VC Save Icon Generator 2.0 by HowardC
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Version History
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Version 3.0
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Added support for png images.
Added a save icon animation preview. (For those adventurous types who are going to make a completely custom template set.)
Added the ability to generate channel (also known as icon for some reason) and banner images.
Added new "makecode" command line switch, which will let you turn on/off the creation of the various images.
Added better documentation of the command line switches.  


Version 2.0
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Added Proper neogeo support (9 images, not 5)
Added NeoGeo templates and original icons.

Version 1.0
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Initial release


Description
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Using original bitmaps, ripped from original tpl files as a base, this app takes an image and inserts it into these base images,
eliminating the need to edit them in photoshop or a similar app.

Instructions
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It couldn't be simpler... type the path to the screenshot (or whatever) in the source box, select the console, and click make!
Optionally you can type the destination path in as well, but keep in mind that we are making 5 images, not one, so you should NOT
put an extension at the end.  (To make nes1.bmp-nes5.bmp in the "d:\icons" folder, you would set the path to "d:\icons\nes"

Don't forget to put them back in a tpl file!



Command line Options
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usage:  vcigen.exe -sys system -s "srcfile" [-d "destfile base" -m makecode]

-sys system= the console you wish to make images for valid choices are neogeo,nes,snes,smd,gen and tg16.

-s "srcfile" = the path to the image (generally a snapshot) you wish to use to make the various images.

-d "destfile base" = the path and "base name" to where the images will be outputted.  NO EXTENSION please!  (use d:\snap\neogeo NOT d:\snap\neogeo.bmp!)
If omitted, the source image's path and base name will be used.

-m makecode = a code that determines which images will be made.  Add an "s" to include save icon generation, "c" for channel image and "b" for banner image.
Simply "build" a code by tacking the letters together.  "-m sc" for example, would make the save images and channel image, but not the banner image. If 
omitted, all three types will be made.  

Notes:
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For simplicity's sake, only one source image can be used at a time.  This is because official images are all based on the same snapshot.  If you prefer to 
use different images, simly run the app three times, using a different path each time, with the appropriate checkboxes checked for each time.

The original, unedited icons are also included in case something would go wrong.  The base icons have been edited to include a picture of the console.
If you'd rather use generic icons, simply use those.