Re: [Gimp-user] Create icons from images

[Rick Kline <rick kline ms>]

> On Jun 29, 2018, at 4:47 AM, Pickles via gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> Other Gimp users constantly post vids about how to use images to create
> desktop icons using GIMP. I eventually realised that I had to rename the
> file to .ico myself and then, contrary to the instructions I had to EXPORT
> the photo and not simply SAVE it, things began to look rosy, until I viewed
> the end result (see attached image), my icon is a cat between the normal
> Telephone and Gimp icons! Please explain where I'm going wrong?
>
> P.S as instructed I saved the file in *32x32* pixels and renamed it as CAT
> *.ico*
> Hope you can help and thank you for reading.
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Oops - looks like you hit “Send” before attaching the sample image or link. I do that way too often, too.


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