New Icons for Net Render!
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said, “God is in the details” (although some in the design crowd incorrectly attribute it to Hillman Curtis). Details matter, especially in software design. Good little things like Adobe changing the “image sequence” checkbox default to “checked” when importing image sequences, go a long way. Then there are other little little things that drive me crazy. For example: Maxon not giving NET Render Client and NET Render Server their own icons. And what do we do when something doesn’t exist? We create it. So here you go, new icons for NET Render Client and NET Render Server, free as can be.
Download Icons
Included in the zip file are my original PSD files (created in CS3), 48×48 png, 32×32 png, 16×16 png (yuck) and ICNS files for Mac users. You are free to change, re-distribute, whatever you want - except sell (duh) or pass off the originals as your own creation (wickety-wack).
Installation
If you are on OS X, read this article on installing new icons. The .icns file you want to replace is c4dapp.icns. If you want to try the ol’ Get Info->Paste trick, you can try that, but it’s infamous for not actually changing your icon permanently. On Windows, read up on your options over here at the iconaholic.com help section. Since I included the .PSDs, you have the ability to create whatever you may need.
Notices
- Before you go replacing anything, backup your old files. It’s not my fault if you mess something up.
- The C4D Logos were obtained from the Maxon site HERE.
- The little character in the header image on this post was grabbed from HERE, I did not create the character, I don’t know who did, but good job.
- Just like with the Plugin Cafe RSS Feeds, I have no affiliation with Maxon. I just use their software.
RSS Feeds for Plugin Cafe
The other day I was poking around in the Plugin Cafe forums and I saw somebody request RSS feeds for the forums. Later the same day, I asked a question regarding a little plugin I’m writing to help improve the 3D pipeline over at one of my favorite studios. (Why would I do such a thing? Oh yeah, it’s all part of being versatile)
Anyway, after receiving a very thorough response from the community over there (including Matthias from Maxon), I decided to go ahead and fulfill the RSS Request, as there had yet to be a response on the issue (I’m sure Maxon has their little noses to the grindstone improving openGL support on the mac, etc…)
So without further ado, you can get your Plugin Cafe RSS feeds at:
http://chriskelley.tv/plugincafe/
Keep reading to find out more about how I create the feeds.
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