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Replacement Adobe CS3 icons galore
Back in January we mentioned a contest over at Quark Vs Indesign.com to design replacement icons for Adobe CS3. That contest has now ended and the entries are available for download. Coincidentally, Joshua Bryant also has a post up linking to a variety of replacement CS3 icon sets. I have to say I don't really get the judges over at Quark Vs Indesign, as the first place winner there is a bit over the top in my view. Nonetheless, both sites have more subtle icons sets that I think are far superior to the default Adobe periodic table icons. Of all of these, I personally favor the gorgeous set by Adam Betts (right) based on the CS3 box design.So if you're looking to augment or replace your CS3 icons check out Quark Vs Indesign and Joshua Bryant for a lot of options.
Do you have any other favorite CS3 icon sets not mentioned?
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Zachary Hinchliffe said 9:11PM on 5-08-2007
I must be the only one who likes the regular icons.
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Mark 2000 said 9:35PM on 5-08-2007
Anyone know where I could find sets of the old icons? Even as far back as before CS? I always liked the Eye and Venus.
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wok said 9:36PM on 5-08-2007
Even though Adam Betts' icon set is gorgeous in its own right, I have to Zachary, in that I also really like the default set. Oh well, too each their own.
And wow, the first place winner over there is... well, mildly frightening, heh.
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Jaime said 9:38PM on 5-08-2007
There's a lot of crap in that contest. The best ones are from Adam Betts. BTW, if you want to replace the splash screen of your CS2 apps, visit this links.
http://planetoideblanco.blogspot.com/2007/04/ahora-un-splash-para-photoshop.html
http://planetoideblanco.blogspot.com/2007/04/splash-screen-la-cs3.html
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uros said 9:42PM on 5-08-2007
The contest is finally over. Don't mean to offend but... some of those icons look worse than Adobe's original ones. (IMO) I wouldn't ever think of ACTUALLY using the winner.
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Micheal said 10:19PM on 5-08-2007
http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16779721
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bondanrastika said 10:45PM on 5-08-2007
here's another CS3 icon collection, for those who loved the original icons, but want them to look more outstanding. it's simple and not so different from the original, but better and shiny-er :D
for mac : http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54340716/
for win :
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54334095/
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Mike said 10:49PM on 5-08-2007
As long as they get rid of that scary clown/jester mascot it's good.
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Garrick said 8:34AM on 5-09-2007
I prefer the default set. They're simple and easy to see.
Too many of my dock icons are shades of blue; I can't tell you how many times I've launched iTunes thinking it was Safari.
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JimD said 8:54AM on 5-09-2007
Except for Adam's and one other (similarly simple set) they are all about as horrible as it can get. I'm surprised that more people with talent didn't enter the contest.
Photo collages don't make good icons! The winning set is about the worst one of the bunch.
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Paul said 1:01PM on 5-09-2007
Keep in mind, the people selecting the winners of this contest were probably the same people who chose the original horrific icons.
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Tim Houghton said 3:01PM on 5-10-2007
Woah... those are some pig-ugly icons. Adam's set is by far the best.
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Digiguru said 12:35PM on 5-25-2007
Does anyone know how to install these icons in Vista?
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