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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: eronike@cerf.net (Tony Austin) Subject: PRESS RELEASE: IconMaker by BlueSky Software Reply-To: eronike@cerf.net Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Blue SKY Software, P.O. BOX 57096 Sherman Oaks Ca., 91403. FAX: 989-4928 E-Mail: eronike@cerf.net IconMaker is used to create icons for folders, files and applications. Operating system requirements for IconMaker is NeXTSTEP 3.0 or higher. The most notable standout in IconMaker is it's large drawing window. The obese bits or detail tools in other Icon programs are quite small in comparison. The IconMaker drawing window allows you to see the fine detail of an icon and correct it accordingly without squinting your nose up to the screen to see how it looks. Tools Include: A PEN and LINE tool that can be enlarged up to10 points. A TEXT tool. A BUTTON tool, CIRCLE and SQUARE tool that can be filled with one color and have a different line color or line weight. An ICON VIEWER that displays what ever is being worked on in the DRAWING WINDOW at final icon size. (A 3/4 inch are of workspace gray surrounds the image so as to illustrate how it would actually look in a workspace environment. A GRID CONTROL that allows you to place a light, dark, black or white grid on top of your art work to aid you in keeping your art work balanced. The GRID CONTROL can also be placed behind your artwork or turned off if not needed. A HIGHLIGHT TOOL is provided that allows you to view your icon as if it were highlighted in the workspace area. An ICON IMPORTER imports existing TIFF or EPS images allowing you to crop the image to create new icons at any chosen depth. (2bit color, 8bit color, 12 bit, color or 24bit color.) The ICON IMPORTER tool will display the full TIFF or EPS image in the upper portion of an import window with a 48 by 48 pixel "cutting box" drawn on top. The 48 by 48 box represents the size of an icon. You can grab and place the box on any portion of the TIFF or EPS image that you would like to crop and import. The contents of the cutting box is shown in a viewer in the lower portion of the import window to illustrate exactly how the image would look as a final Icon. An ICON BROWSER which lets you view all the icon sized TIFFS that are placed in a folder. See an icon sized TIFF you like; double click the image and it's imported into the drawing window for editing. An ICON INSTALLER panel that installs your icons as an .dir.tiff, (The icon image of a folder, file or application.) or the .opendir.tiff, (What the icon would look when something was placed in the folder or file.) ONE HUNDRED ICONS PROVIDED FREE WITH EACH PURCHASE. Icons may be used in your own workspace folders and files or even in applications you create for resale. The icons range in industry specific related art to just fun things like a 1922 Underwood typewriter or a hovering paper airplane casting a drop shadow below it. Icon Maker is fun and makes better Icons. ....."IconMaker is the easiest program I've seen for creating and installing new icons." (Michael K. Mahoney 1 Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at California State University of Long Beach. Co1author of NeXTSTEP PROGRAMMING STEP ONE: OBJECT1 ORIENTED APPLICATIONS.) Price $150
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