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.Libs
You may declare up to 10 Icon directories as libraries, You will be ask for the
directory name and a name for the library, i.e. library name. You will then be able
to quickly access you libraries via the list box below the exit button.

.Show
Show will display all the Icons in the current directory. Select the Icons with your
mouse for further action.

.Options- Show all icons
Will display all icons in the directory when the directory is changed, depending
on how many icons you have in each directory you may not want to choose this
option.

.Options - Editor
Will call the editor.
.Options - Favorite directory
Choose this option to define the initial directory used when Icon Master Starts.

.Options - Enter new library
Will allow you to declare a directory a library and give it a name, you may then
switch to that library via the list box below the exit button.

.Options - Clear Library List
Will reset the listbox library list to zero.

.Manage - Copy or Move
Will allow you select Icons in the current directory and either move them or copy
them to the destination directory, If you have not declared a destination directory
the program will ask you for one. You select icons to be copied/moved with your
mouse, if you make a mistake you can remove the items from the list.
.Destination Directory
used as the destination for the copy/move operation.

.Resize
You may resize the Icon Master Viewer or the Editor, to maximum screen size or
any size inbetween.

.ZOOM - editor
will make the zoom viewer visible, so that you may increase the icon image size
on your desktop.

. Icon Extractor
When you register Icon Master, you will receive a free Icon Extractor program
that can be called from the options menu.

.Task Bar
Task Bar is a handy utility provided as a bonus to registered users of Wallpaper
Manager. It must be started from Wallpaper Manager but once started maintains
its own user run list and features. Task Bar will allow you to see and control
everything that is running on windows simply by dropping the mouse all the way
to the bottom of the screen at any point and time. You may also create your own
run list menu.
.Editor: Tools


How to Select a Tool

You can select tools in the Editor in either of two ways:

1.    Clicking on the icon for the tool in the Tool Palette
2.    Selecting the name of the tool from the Tools menu


Select Tool

This tool selects a rectangular region in the editing area.

To use the Select tool
click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the area you want to
select.  Drag the mouse until the flexible box that appears surrounds
the area you want to select.  Release the mouse button.  If you make a
mistake while selecting click outside of the current selection and start over.



Paint Tool

This tool paints pixels in the editing area according to the selected
brush size.

To use the Paint tool click the mouse in the editing area and drag to
begin painting.


Fill Tool

This tool fills a closed area with the color selected in the Color Palette.

To use the Fill tool click in the area to be filled.  The area
will be filled with the color selected in the Color Palette.
The Fill tool fills adjacent pixels which are the same color
as the starting pixel.  If you fill an area with a dithered
color rather than solid color the result will be a checkerboard
pattern.


Line Tool

This tool draws straight lines.
To use the Line tool click in the editing area to anchor one
end of the line.  Drag the mouse until the mouse reaches the other end
of the line you want to draw.  Release the mouse button to draw
the line in the icon.  The width of the line corresponds to the
current brush size.  The color of the line is the color selected
in the Color Palette.

To draw a horizontal
vertical
or diagonal line
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Square Tool

This tool draws rectangles and squares.
To use the Square tool click in the editing area to anchor
one corner of the square.  Drag the mouse until the square is the size
and shape you want.  When the square or rectangle is the
right size and shape release the mouse button.  The brush size
determines width of the box's border.  The color of the outline
of the square is determined by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect square hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Filled Square Tool

This tool draws filled rectangles and squares.
To use the Filled Square tool click in the editing area to anchor
one corner of the square.  Drag the mouse until the square is the
size and shape you want.  When the square or rectangle is the right
size and shape release the mouse button.  The brush size determines
width of the box's border.  The color that fills in the square is
determined by the Color Palette. The border of the square is a line
and therefore cannot be drawn using dithered colors.  If you select
a dithered color the border of the square will appear in the nearest
solid color.  If you want the entire square to be drawn with a
dithered color first draw thesquare with a solid color then use
the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color.

To draw a perfect square
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Circle Tool

This tool draws circles and ellipses.
To use the Circle tool
click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible box
containing an ellipse.  The box appears while you draw to show
the anchor point and current mouse position.   It disappears when
you finish drawing.  Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size
and shape you want.  When the circle or ellipse is the right size
and shape release the mouse button.

