Well I was too lazy to write and screencapture this tutorial, so I have recorded a video tutorial instead. Basically what this accomplishes is you learn how to open a dmi file in photoshop/other third party software, perform detailed modifications (and I give some good examples) and then using TweakPNG you can actually preserve the DMI file comments and return the PNG file to a dmi file after the work you have performed is done.

This is saving me hours and hours on overlay drawing and icon tweaking so I hope that others find this helpful too.


Direct Link: youtube.com/WZdUL5jt6Hk


Summary: Rename the icon to be .png, Download TweakPNG, open the icon in TweakPNG, export the zTXt (second) chunk from the file, make your modifications in photoshop/other, open the file with TweakPNG again and import the same chunk directly under the IHDR chunk. And presto, a DMI file which you edited in photoshop. The video walks you through a few handy things for overlay making too.


Cheers!