Have you always wondered how to put pictures-made-of-icons on your own CD-ROM? Would you like to decorate your desktop with pictures of your friends? Does the thought of converting a picture into a few dozen icons give you a headache? Then, IconMacher is for you! IconMacher converts PICT files into finder icons that can be used to dress up any CD-ROM multimedia title you make, to adorn your desktop decoration, or many other possibilities.
USE
1.) Run IconMacher
2.) Select the menu "File:Open PICT" or "Edit:Paste"
3.) Open (from a file) or Paste (from the Clipboard) a PICT, JPEG, GIF, or TIFF image. (Note! QuickTime required for opening all image file types besides PICT)
4.) On the window that appears with your picture in it, press the "Generate Icons" button.
5.) You will be prompted to select a folder. This folder will be the destination folder for the icons.
6.) The icons will be generated and put in your destination folder you selected above in Step 5.
7.) When the icons are finished generating, press the "Generate Icon Script" button.
8.) This will generate an Applescript that can be pasted into Apple's Script Editor. This script will position the icons in the appropriate order at the precise distance from each other. You can use it over and over again to cleanup the picture in case you mess it up (It's easy to do, believe me!). Feel free to customize your scripts to suit your needs. You can also use the menu "File:Export Script" to save you script as a text file.
9.) To take advantage of 32 bit icons, you must be using MacOS 8.5 or higher.
BUGS
• When using the "Geneva Greek"or the "Monaco Greek"font as the View Font in the Finder, the icons generated by IconMacher will have visible characters in the name. Please use a different font to make IconMacher work properly.
• Although IconMacher can now properly handle larger pictures, it sometimes can be finicky.Try allocating more memory to IconMacher, particularly if you are trying to open a large number of pictures or unusually large pictures (i.e. file size).
THE DIRT
Although IconMacher is freeware, it is still the property of Purple E Software. If you would like to include it on your site or CD-ROM, please be sure to include this README file unaltered with it. If you would like to make mention of IconMacher when you use it for products, shareware, or freeware, we'd sure appreciate it. Of course, donations are always welcome.
• For pictures that are not evenly divisble by 32, the graphic now appears
centered within a white border in the interface and in icon form. Previous versions only displayed properly in icon form.
• Changed Creator code.
• Corrected typo in Laine Lee's script (from User Contributions)
1.5.3
(10/17/99)
• Included User Contributions folder which contains useful scripts for use with IconMacher.
• Still messing with the interface here and there. :-)
1.5.2
(9/30/99)
• Added Clipboard abilities for importing graphics. See the instructions above for
details on use.
1.5.1
(9/29/99)
• Beginning process of making IconMacher more Kaleidoscope and MacOS Theme friendly.
1.5
(9/8/99)
• More graphics formats supported; List now includes: PICT, JPEG, GIF, and TIFF
• Interface Tweaks
1.4
(8/28/99)
• 32 bit icon support added.
• "Close" menu added
• Growing memory problem further reduced.
• Further tweaked the Applescript Export feature
• Added Easter Egg. Can you find it?
1.2.1
(8/26/99)
• Improved Applescript Export to make the script more portable
1.2
(8/23/99)
• Fixed Memory Problem - Attempting to generate multiple folders of the same icons no longer causes crash
• Fixed Memory Problem - Large size PICT files can now be iconized without crashing. We have successfully iconzied a 1600x1200 PICT file, although the memory was resized to a very large amount.
• Added Beep Switch
• Added Auto Repositioning
• Fixed Nil Object error when canceling a file selection
1.0.1
(8/21/99)
• Fixed window size problem where buttons would disappear if loaded PICT was too small.
• Cosmetic change - added RB Logo
1.0
(8/20/99)
• Initial Release
Unlisted version numbers are internal releases only.
Special Thanks To:
Geoff Perlmann, Andrew Barry, James Sentman, Matt Neuberg, Thomas Templemann, Michio Ono, Osamu Shigematsu, and especially Lisa and Meche.