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  1. Posts : 12,120
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       #11

    The size should be the 81 pixels by 243 pixels, so each state is 81 x 81 pixels.

    After you have split it into three 81 x 81 pixel layers you'll need to select one layer and resize the image with in that layer with most image editors it will be under Layers in the menu bar and then maybe something like Modify and then resize or size and then you will reduce it by a certain percentage which will be trial and error, and then do the other two layers exactly the same. When done you should still have a 81 pixel by 243 pixel image but each section should be smaller.

    Jerry
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  2. Posts : 72
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       #12

    The 81x81 seems too big, I thought. It overflows the task bar.

    Also, in the original explorer.exe, the midsize graphic is 66 x 198.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails start orb replacement not displaying correctly-overflow.png   start orb replacement not displaying correctly-too-big.png  
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  3. Posts : 12,120
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       #13

    I was going by image #6807 which is 81 x 243 pixels.

    Jerry
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  4. Posts : 72
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       #14

    What works for me is 6802, which is 66 x 198. It works in explorer.exe, obviously, and if I export it on to my desktop or wherever, and use it with that start button app, it works that way too.

    So why, when I took that very file, 6802, and just shifted the colors, not touching the size at all, did it not work? Is there some very limited palette of colors that work and everything outside that screws things up? Here's what it looks like when I change the colors. The bmp file is shown here as a png.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails start orb replacement not displaying correctly-too-light.png   start orb replacement not displaying correctly-too-light-hover.png   start orb replacement not displaying correctly-orig-start-orb-color-shift.png  
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  5. Posts : 12,120
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       #15

    decibelle said:
    What works for me is 6802, which is 66 x 198. It works in explorer.exe, obviously, and if I export it on to my desktop or wherever, and use it with that start button app, it works that way too.
    Did you go to 100% on DPI if so that's way.


    decibelle said:
    So why, when I took that very file, 6802, and just shifted the colors, not touching the size at all, did it not work? Is there some very limited palette of colors that work and everything outside that screws things up? Here's what it looks like when I change the colors. The bmp file is shown here as a png.
    I am not sure.

    Jerry
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  6. Posts : 72
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       #16

    >Did you go to 100% on DPI if so that's why.<

    No, what I mean is it works for 125%.
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  7. Posts : 72
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       #17

    I've experimented with a bunch of variations in sizing and color, and I can't seem to change the color of an existing for without running into that same weird color washout problem, no matter what the DPI setting. It's completely baffling.
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