The brush size determines the border width of the circle or ellipse
border.  The color of the circle or ellipse border is determined
by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect circle
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Filled Circle Tool

This tool draws filled circles and ellipses.
To use the Filled Circle tool click in the editing area to
anchor one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse.
The box appears while you draw to show the anchor point and
curent mouse position.   It disappears when you finish drawing.
 Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want.
 When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release the
mouse button.  The brush size determines the border width of
the circle or ellipse border.  The color that fills the circle
or ellipse is determined by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect circle hold down the SHIFT key as you drag
the mouse. The border of the ellipse is a line and therefore
cannot be drawn using dithered colors.  If you select a
dithered color the border of the ellipse will appear in the
nearest solid color.  If you want the entire ellipse to be
drawn with a dithered color first draw the ellipse with a
solid color then use the Fill tool to fill it in with the
desired dithered color.

.Editor: Edit Menu

Undo

This command removes any changes from the icon since the time
you changed editing tools or selected another icon.  Once
you select a new tool or another icon from the Status Area
the Undo command cannot remove the changes made in the editing
area.  The Undo icon button in the Status Area displays the
condition the icon will return to if you select the Undo command.

Cut

This command copies the portion of the editing area you select
to the Clipboard and clears the selected area to the current
screen color.  The Cut command does not work if you move the
part of the icon you select before cutting it.  You must
reselect the area you want to cut then use the Cut command.

Copy

This command copies the portion of the editing area you select
to the Clipboard.  The editing area is not affected.  The Copy
command does not work if you move the part of the icon you select
before copying it.  You must reselect the area you want to cut
then use the Copy command.

Paste

This command inserts the contents of the Clipboard as a selected
group of pixels in the upper-left corner of the editing area.  You
can then move the selected pixels anywhere in the editing area
before pasting them in the current icon.  To paste the selection
into the iconclick the mouse anwhere in the editing area outside
 of the selection.

All pixels in the pasted bitmap that match the current screen
color appear transparent and do not affect the icon below.  Pixels
that match the inverse of the screen color replace the pixels
 in the icon.

Paste Opaque

This command inserts the contents of the Clipboard as a selected
group of pixels in the upper-left corner of the editing area.  You
can then move the selected pixels anywhere in the editing area
before pasting them in the current icon.  To paste the selection
into the icon click the mouse anwhere in the editing area outside
of the selection.


Delete

This command deletes the selection in the editing area from the icon
replacing the selection with the current screen color.


Select All

This command selects the entire icon in the editing area.  You can
also double-click the Select tool to select the entire icon.


Flip Horizontal

This command flips the current selection in the editing area from
left to right.


Flip Vertical

This command flips the current selection in the editing area from
top to bottom.


Rotate Right 90 degrees

This command rotates the current selection in the editing area 90
degrees to the left.


Rotate Left 90 degrees

This command rotates the current selection in the editing area
90 degrees to the right.


Invert

This command changes all the colors in the current selection to
their opposites.  The following picture shows the normal color
palette in Icon Master and the inverted color palette so you can
see how the colors change when using the Invert command.



.Editor: Moving a Selection


Once a region in the icon has been selected with the Select tool
there are two ways to move it:

Opaque Move    Use the right mouse button to click and drag
the selected pixels.  The selection is moved as is
including all foreground colored pixels and all screen and
inverse screen colored pixels.

Transparent Move    Use the left mouse button to click
and drag the selected pixels.  Only the foreground colored
pixels move.  This lets you move regions in the icon that
appear to be a non-rectangular.

Once you move a selection of pixels
the selection rectangle changes from a dotted rectangle to a solid rectangle.

Holding down the SHIFT key while moving a selection leaves a
copy of the selected pixels at their original location.  Selecting
another tool or selecting another icon also deposits the moved
pixels to their current location.

.Editor: Zooming In and Out


The vertical scroll bar along the left side of the editing area
increases or decreases the magnification of the currently selected icon.

You can use this scroll bar to display the icon at actual size or
 magnify it to fill the editing area.  When you resize the Editor
the scroll
bars adjusts to the new window size so that the icon stays at the
same magnification.

.Editor: Tools


How to Select a Tool

You can select tools in the Editor in either of two ways:

1.    Clicking on the icon for the tool in the Tool Palette
2.    Selecting the name of the tool from the Tools menu


Select Tool

This tool selects a rectangular region in the editing area.

