Use icons from .exe as thumbnails

Question

Hi Archers,
I'm a little confused nobody _ever_ asked about this one in the forums, but here we go anyways.
I tried to use icons extracted from the .exe as thumbnails in Nautilus. Seems to work so far, but alpha-transparency and size are still messed up.
Currently looks like that: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3033/91691770.jpg
Im using a wineicons.sh script from http://www.objectnetworks.net/wiki/inde … _for_Gnome
#!/bin/sh
f=`mktemp`
if wrestool "$1" -x -t14 > $f && [ -s $f ]; then
id=`icotool -l $f | awk '{
ci=int(substr($2,index($2,"=")+1));
cw=int(substr($3,index($3,"=")+1));
cb=int(substr($5,index($5,"=")+1));
if (cw > w || (cw == w && cb > b)) {
b = cb;
w = cw;
i = ci;
END {
print i;
}'`
icotool -x --index=$id $f -o "$2"
# convert -size 32x32 "$2" "$2" # optional
else
cp '/home/chrissi/.icons/gnome-brave/32x32/mimetypes/exec_wine.png' "$2"
fi
rm $f
It's called by using wineicon.sh %i %o as thumbnailer for app/x-ms-dos-executable.
The output from the script looks good, it's a 256*256 .png with transparency, but when it's used as a thumbnail it's got white backgrounds and is not the regular icon-size.
Anyone got any ideas on how to create 48*48 icons with transparency?
Maybe I'll write a wiki-page if it works out well

Answer 1

It would appear the site offers free graphics submitted by viewers, so subject to any conditions they set, yes you can use it.
Just be careful that if you use it you meet their terms. Mostly they just want credit given or for you to use it non-commercially, sometimes they let you do anything you want.
Be careful that it is theirs and not swiped from somewhere else.
It is not usual but in the properties of the files sometimes you can read its author and copyright terms. These are readable in PhotoShop and Illustrator amongst other software. Even Preview will show some of this in its Info palette.
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