Icon-A-Day, Icon # 54, Video Clip

The stand in video file.

Published on February 24, 2005 By mormegil In Icons

Icon 54 (Video Clip) As we polish off the default file icons, we come to the Video Clip icon. This icon is used by windows for several types of files; if we don't do the WMA, and AVI file types separately they would show up as the Video Clip icon. I like to do this a bit different than the MOVIE icon. This time I decided to do a "Clapper" in the Glassy style we are using elsewhere in the pack. Ok, off we go.
Step 1: First thing I do is copy our WMV file and remove the WMP Logo, and all the shadows and reflections. I also delete the title.	Step 2: Now I want to make a "Clapper" So I draw it with the rectangle tool.	Step 3: Now I take our clapper and lean it back against our file with the perspective tool.
Step 4: Now I duplicate the bottom of the clapper twice and use the original image to trim the edges from the duplicates to get the edges of the clapper.	Step 5: Now using the mesh tool and a few circles I make a clasp to hold on the top of the clapper.	Step 6: Now I make some text to go on the clapper, and using the perspective tool fit it on the bottom.
Step 7: Now I give the clapper some subtle gloss since it is glassy.	Step 8: Now using our Shadow and Reflection Techniques I put a reflection of the clapper in the film, and a nice shadow under the clapper.	Step 9: Last with the Reflection Techniques I new refection of the file and clapper together.
Completed Icon Image.	Click here to download the finished icon.
This is the last of the Default Video icons, we will do some bonus Video Type icons before the pack is done. But for now this can stand in for just about any type of Video file. Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: (Icon-A-Day Index) Check out the CorelDRAW for Skinner Index, for links to all the related Video Tutorials. And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made, in the Miscellaneous Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com All Images and Text in this tutorial are © Paul Boyer, and may not be reused without written permission.

Comments

Hus

on Feb 24, 2005

Director: Mormegil
Scene: 54

Nice icon also...its really starting to come together...

Corky_O

on Feb 24, 2005

Narscan

on Feb 25, 2005

Thanks mormegil

Dark-Star

on Feb 25, 2005

Your use of lighting astounds me. I have got to learn Corel and vectored graphics. I love how you do reflections and make things look so real. It's just stunning Paul.

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