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.

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