To use the Select tool
click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the area you
want to select.  Drag the mouse until the flexible box that
appears surrounds the area you want to select.  Release the
 mouse button.  If you make a mistake while selecting
click outside of the current selection and start over.


Paint Tool

This tool paints pixels in the editing area according to the
 selected brush size.

To use the Paint tool
click the mouse in the editing area and drag to begin painting.


Fill Tool

This tool fills a closed area with the color selected in the Color Palette.

To use the Fill tool
click in the area to be filled.  The area will be filled with
 the color selected in the Color Palette.  The Fill tool fills
adjacent pixels which are the same color as the starting pixel.
 If you fill an area with a dithered color rather than solid color
the result will be a checkerboard pattern.


Line Tool

This tool draws straight lines.
To use the Line tool click in the editing area to anchor one
end of the line.  Drag the mouse until the mouse reaches the other end
of the line you want to draw.  Release the mouse button to draw
 the line in the icon.  The width of the line corresponds to the
current brush size.  The color of the line is the color selected
 in the Color Palette.

To draw a horizontal
vertical
or diagonal line
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Square Tool

This tool draws rectangles and squares.
To use the Square tool
click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the square.
Drag the mouse until the square is the size and shape you want.
When the square or rectangle is the right size and shape
release the mouse button.  The brush size determines width
 of the box's border.  The color of the outline of the square
 is determined by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect square
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Filled Square Tool

This tool draws filled rectangles and squares.
To use the Filled Square tool click in the editing area to
anchor one corner of the square.  Drag the mouse until the
square is the size and shape you want.  When the square or
rectangle is the right size and shape release the mouse button.
 The brush size determines width of the box's border.  The color
 that fills in the square is determined by the Color Palette.
The border of the square is a line and therefore cannot be drawn
 using dithered colors.  If you select a dithered color the border
of the square will appear in the nearest solid color.  If you
want the entire square to be drawn with a dithered color
first draw the square with a solid color then use the Fill
tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color.

To draw a perfect square
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Circle Tool

This tool draws circles and ellipses.
To use the Circle tool click in the editing area to anchor
one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse.  The box appears
while you draw to show the anchor point and current mouse
position.   It disappears when you finish drawing.  Drag the mouse
until the ellipse is the size and shape you want.  When the
circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release
the mouse button. The brush size determines the border width
of the circle or ellipse border.  The color of the circle
or ellipse border is determined by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect circle
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.


Filled Circle Tool

This tool draws filled circles and ellipses.
To use the Filled Circle tool
click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible
box containing an ellipse.  The box
appears while you draw to show the anchor point and current
mouse position.   It disappears when you finish drawing.  Drag the
mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want.
When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape
release the mouse button.  The brush size determines the
border width of the circle or ellipse border.  The color
that fills the circle or ellipse is determined by the Color Palette.

To draw a perfect circle
hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse.
The border of the ellipse is a line and therefore cannot be
drawn using dithered colors.  If you select a dithered color
the border of the ellipse will appear in the nearest solid
color.  If you want the entire ellipse to be drawn with a
dithered color first draw the ellipse with a solid color then
use the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color.

.Editor: Color Palette


The Color Palette contains solid and dithered colors you
can use when editing an icon.

To select a color from the palette
click a color cell with the left or right mouse button.
IconMaster assigns the selected color to the mouse button
used to click the color cell.  You use this procedure to
assign foreground colors as well as screen and inverse colors.


Double-clicking a mouse button assigns the selected color
to that button then opens the Custom Color Palette Window.
You can define your own colors in this window.
.Editor: Defining Colors

You define colors using the Custom Color Palette shown below.
To open the Custom Color Palette double-clicking the Color
Palette in the Editor or select the Colors command form the
Color menu.  Minimizing or closing the Editor window also hides or
closes the Custom Color Palette window.

Color Elements and Values
Custom colors are composed of red (R)
green (G)
and blue (B) elements.  These elements have values ranging from 0 to 255.
A value of 0 means none of that color appears in the custom color.

Setting Color Values

Use the RGB scroll bars to set the individual color elements.
You can also enter color values into the fields to the right of each
scroll bar.  The color cell to the right of each field displays
the color matching the value chosen for each element (red
green
or
blue).

The Selected Color cell displays the RGB color created by combining
the individual RGB elements.  Since some of the tools
cannot use dithered colors
the Nearest Solid Color is also displayed.