Thanks Scooterpig.

A few comments. The iTalk icon looks a bit 'blocky' on the curves and the text needs to stand out more or removed completely. Your icons don't seem to have the shadow effect at the top but overall a great job.

Because of the high demand for 'Glass Orb' icons can someone post a guide to making these icons using Photoshop

Thanks

[Scooterpig]

Yea Geff I know mate, tried and tried with the iTalk one and struggled big time, but as I said am a beginner with them and not sure at all how to create the shadow effect that toyvan does, nor can I work out properly how to do them in Photoshop, but still learning and playing and would love a how-to from toyvan..

[Cocchiararo]

could anyone make some/all of these ? (this is a compilation of requests from me and some friends)

AppBackup
OfflineMaps
iStorage
ABContacts
iDB
Units
TouchPlot
FTPOnTheGo
WinAdmin
ShoZu
iBeam
FriendSync (picturesync)
Snap
jNetUtil
Google Earth
Discover
Jaduu
iSSH
Toy Bot
Virtual Villagers
Vay
Besiegement
Aki Mahjong

thx in advance.

edit: there was a mahjong icon that could be renamed to aki :P

[Geff Sweatstein]

Originally Posted by Scooterpig

............ still learning and playing and would love a how-to from toyvan..

How about it toyvan, a Photoshop tutorial

[Windmeel]

Originally Posted by Geff Sweatstein

How about it toyvan, a Photoshop tutorial

Agreed

[Carbonflyber]

Hey toyvan,

Now that SBSettings is able to have it's own theme, can you develop one for it so that it matches the Glass Orb winterboard theme?

More info here if you don't know what I'm talking about....
SBSettings T | iPhone News, Help and Guides

[toyvan]

Originally Posted by Geff Sweatstein

How about it toyvan, a Photoshop tutorial

Hmmmm, I think If I made a tutorial it will just turn something that is really simple into something nobody understands..haha ...However, I will put something together if it means I don't have to make all the icons that Cocchiararo just requested ^^^^^^..lol!

Originally Posted by Carbonflyber

Hey toyvan,

Now that SBSettings is able to have it's own theme, can you develop one for it so that it matches the Glass Orb winterboard theme?

More info here if you don't know what I'm talking about....
SBSettings T | iPhone News, Help and Guides

Sweet! SBSettings is one of my most used features/apps...as soon as this update is ready I'll be all over it...cheers

[Cocchiararo]

if you can provide some info/files for me to make them (not from total scratch :P ) i will be really happy xD

[toyvan]

*TUTORIAL: HOW TO MAKE 'GLASS ORB' ICONS USING PHOTOSHOP (You asked for it, so here it is)

(FYI, I have Photoshop CS3, but all older versions are the same as far as
this tutorial is concerned)

1. Turn on some music cus this is going to be real boring..I recommend any album by Prince
2. Save and unzip the provided .rar file below...start Photoshop and 'open' the provided "Blank_Orb.png" and "Background.png"
3. Select the "Background.png" and with the 'move tool', move it into the "Blank_Orb.png". You will now have both images within the same layer, but as separate layers..make sure the "Blank_Orb.png" layer is on top of the "Background.png" layer.
4. Choose 'Save as' and save as .PSD file (photshop)..now you can use this as your template everytime you make icons so you don't have to go through steps 1-4 in the future..however, step 1 is always recommended
5. 'open' whatever image/icon you are making..we will call it "icon.png" for this tutorial. I find all my images by doing a google image search for 'whatever png'...I don't always use the original app icons, but I try and find ones that represent it well and look the best! Most of the time I just like making my own.
6. Go to Images>Adjustments>Desaturate, or Shift+CTRL+U...This will turn your icon.png into a black and white one, assuming it is in color.
7. You will have to resize your "icon.png" so it fits inside of the blank orb. Do this by selecting the 'move tool' and then just manually dragging one of the corners until it looks relatively close in size, then Press enter to accept size change/adjustments...we will refine the size in the next step.
8. Drag your "icon.png" into the "Blank_Orb.psd"..make sure it is the middle layer between the blank orb and the black background images. Now you can refine the size of the "icon.png" by selecting that layer and adjusting it until it's perfectly centered within the orb. Press enter to accept size change/adjustments.
HINT: It helps to magnify the entire .psd file to 300% so you can see everything better. It will appear blurry and pixelated, but don't worry, be happy
9. Remove the layer visibility on the black background layer...click on the little eyeball icon on the left side of that layer. This will remove the black background so it's not visible when you save your final image.
MORE HINTS: Sometimes I use the Layer>Layer style>Outer Glow option to add a white glow behind the image to make it stand out more or to hide unsmoothe outer edges on certain icons. You can turn on the visibility of the black background to see how it will appear, and then just adjust it until you're satisfied.
10. Go to file>save as>format>.PNG..basically, you want to save as .png..make sure you name the .png exactly as it appears on your iphone/touch (case sensitive), or it will not replace the original icon. If a PNG Options box opens when saving, select 'none'(default), and click 'ok'.
11. That's it!! Turn up the music and do your "I just made my own glass orb icon" dance!

There are a few other tools I use in photoshop when making icons, i.e. blur tool, magic wand, crop tool, brightness and contrast etc., but these are the basics that should get you well on your way to becoming a glass orb icon making master!!

Hope this tutorial helps..cheers

P.S. If you do make icons for this theme, please share them with the rest of us so I can add them to future updates via Cydia

[zerocoolak]

I love this theme. Has anyone created any categories icons. I can't seem to find any and have never used photoshop before. Guess I will give it a go with toyvans tutorial. For me categories is the only way to keep a theme complete with all the apps that are out there. Great work to everyone!!