Icons for Beyond Compare

[maxtron95]

Fixes #3025

[palob]

Symbol looks a bit big.
What is the original icon depicting? A car wheel?

[palob]

This might look less busy w/o the circle on the hexagon.

[palob]

@creepertron95 Will you finish your open PRs? If not, I can step in in the coming weeks.

[maxtron95]

@palob I haven't been active in this repo for a while, It's fine for you to step in and clear the PRs.

[mrmeszaros]

@palob Beyond Compare is a diff tool for files and folders. It is developed by Scooter Software, Inc. - hence the logo: a wheel of a scooter with "diff arrows".
I kind of like it, though it does look a bit too big and busy in the center.

Maybe downsized to 24x24? Or would it be too much?

(It's just a quick scale down without realigning)

[palob]

I think it can be 26x26.

[mrmeszaros]

Ok - in the meantime I already did a 24x24 so here is a comparison:

24x24	26x26

The inside of the wheel might need some work (no baseplate/white, lighter grey "screw", wheel inner drop shadow).

[palob]

24 and 26 both work. I prefer the smaller nut. I think there shouldn't be the ring of the baseplate peeking through, so the inner part looks like a hub cap similar to the original icon. Maybe the arrows could drop a shadow over the other wheel parts.
Maybe the tyre part could get some lighter/darker coloured "dents" on the outside, looking like a tyre tread.

[mrmeszaros]

OK, so: smaller nut, no baseline peekthrough, arrow dropshadow ✔️

Fiddling a bit with the outside dents - not sure about how many - I feel like 7 is kinda fine.
I made the tire is made a bit lighter (#333333) and did the dents half and half dark (#1a1a1a) and llight (#4d4d4d) to see which are better.
Though the dents are still not very visible.
Maybe a bigger shape could also help... do You have any ideas?

5 dents	7 dents	9 dents

Also, I think I'll create a separate PR, since it looks like I'll be able to finish this.

[palob]

Maybe bigger dents, brighter on the upper half, darker on the bottom half.

[mrmeszaros]

Bigger dents:

Full Light	Halfsies	Full Dark

Greys are 10L apart, yet the light seems less contrasty, so for me the full dark works better.

[palob]

How dark are the dark dents? Shouldn't be darker than L20. You're right, full dark is the best, the mix looks a bit busy.

[mrmeszaros]

Sadly the dark dents are L10. So here are two versions with only L20+ greys:

#555555(L33) / #363330(L20)	#474747(L28) / #363330(L20)	#333333(L20) / #6b6761(L40)

To me with the L20 restriction the second one works better

Edit:

Added L28/L20 version in the middle

[palob]

How does it look with L28 for the tyre and L20 for the dents?

[palob]

@mrmeszaros Sorry, didn't notice your edit. L33/L26 I think it is.
Blue and red could be a bit brightened up/desaturated.