Aloha and thank you for downloading Designer's Studio (DS), the most outrageous way to manage the appearance of the MacOS ever created. By using Designer's Studio, and the Kaleidoscope Control Panel, you can now take absolute control over every visible aspect of your computer. Please note that a few of the new aspects of the interface introduced in OS8 are not at this time supported.
Also included in the Designer's Studio folder is the first ever Kaleidoscope Color Scheme Switching Control Strip Module (SSCSM), Brian Hagler's Kaleidoscope Scheme Guide, a "Classic Pack" of color schemes created by the DS development and beta testing teams, an Introduction to the Designer’s Studio interface, our Studio Gray color scheme, and a Created with Designer's Studio Picture Clipping file that we encourage you to copy and use wherever appropriate.
Designer's Studio is the world's first WYSIWYG resource editor. Version 1 is designed specifically for the creation of Kaleidoscope Color Schemes. If you are not already using the Kaleidoscope Control Panel you may use Designer's Studio but you will not be able to apply the results of your work to your computers operating system without the control panel installed. Kaleidoscope is available on the internet at: http://www.kaleidoscope.net.
It is very easy to get started designing your own color schemes in Designer's Studio . Included in the Designer’s Studio folder is a document which will introduce you to the interface and the different tools and functions. Also included in the DS folder is the Kaleidoscope Scheme Guide. For anyone just starting out in the world of color scheme design this is an indispensable road map to the way each resource in a color scheme file is suppose to be colored.
The Kaleidoscope Scheme Guide needs to be stored in the exact same folder as the Designer’s Studio application in order to be available to you as you are working. To launch this guide use the Kaleidoscope Scheme Guide file in the Help menu. This Guide will give you an outline of each type of resource and the specific ways in which different resources are used by the Kaleidoscope control panel to create your interface.
For a further understanding of Kaleidoscope color scheme designing we highly recommend that you visit the following web sites where you will find other more detailed explanations of this incredible art form .
Before you do anything else we suggest you pay special attention to the document called Creating Color Schemes that came in the Kaleidoscope folder. This will provide up with a sound understanding of the basics of color scheme designing. If you have not already downloaded Kaleidoscope, or no longer have this file, you can get both at: http://www.kaleidoscope.net.
http://www.datasync.com/~pheyk/Kaleidoscope/ is where you will find The Kaleidoscope Scheme Editing Primer by James LeDuc. This is a very detailed discussion of what you need to know to create your own schemes. Please note that the first half of this document is devoted to using ResEdit as the color scheme designing environment. Thus is not applicable. The second half of this document is very helpful.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7138/kaleid.html will take you to Problem solving for Kaleidoscope by Jim Herzman. This is an online problem solving guide that is growing as fast as problems can be found and we strongly recommend that you visit it often.
http://users.plinet.com/~hill/kaleidoscope/ is where you will find Kaleidoscope for Idiots by Quentin Hill. This is a complete list of all the resources inside a color scheme and what they are used for.
If you find the art of color scheme designing as fun as we do then we recommend that you also join the Kaleidoscope Scheme Mailing List. To subscribe to this list send e-mail to: majordomo@kaleidoscope.net and put the following line in the body (not subject) of the message: <subscribe schemelist>. Majordomo will then send you an automatic response containing information on subscribing and unsubscribing. This list is a friendly, helpful environment where old and new designers alike share their knowledge about color scheme designing.
Our "Classic Pack" of Kaleidoscope color schemes. Among the Designer’s Studio development and beta test teams are many world class color scheme designers. Several of them have contributed to this collection of color schemes. It is here where we suggest that you begin to explore the wide variety of designs and techniques that you can employ to make your own color schemes. Each contributor has provide their own documentation and we encourage you to become familiar with them.
