Icon-A-Day, Icon # 31, The ActiveX Folder

So many folders so little time.

Published on February 4, 2005 By mormegil In Icons

A Icon a day Keeps the Creative

Icon 31 (ActiveX Folder) Today we will venture into the dregs of the obscure folder icons and make the seldom seen ActiveX folder. This will be pretty simple since we will be using the same techniques as in the Fonts, and other folders.
Step 1: We will start off by copying the Admin Folder, and deleting the little people.	Step 2: Then using two boxes I make myself a nice X.	Step 3: Now using the same techniques as in the last few folders we will do a nice poor mans bevel. I fill it with gradients, and give it a nice gloss.
Step 3: You will notice that the X has a little fade on the edges of the X. We do this by using the contour tool and setting the center to a gradient different than outside. (Here are the settings)	Step 4: Using the Reflection Techniques we give our X some reflections.	Step 5: Using the Shadow Techniques we give our X some shadows. This wraps the icon up.
Finished Icon Image	Click here to download the finished icon.
Tomorrow we will do another simple icon, so I can set aside a bit more time to do CorelDRAW For Skinners #4 Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: Icon # 1, Icon # 2, Icon #3, Icon # 4, Icon #5, Icon # 6, Icon # 7, Icon # 8, Icon # 9, Icon #10, Icon # 11. Icon 12 & 13, Icon # 14, Icon # 15, Icon # 16, Icon #17, Icon #18, Icon # 19, Icon #20, Icon # 21, Icon # 22. Icon #22, Icon # 23, Icon # 24. Icon #25, Icon # 26, Icon # 26, Icon # 27, Icon # 28, 29 & 30. CorelDRAW for Skinners. Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101 Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 101 Part 3: Part 3: Exporting 101, Contour & Line 101 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

Comments

Corky_O

on Feb 04, 2005

Paul,

I can't thank you enough, so thanks for today's lesson.

Also, thank you very much for showing the settings on the "X" gradient, that one might be hard to figure out without the visual clues.

I look forward to these each day, and I am currently reading the "CorelDRAW 12 Official Guide Book" by Steve Bain as a companion to these tutorials to get a fairly clear understanding of the program basics.

I have used Illustrator quite a bit, so some of the terminology is similar, though CorelDRAW has a lot of interactive features which you show in these tutorials which either do not exist, or would take many steps and layers to obtain the results which are quickly and efficiently available in CorelDRAW.

I am ready to start to tackle the projects this weekend with some confidence, and look forward to completing the full tutorial with an icon package to show for it in the end (probably take me a few months). Although, I will be using yours, because my talent will surely take some considerable time to develop.

Again, thank you for your kindness, and I am looking forward to purchasing your next available professional project.

One of your online students, Corky_O

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