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- You're gonna LOVE this excellent collection of
- beautifully hand-crafted 3-D Folder and Disk icons.
-
- Those of you who are already familiar with
- SelectColorIcons won't need ME to convince them
- that this is a worthwhile download.
-
- If you haven't yet seen the SelectColorIcons series,
- you're in for a rare treat! Although, I must warn you,
- you may never want to go back to normal desktop
- icons again!
-
- Try this:
- Select a normal Folder icon on your desktop .
- Notice how it just darkens? Pretty drab, eh?
- Now, find a fancy icon and select it. Chances are,
- some colors darken, some stay bright, it just looks
- messy.
-
- The trick is, recognizing this color idiosyncrasy
- and integrate it into the overall effect, acheiving
- some pretty nifty results when a person Selects
- (SingleClicks) the icon. Kinda makes me wonder why
- this technique isn't common practice. Recently, a few
- software companies have begun to refine their icons
- this way for more visual appeal. A few. Very few,
- but at least SOMEBODY's paying attention.
-
- Anyways, this is a collection of, hmmm... about 25
- icons. Mostly Disk and Folder types.
-
- Included in this set are 10 icons from a new series,
- tentively called SelectDidjits - a Folder and Disk
- Icon collection featuring little humanoids (Didjits)
- incorporated into the designs.
-
- They are whimsical, and some are even downright
- goofy, but most can be used even in a business
- environment to impress clients or brighten somebody's
- day. You say you've done 13 revisions on that last
- document and it STILL has to go through the
- committees approval? I've got just the Folder to
- send it to them in (Revisions).
-
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-
- Here's a list of the icons in this collection:
-
- -----SelectColorIcons-----
- FOLDERS:
- On The Road (travel)
- Flyers (flying)
- Communications (tele?)
- 1forJ.C. (religious)
- TopsyTurvy (upside-down)
- Creativity (art)
- InFolder (office)
- OutFolder (office)
- Temporary (ephemeral)
- BeautifulDay (indeed)
- MoviesFolder (you see?)
- Problems (fix it)
- SoundsFolder (for sounds, duh)
- TopSecrets (pass.protect this one)
-
- -----SelectDijits------
- FOLDERS:
- 2 Didjits (hello)
- FliptFolder (this end up)
- Applicationz (for your stuff)
- Utilitiez (for your computer's stuff)
- Revisions (right?)
- TeachDidjit (for better grades)
- SpaceDidjit (my personal favorite)
-
- DISKS:
- WorkDisk (~whew!~)
- MyDisk (for you)
- YourDisk (for someone else)
-
- These icons are presented to you pasted onto empty folders.
- Also, if you open this ReadMe file in ResEdit, all the icons
- (and then some) are included in the Icl8 resource. Pretty neat, eh?
- For those who have never customized their desktop icons,
- simple instructions are included at the end of the ReadMe.
- It's as easy as cut and paste!
-
- I hope these icons will help you get that promotion, boost your
- image in your friends eyes, get an A in class or just bring a
- smile to your face.
-
- This product is ShareWare, well ...actually its SawBuckWare.
- If you feel that these icons have enhanced your life at all,
- or if you just feel like doing something nice to one who
- has dedicated his life to doing nice things for others, send
- me a SawBuck ($10 bill USA).
-
- If you don't have ten bucks, I'll understand. Times are tough.
- You're under no obligation to me. Go out and buy yourself
- something nice. A refreshing beverage, perhaps. That'll make
- me happy.
-
- If you agree to these terms, go like this...
- ~uh-huh~
-
- The mailing address, where I expect hundreds of thousands
- of SawBucks to come rolling in, is:
-
- Jason Rainbows'
- Magic Theatre Art and Design
- 503 Ohio Place
- Sarasota, FL 34236
-
- E-Mail: rainbow@q-net.net
- URL: www.q-net.net/~rainbow
-
- Have a good time and try not to hurt anybody with
- these icons, okay.
-
- Thanks.
- (yep, that's me behind the SelectDijits Icon -J.R.)
-
- Requires System 7,
- 256 colors
-
- If you've never changed icons on your Mac before
- let me quickly walk you through it here...
-
- -Select one of the nice new "SelectDidjitIcons".
- -Under the File Menu go to "Get Info"
- -See the picture of the icon at the top left
- of the info window? Click on it once. You'll see
- a thin frame border appear. Good.
- -Under the Edit Menu go to "Copy"
- -Close the Info Window.
- -Select the old drab icon that you want
- to replace.
- -Under File Menu, "Get Info"
- -Select the picture of the icon at top left
- of this Info Window.
- -Under Edit Menu, go to "Paste"
- -Close that info window and the change is done!
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