Our Studio Gray color scheme. Designed to be the default color scheme in Designer’s Studio, this is a medium light gray color scheme. Studio Gray is current with version 1.7.3 of Kaleidoscope and includes the larger extended set of Accent Colors introduced in that release. A new copy of Studio Gray can be made at any time by selecting New in the File menu and then Save without doing any editing to the newly created file. This color scheme was designed not for its artistic value but rather as a template upon which you may begin to create your own color schemes. Please feel free to change or use this scheme in any way that you can imagine.
On a technical note: Schemes predating Kaleidoscope 1.7 often do not have the Menu Colors resource cicn -12272. If this resource is missing, DS will add this resource copying the colors from cicn -12288. Also included is our color scheme Checker. No longer will you need to use the HyperCard application which we previously released with Sven Ryen to insure that all resources are correctly included and set. Both of these functions happen automatically upon saving of a color scheme.
Designer's Studio (DS) has been created by the development team at Akamai Design.
Dorian Weisel is project manager / interface design.
design@akamaidesign.com
Tom Connolly, coding.
studio@akamaidesign.com
Brian Hagler, preview development.
gandolf@tuscola.net
Ryan Lee is our webmaster.
tech@akamaidesign.com
For information about Designer’s Studio or Akamai Design please feel free to email anyone of us or contact our office at:
Akamai Design
Post Office Box 884
Volcano, Hawaii 96785
It has taken many more people then the core development team at Akamai Design to make Designer’s Studio a reality. It is with great appreciation that we would like to thank the people listed below. Some on this list are world class color scheme designers and where possible we have included, and encourage you to follow, links to their web sites.
Thank You!
Andi http://home.earthlink.net/~andi/kal.html
Richard Bensam http://home.earthlink.net/~rabensam/
Peter J. Baird http://acs.bu.edu:8001/~baird
Ed Deans http://home.san.rr.com/deans/index.html
Patricia Erigero http://www.mother.com/~pce
James Herzman http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7138/kaleid.html
Quentin Hill http://users.plinet.com/~hill/kaleidoscope/
Scott Hunter http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5960/index.html
Layne Karkruff http://www.blueskyheart.com
Jim and Julie LeDuc http://www.datasync.com/~pheyk/Kaleidoscope/
As soon as you have created your first color scheme we encourage you to share it with the world. We strongly recommend that for the greatest exposure you list your schemes with the Kaleidoscope Scheme Directory (KSD) which can be found at <http://www.akamaidesign.com/kaleidoscope/ksd.html> . We also recommend that you add a copy of your color scheme to the Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive (KSA) at <http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/>.
Designer’s Studio is Shareware! You are welcome to use Designer’s Studio for a 15 day evaluation period. To use Designer’s Studio beyond the 15 day evaluation period you must register and pay a licensing fee. Registration is handled by Kagi. Please launch the Register program included in the Designer’s Studio folder to start the registration process. This may also be launched from the apple menu when Designer's Studio is active or the shareware notice that appears from time to time. The cost of a license is as follows:
Single user license $20.00
Site License $400.00 (within 100 mile radius,160km)
World-Wide License $1600.00
Once you have launched the Register program, enter your name, email address, and the number and/or type of license you wish to purchase. Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send it and payment to Kagi. You may either mail, fax, or email your registration to Kagi at:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-3R9
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
fax : +1 510 652-6589
email: sales@kagi.com
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax your registration to Kagi. You can either Copy the data from the Register program and paste it into the body of an email message or Save the data to a file and attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days. If you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement at that time.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check please print the data and send it to Kagi at the address listed above.
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay with a check, it must be drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies. If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable department. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment. Kagi can not invoice your company, you must generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end. Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method.
Payments sent by postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. If you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed. If you do not have an email address, please enter your complete postal address, including the country you are in. Be sure to also select the Postcard Receipt on the registration program to be sure that Kagi mails you your registration code. Kagi transmits the registration codes by email and paid postcard receipt only.
Thank you very much for your support of the shareware industry. You will notice that our software is not password protected. To distribute Designer's Studio in this way was a decision that was not made lightly. We would greatly appreciate it if you would honor us with your payment.
