Re: Image sources for the standard images such as NSImageNameQuickLookTemplate

FROM : jonathan@mugginsoft.com
DATE : Mon Feb 18 21:34:45 2008

You are probably correct Mike.
The following gives a good starting point for the customised icon 
(though sans the nice template effects).

[[[NSImage imageNamed:@"NSQuickLookTemplate"] TIFFRepresentation] 
writeToFile:@"/users/jonathan/desktop/eye.tif" atomically:YES];


> I think the biggest danger is the possibility of Apple changing the
> icon in a future release of OS X. The docs quite strongly point out
> that you should NOT rely on an image remaining the same between
> releases and that it should only be used for the intended purpose. So
> in this case, I think you really should create your own icon, not
> attempt to load in and modify the available image.
>
> Mike.
>
> On 18 Feb 2008, at 16:58, <email_removed> wrote:
>

>> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>>
>> The change is small - removing the pupil from the centre of the
>> NSImageNameQuickLookTemplate eye.
>> My iconographic thinking is:
>>
>> A complete eye represents a complete browse group in a table cell.
>> A pupil-less eye represents a partial browse group in a table cell.
>> An empty cell represents an empty browse group.
>>
>> Not HIG standard stuff but comprehensible I think.
>> iTunes uses the eye for its browser button, so there is a slight
>> precedent.
>>
>> I had thought that if the source images are not available (which is
>> what I suspect) that in memory compositing might be the solution.
>> Either that or another icon altogether. But the extra features of
>> the templates (auto inversion in highlighted row etc) are
>> attractive, though I'm sure the effect could be reproduced in other
>> images with appropriate masks etc.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>

>>> What sort of change are you thinking of. Is it something that could
>>> be composited yourself in code at run-time?
>>>
>>> Mike.
>>>
>>> On 18 Feb 2008, at 13:55, <email_removed> wrote:
>>>

>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> Are image files for the standard images such as
>>>> NSImageNameQuickLookTemplate accessible?
>>>> I would like to have a slight variation on one of the templates
>>>> available.
>>>>
>>>> I have read the HIG guide and now the caveats with regard to
>>>> standard use etc and possible changes to the standard images.
>>>> However, a slightly modified image would prove useful.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan