Icons Guide

1. Make sure you have Effects > Object > Apply Mask, otherwise get it from here.
2. Find an icon and save it as a paint.net shape.
3. Enable the Icon Bounds layer, and make a new one above it titled <your abbreviation> Icon.
4. Put #FFFFFF as your primary color, and set your secondary color to 0 Opacity.
5. Draw your custom shape with an outline, adjusting it to hit the top and bottom of the bounding box, and centering it.
   • Brush Size: 20
6. Make sure the Base layer at the top is on.
7. Use the Magic Wand to select the exterior of your icon.
   • Tolerance: 80
8. Go to the Base Layer, Set the Wand's mode to Intersect and select the interior of the Base.
9. Create a New Layer above your Icon called <your abbreviation> Mask.
10. Fill your Selection.
11. Create a New Layer beneath your Icon called <your abbreviation> Color.
12. Copy Color Streak's content to your new layer.
13. Use Effects > Object > Apply Mask
    • The Effect is buggy and must open with your Mask layer selected to work.
    • If the Effect is not opening with your Mask layer selected you can check what layer it is opening to, and -with some trial and error- move your Mask layer to where that layer is.
14. Create a New Layer above your Color called <your abbreviation> Text
15. Add Text of <your abbreviation> in all caps.
    • Font: Segoe UI Black
    • Size: 108
    • Align: Right
16. Move the grabber until you are at X: 256.
17. Set your Text to be Center-Aligned.
18. Adjust your Text up/down until centered vertically within the Base.
19. Create a folder in this repo titled <your abbreviation> in all caps.
20. Delete layers belonging to other abbrevations, but not the utility layers like zColor Streak.
21. Save the .pdn of your project into your folder with <your abbreviation> in all caps as the file name.
22. Save As a .png of your project into the folder with icon as the file name.
    • Flatten to a .png
    • Bit Depth: Auto
    • Algorithm: Octree
    • Dithering: 7
    • Transparency: 44