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:icondaedryon:
~Daedryon Sep 21, 2009, 4:58:26 AM
Hey, in regards to your icon set, [link] , how would I go about changing the background color.

I noticed another user had asked the same question in the comments, but I figured I'd take the direct route.

I too want to make custom dock icons, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to change the background color.

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~k2aven Sep 21, 2009, 9:12:15 AM
Alright, I will try to give a detailed answer.

In the layer window, right click on the layer called Background -> Blending Options... In the blending options window select Gradient Overlay on the left side. Then on the right side you should see a gradient (a light blue - blue one on the master PSD file), click on it (important: not on the arrow, click on the gradient itself). There doubleclick on the 2 bottom endpoints of the gradient (the 2 little squares with the same blue colours - NOT the black squares on top), select 2 colours, and you're done.

I hope it's clear now :)

PS: Don't forget to :+fav: them if you use them!
:icondaedryon:
~Daedryon Sep 21, 2009, 3:09:36 PM
Thanks, it worked perfectly, except my font is still the same shade as the color (for example, it's red) and I'm trying this "hit delete" step everywhere and nothings working.

I can't get the text to go black.

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~k2aven Sep 23, 2009, 6:46:48 AM
It's written down in the readme file. The delete thing doesn't work, because you didn't select the text, I think. You can do that by Ctrl + clicking on the text layer (hold down Ctrl and click on the text layer's T icon), then select the Background layer, and press delete.
:icondaedryon:
~Daedryon Sep 23, 2009, 7:33:04 AM
It worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

I'm working on some dock icons styled after yours, and once I've finished the pack, I'll be uploading them here, with full credit to you my friend!

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:icondaedryon:
~Daedryon Sep 21, 2009, 4:50:03 PM
Wait, do I have to double click the text, go to "Color Overlay" and set the color to black?

Right now, I have for my text, Inner Shadow on, as well as Bevel & Emboss.

It looks good, except the main part of the text is still red.

When I select Color Overlay, I can set the text color to pure black, except I don't know if that's the color you used for yours, or if you used a specific hex color code.

Any help would be muchly appreciated.

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~k2aven Sep 23, 2009, 7:18:53 AM
You don't need to change the text's colour, no need to change anything on the text layer, it's only needed to make a selection. The text is already dark grey (almost black), and a bit transparent. If you turn off the Background layer's visibility (eye icon) you can see the text itself is not blue / red. The text will always have the same colour as the background, because it's transparent, but if there is nothing behind it (no background), you will see that the text itself is dark grey. So you have to delete the background behind the text. Se my other reply.
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