Crater icon
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 9:33pm
13 years
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I'm looking for an icon to go with the various crater pois I have found here. Does anyone have one?
13 years
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I'm looking for an icon to go with the various crater pois I have found here. Does anyone have one?
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Like meteor craters?
nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
Yes, sorry!
Yes, sorry!
Linda B. Garmin nüvi® 3597LMTHD, Garmin nüvi® 2460LMT (loved it, until I dropped it), Garmin nüvi® 255W
FAQ
How would we write a FAQ on taking an image and making it into a .bmp Icon.
According to ghayman, size should be no bigger than 24 x 24 pixels and it is best to use 256 RGB color palette with standard web safe colors
I found a crater at
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2...
I used Irfanview to crop the picture to a square format. Then I used Faststone Photo Resizer to change to a 24 by 24 pixel bmp.
The result looked OK but I haven't tried it out.
How would someone else have done this?
What I would do
1. Do a google image search for meteor crater.
2. Save a colorful, high contrast image to computer.
3. Open it with mspaint.
4. Under "Image" menu, use "Attributes' to discover its current size.
5. Using "Stretch/Skew", enter percentages to reduce the image to 24x24 pixels.
6. Save modified image as "Crater" as a 256 Color Bitmap image.
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
GRAPHICS TO HELP YOU
If you want, you can see how it is done via graphic pictures in 'Paint' in my article:
GOOD CHOICE FOR YOUR CUSTOM POI GRAPHIC
- A Standardization That Will Help
on the GARMIN TRICKS & TIPS ETC. website
http://bit.ly/garmin_gps_tricks
It's on Custom POI Pg 7
GARY HAYMAN
Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Prev.GPSs: Drive61 LM, nuvi 3790LMT, 755T & 650, GPSIII+, SP 2610, 250W; Magellan 2200T; Originator of GARMIN NUVI TRICKS, TIPS, WORKAROUNDS, HINTS, SECRETS & IDEAS http://bit.ly/GARMIN-TNT
It worked
Selfruler,
I tried your method and it worked. I'll try the other two too. I love how helpful you all are here
I like my Garmin nuvi 255w so much that I just bought one for my 78 year old mother (for her birthday)! I'm getting it all setup before giving it to her, so everyone's helpful tips are so appreciatd!!!
Thanks!
Linda
Linda B. Garmin nüvi® 3597LMTHD, Garmin nüvi® 2460LMT (loved it, until I dropped it), Garmin nüvi® 255W
Glad It Worked for You!
Myemerald, I'm glad you found POI Factory. It's a great place to learn and share.
You are off to a good start by asking questions and by sharing your new found knowledge and skills with your mother.
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman