Custom Starcraft II Icon(s)

Pl4t0

United States103 Posts

September 06 2011 20:49 GMT

The default desktop icon in Starcraft II is pretty damn cool - the logo in and of itself is very neat.

But after being exposed to Starcraft as a competitive sport, I view it through a different lense. When I play a match of SCII I don't feel so much as though I'm engaging in a war for dominance of the Koprulu sector (although I grew up with the original's campaign and will always love the story) so much as challenging a human equal to the ultimate duel. That little icon on my desktop is the gateway to so much more than just a toy program. To reflect this, I took the time to create a custom icon that I feel represented the competitive nature of the game:

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Can be found here: http://imgur.com/9cKbQ

(it'll have to be converted to .ico format, but converters are fairly easy to find online)

Also, I wondered, has anyone else thought to do the same? If you have, it'd be real cool if we could share it all here.

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

September 06 2011 20:58 GMT

Posted that long time on some SC2-community sites.

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http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/resources/art-assets/13182-regional-sc2-icons/
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=159112

Download. Other icons can be downloaded in TL-topic, link above.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3mmwo25gz25t6ri

tyles

United Kingdom509 Posts

September 06 2011 21:02 GMT

amazing. good job mate

ThEoKoLeS

1 Post

October 06 2017 00:55 GMT

Creating your own floating spinning transparent base icon for Starcraft 2

Tutorial by <AmGB>ThEoKoLeS (a.k.a Chavez_US in Vietcong game)

Steps:
-Start Starcraft 2

-After you're loaded into game, click on "Groups and Events Icon" (on lower right by the current time).

-Create a Group if you haven't already. (You must be the admin of the clan or group to add the custom icon!)

-Find your image you want floating in the game. Right click it and select Open/Edit With Photoshop

-In Photoshop select File-> New
Width 256 pixels
Height 256 pixels
Resolution = 72
Color Mode RGB Color 8 bit
Background Contents = Transparent (Make sure you changed to this!)

-Open the image you want to transfer to this newly created 256x256 image (Make sure the height is smaller than 256 pixels)
Check by selecting Image -> Image Size

-Open Window->Channels->Create New Channel (That will add the alpha layer)
The Alpha Channel layer should be selected (highlighted in blue)

-Select -> Inverse (Paint the area to be seen white - RGB 251, 251, 251),

-Select -> Inverse (Paint the area to NOT be seen black - RGB 1, 1, 1),

-Select File-> Save As -> PNG - Interlaced (Name your file, save it to: Documents -> Starcraft 2 -> Image Uploads)

-Go back into Starcraft 2 game
-(Go back to the "Groups and Events" section that you created your Clan or Group, find your created Clan or Group and select it)
-Click on Info--> Edit Info -> Change Decal (Select your newly created PNG -> Save Changes

Viola! You've created your floating icon for your clan or group!

<AmGB>ThEoKoLeS

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