Short: New icons for EMPLANT Author: enigma@dorsai.dorsai.org (Victor A. Buttaro) Uploader: enigma dorsai dorsai org (Victor A Buttaro) Type: pix/icon Architecture: generic Version: 1.0 A lot of people have complained about the ugliness of the icons that come with the Emplant; some people have actually tried to do something about it. Well today I join that group. Standard Icons: Enclosed you will find 4 color replacements for most of the icons that came with the EMPLANT. (I'll be working on the rest soon). Using only 4 colors (the standard Workbench 2.0+ colors); they'll look good on everybody's Workbench. Sorry, no "MagicWorkbench" icons here. The icons are all duel image Using them is simple enough; though I would recommend you load then into "IconEdit" and then "save as" out to your original icons so as to not lose any "tooltypes" you may have set. MAKE A NOTE OF THE "TOOLTYPES" SO YOU CAN VERIFY THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MODIFIED. Having said that these icons don't appear to have any "tooltypes" associated with them. Also, they'll look best on a 1x1 screen (or the closet thing).They'll look slightly elongated an any screen that deviates greatly from 1x1 (like High-reas 600x200) Sorry, but they were designed with my Workbench screen in mind. "NewIcons": I have included 2 IFF files of all the icons in beautiful full color (At least I think they look beautiful), for those that use "NewIcons". The two files are as follows: 1. NewEMP_1: A standard high-res-lace IFF file. 2. NewEMP_2: A 1x1, 640x480 Productivity IFF file. "NewIcons" comes with a utility called "InjectBrush" that will allow you to convert a brush to a "NewIcon" icon. Two things to consider though: 1. The icons do use the standard "NewIcons" palette; though I may have changed a color or two. 2. The icons are bigger that the 36x40 recommended in the "NewIcons" docs. Though I read in another program that "NewIcons" allows icons up to 96x96 in size (Please don't quote me on that figure). Each "NewIcons" brush comes in pairs and matches the original 4 color icons. First install the standard 4 color icons and then load the appropriate IFF file into a paint program. You will notice that each image pair is named; and each image is surrounded by a ugly Magenta(?) border. Pick up everything INSIDE that border as a brush; and save them out as pairs. Name them accordingly to make it easier for yourself when you go and use "InjectBrush" Read the documentation for "InjectBrush" for how to proceed from here. If "InjectBrush" complains about the size or the palette; try the FORCE option for "InjectBrush" as mentioned in the documentation. Hopefully this will all work, if so then do like the shampoo bottle says; "repeat". If it doesn't; well then I guess you'll have to just admire the pictures and dream of what could have been. :) Notice: I'd like to know whether it worked or didn't. So if you bother to try to install the "NewIcons" version; please let me know how it went. IN CONCLUSION If you are reading this now, then I can safety assume that you've had a chance to look at the icons. Well folks; I need feed-back. Whether you love them, or hated them; I want to know what you think. Do you have a question? E-mail me. Do you have a problem? Do the same. You'll find my e-mail address not far from this sentence. Do you have some icons you want done? Well just ask; I don't bite. AUTHOR The graphics and the icons were created by Victor A. Buttaro 61-4th Place Brooklyn, New York, 11231 E-Mail: enigma@dorsai.dorsai.org The poor excuse for documentation was written by: The same person. :) Acknowledgements Jim Drew, for making the EMPLANT and designing such crappy icons I guess. :) DISTRIBUTION This software is FreeWare. It is freely distributable as long as the archive remains intact, and only a nominal fee is charged for its distribution. This software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. By using it, you agree to accept the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program.