ibm thinkpad icons

[Radioguy]

W and SL, as well.

[ThinkPad R]

http://www.mediafire.com/?gykommgmzny

beta vers, 256 x 256 is not clear yet.

[Radioguy]

Mediafire is timing out for me. Can you try imageboo.com or picpanda.com instead? They do free icon hosting.

[ThinkPad R]

sure



I basically took the thinkpad icon from here

http://www.iconarchive.com/show/lha-obj ... -icon.html

and modified it. I made smaller icons more recognizable & added touches involving stronger contrast or outline

Also, I added an enlarged version of the icon @ 256 x 256 so that it'd appear enlarged in very large view.

There's something stupid w/ Vista where if you have 128 x 128, it only shows up as 48 x 48 in a large thumbnail, in large view mode.

I plan to work on 256 x 256 to smooth it out. It doesn't look rough in "large view" but if you open up windows explorer & then select "extra large" view it does get broken up.

[Radioguy]

Thanks.

That icon looks good, but the IBM logo is grey rather than tri-color, and it looks a little washed out on a light colored desktop. On a black wallpaper it looks ok in contrast to the darker image, but I think a darker color with highlighting might look better.

Are you resizing from each resolution to the next? I try to go back to the original image every time to reduce to the new resolution. I take an image, clean, edit it and convert to PNG, and then do each size from that original PNG.

EDIT: Did you receive any more of the new Lenovo TP icons? The only ones I've seen so far is the recycle bin, and the ones in Lenovo Toolbox are a little similar.

http://www.picpanda.com/images/4ib7j31h2p53x4tt8a5.ico
http://www.picpanda.com/images/n4pgj833vxc45wbbhit.ico
http://www.picpanda.com/images/km4cmct825vymo1bg2c2.ico

[ThinkPad R]

Hey! I also resize from the original. The original icon was really really washed out.

I think the guys who made the original (from the vista icons link) purposely changed the IBM ThinkPad logo to Lenovo's ThinkPad, but I do like the IBM ThinkPad logo so I'll add that.

I fixed the 256 x 256 by resizing an actual image of ThinkPad T42P & also replaced 128 x 128 w/ same image.

I'll upload it after adding the tricolor logo when I get home. Thx.

[ThinkPad R]

Ah & no I haven't found more Lenovo icons, but I don't like them to begin with.

I actually wanna make a set of icons that match the one that I made recently.



Complete.

[ThinkPad R]

http://www.mediafire.com/?nzjzit1myzd




tablet icon

i think it could be used for control panel

but i dont know how to change the icon for that

[ThinkPad R]

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11154 ... -icon.html

[Marin85]

Also, there are utilities like TuneUp Utilities 2008 (shareware) that can change whole packs of system icons. The utility has a 30-days fully functional trial and after applying all needed changes, uninstalling it doesn´t remove any changes already made by it

[Radioguy]

That's usually a negative aspect of any software.

I also like to edit the registry as little as possible. I only did so once in Vista for an icon, because for some reason it wouldn't let a different icon be set for the card reader on my T61. I had to edit the entry for SD, so i could assign my mock MicroDrive SD icon. Once I did that, it opened the door to change it with icon software too.

Speaking of which, I like Microangelo On Display, I can change the Control Panel icon and many more without any regedits.

I like the tablet icon.

EDIT: By the way, since most of the icons I create are for drives, when I can, I create autorun folders and inf's so I can move those drives to other PCs and still have the icons show. (Here's some of the my stuff showing on my VAIO)

[ThinkPad R]

http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=273

they improved upon the icons--> they look cool now

[Radioguy]

Yeah, I extracted those from the newer TV apps when I downloaded them, but never used them for anything else. They're a different template than the current recycle bin ones. I thought the recycle bin was just the tip of the iceberg, and I do suspect there were more, but maybe they just didn't use them.

[Radioguy]

HarryC has posted a new PC and Networking icon from the new template:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 94#p510794

[Radioguy]

I'm sorry I didn't post this earlier. It's one of the more recent Lenovo created icons. I believe it installs with the Lenovo "ThinkVantage Tools" package (Not toolbox) and appears in "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers" for the Thinkpad once installed:

http://picpanda.com/images/101zapt2w3bgqrw6bchz.ico 216KB [128X128 pixels and below]

It looks like an X series model.

[BillMorrow]

its not clear WHAT it is besides a black notebook..

to give it a thinkpad identity add a red dot to the keyboard and, maybe, a red, green and blue "IBM" to the top lid..

[Radioguy]

Actually, open it in your browser or native photo viewer and zoom in (Crtl+). I think you'll see the details I'm referring to.

EDIT: Nevermind, I turned it into a png:

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9397/thinkpad.png

[BillMorrow]

ahh, i see..
looks like an X300..
maybe i should replace charlie and the green bird with it..?

[Radioguy]

If you must, then it should fit with the established style:

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3548/beakcrown.png

By the way, that X300 icon I posted came from this package: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-73962

Also, are the current models still using the same recycle bin/network/my computer icons as posted earlier? (Same background I used for Bill's) If so, I did a couple more based on that template that I could post. They are a bit like the retro ones ThinkPad R did (folders etc). It's not enough for another pack yet, but I could let a few fly.

[BillMorrow]

the bird looks way too pixelated and the balck background obscures the image..
i think i'll stick with charlie for now..

[Radioguy]

It would look better set at 256x256 or less. That was just to tempt you. If you want the .ico, I could do it. Do you have a higher-res version toucan? That was the best I could do with your avatar. (Not sure how it's obscured when it's on top, though)

Just for the hell of it:

http://yfrog.com/5htplogojpx (PNG's, mind you. I haven't ico'd these either yet)

[BillMorrow]

no higher res version unless i use a photo of one of my real toucans..
all of whom have become deceased..

what are you using to edit graphic files..?

[Radioguy]

I mentioned some apps earlier like MicroAngelo (great), but I also use Photoshop too.

I tend to use PS and then ico it with MicroAngelo, although it can be done in PS too with a plugin

[SHoTTa35]

I wanna use the Thinkpad icons for Windows 7 but i want one of the actual T410. There are some that's of the T61 posted last page but anyone know where i can get some T410 ones

[Radioguy]

http://www.picpanda.com/images/ufia4iszt7t39grm8mo.ico
http://www.picpanda.com/images/4ext5mtwyws4obrh1fah.ico
http://www.picpanda.com/images/8szgfyn4y1r78liwke6.ico
http://www.picpanda.com/images/t5j8wgyefvfrch51eme.ico

Hope that suffices until a future pack.

[SHoTTa35]

Very nice! Danke!!!

[BloodyGenes]

Hi,
I would really like do have the icons for my ThinkPad. For now I've got none of them, most of the Links previously posted are dead.
I am especially interested in the template-icon, the originals and the ones great users created themselves.
So, if you got some of the icons, please re-upload or send me PM!
I'd love to see Lenovo/IBM icons on my T61

[downthemachine]

Hi,
I would really like do have the icons for my ThinkPad. For now I've got none of them, most of the Links previously posted are dead.
I am especially interested in the template-icon, the originals and the ones great users created themselves.
So, if you got some of the icons, please re-upload or send me PM!
I'd love to see Lenovo/IBM icons on my T61

+1

[Radioguy]

Which ones?

[ThinkPad R]

download new ThinkPad icons for Windows 7 here!

https://www.wuala.com/priority/Documents/Think%20Theme/
http://oi44.tinypic.com/2u7lzkx.jpg