September 2023, v1.0.0 by Loïc Desjardins, [email protected]
Have you ever dreamed of neat track icons in your DAW but were afraid to make them? Here's a solution : a script batch generating icons according to your tracks! This script has been done for Logic Pro X but should be of good use for Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and any DAW that allows you to use custom track icons
- Python 3.1 or above
- Pillow library https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html
- icons-maker.ipynb : Jupyter-Lab notebook, for users of Jupyter Lab IDE
- icons-maker.py : Python script to execute, see comments inside for settings
- tracks.json : list of icons to generate, see comments inside to understand possibilities
- emboss64.png : exemple of 64x64 png to create emboss effect
- emboss128.png : exemple of 128x128 png to create emboss effect
- Copy all resources in your Python 3.1 enviromnment. I recommend creating a directory for this project.
- Make sure that you allow the creation of subdirectories
- Edit the file tracks.json with any text editor and adapt it to your needs, following the guidelines described in the script or below
- For Python users : execute icons-maker.py
- For JupyterLab users : open icons-maker.ipynb script and run it
Scripts is ** free to reuse**, but if you plan to release your own version, plesae cite me. I won't offer any support for this script, and won't consider feature requests. I might just upload newer version according to my needs.
Each line should have the following structure : {"main":"TPT","sub":["solo 1","solo 2","solo 3","solo 4","solo","a3","a6","bass","piccolo"],"style":0,"color":"#00CBC9","invert":1},
- main : contains the main text of the icon. Mandatory. I advise to stay between 2 and 4 characters.
- sub : contains a list of variations in brackets. Each variation will generate an icon, with the main text on top and the smaller variation below . Can be set to [""] if you don't want any variation/subtext. I advise to stay below 8 characters.
- style : can take 3 values (mandatory) :
- 0 creates a regular icon
- "group" creates an icon with an outline. I use this for ensemble libraries
- "folder" creates a folder icons, especially for Logic Pro. It creates a half height icon with an outline and without any subtext.
- color : icon background color encoded as HEX color. Mandatory.
- invert : if present and set to 1, then the text will be black, otherwise it is white by default
Please check the code comments to see all possible settings.