Well, I'm new to theming but I have heavy knowledge of using Photoshop and i thought I'd share a very nice feature that WILL save you hours of work!
So, you know when you want to change the look of well over 200 battery icons? Recoloring them or what ever you would feel to do, would take maybe 4 or 5 hours? Maybe 3 if your fast and know exactly what your doing.
Anyways, this Guide is to you take 30 seconds and have all changed!
First off, Have all the Icons that you want to recolor in one folder! (Perfectly on Desktop), and then an "Edit Icons" Folder.
Next, Open Photoshop.
Open ONE of the unedited Icons!
Next, go to Window>Actions.
Now at this point select the Default Actions Layer within the Actions window and expand it.
Next, click the new tab button within the Actions window and Create a name like "Icon Recoloring". Just something specific to your task.
Then, once you hit record, Photoshop will start to record your tasks. Only tasks that modify the image.
So at this point make your edits. A simple edit for wanting to change the color, go to Image>Adjustments> Hue and Saturation. I set mine to +100, which made my screen battery into a cyan or bright blue, what ever you would like to call it.
After you make your changes, click the stop button at the bottom of the actions window. (Do not save this icon you just recolored)
Next, you go to File>Automate>Batch and a window will pop up.
You need to set the correct settings.
Under the "Set:" section, select "Default Actions".
For "Action:" select the Action you created. (For me it was Icon Recoloring).
What you do at this point for the Source section, is select the folder containing the UNEDITED ICONS. Ignore the check boxes.
Next you choose your Destination Folder where you want the edited icons to go.
Once you do this, click "OK". Your Photoshop will kind of flicker as its rapidly opening, and recoloring the icons and placing them in the destination folder. The icons will be the same color as before in your Photoshop window but they will be the color you want in the Destination Folder.
andddd that's all to it! Remember that the action you create will be placed to every image you have selected. so please avoid specific icon edits!
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
So, you know when you want to change the look of well over 200 battery icons? Recoloring them or what ever you would feel to do, would take maybe 4 or 5 hours? Maybe 3 if your fast and know exactly what your doing.
Anyways, this Guide is to you take 30 seconds and have all changed!
First off, Have all the Icons that you want to recolor in one folder! (Perfectly on Desktop), and then an "Edit Icons" Folder.
Next, Open Photoshop.
Open ONE of the unedited Icons!
Next, go to Window>Actions.
Now at this point select the Default Actions Layer within the Actions window and expand it.
Next, click the new tab button within the Actions window and Create a name like "Icon Recoloring". Just something specific to your task.
Then, once you hit record, Photoshop will start to record your tasks. Only tasks that modify the image.
So at this point make your edits. A simple edit for wanting to change the color, go to Image>Adjustments> Hue and Saturation. I set mine to +100, which made my screen battery into a cyan or bright blue, what ever you would like to call it.
After you make your changes, click the stop button at the bottom of the actions window. (Do not save this icon you just recolored)
Next, you go to File>Automate>Batch and a window will pop up.
You need to set the correct settings.
Under the "Set:" section, select "Default Actions".
For "Action:" select the Action you created. (For me it was Icon Recoloring).
What you do at this point for the Source section, is select the folder containing the UNEDITED ICONS. Ignore the check boxes.
Next you choose your Destination Folder where you want the edited icons to go.
Once you do this, click "OK". Your Photoshop will kind of flicker as its rapidly opening, and recoloring the icons and placing them in the destination folder. The icons will be the same color as before in your Photoshop window but they will be the color you want in the Destination Folder.
andddd that's all to it! Remember that the action you create will be placed to every image you have selected. so please avoid specific icon edits!
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
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