Short:        The NewIcons Backdrop Set #1
Author:       r.mcvey@genie.geis.com (Roger McVey)
Uploader:     vedovatt u washington edu (Philip A  Vedovatti)
Type:         pix/back
Architecture: generic


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     This is the first installment of visually stunning WorkBench
backdrops for the NewIcons environment.  It contains over 100 seamless
backdrops of varying bitplane depths, up to 256 colors.  The artist,
Roger McVey, is well known for his original RDM_Icons sets and as the
icon artist for the NewIcons package.

     If you haven't seen the NewIcons package, you can get it from
Aminet FTP sites as "NewIcons.lha" in the util/wb directory.  The package
enhances the Amiga GUI in a revolutionary new way, allowing one to use
icons on their system no matter what their palette is set to on an AGA
machine.  The package comes complete with a full set of beautiful, 16
color Workbench icons, drawn by Roger McVey.  The NewIcons package 
programs were written by Nicola Salmoria.


        Included with NewIcons is the DefIcons system, which further
enhances your Workbench environment by identifying files without
icons and displaying the appropriate icon for it.  Deficons recognizes
many, many file types and even recognizes default tools for various
file types.  Both NewIcons and Deficons are OS2.04 compatible as well
as AGA compatible.  Icons are limited to 16 colors on an ECS machine,
and 256 colors on an AGA machine.


These backdrops complement the NewIcons system, in that the NewIcons
base palette includes the colors in these graphics, thus saving
system resources and available dynamically allocated Workbench colors.

     
     Coming soon will be additional extra packages for the NewIcons
environment, including a supplemental icon set of over 400 more of
Roger's gorgeous icons, with icon images for games, The Video Toaster 
system, and DOZENS of other software packages. A NewIcons icon image
editor, complete with templates for the common NewIcons object images 
will also be released soon.  

As always, the NewIcons Package and the supplemental sets are freeware.

     Enjoy!