Short: Iconographics Icons by John Perry Author: John Perry Uploader: jperry37 ix netom com Type: pix/icon Version: 1.0 Requires: pix/icon/IGfx30.lha Architecture: generic General Information [*]What are Iconographics Icons? Iconographics Icons were developed by Tom Ekström as a set of icons with only 8 colors which nearly anyone could use. The first four colors were the same as the four standard Workbench colors, so even a new Amiga user could see them. I like the Iconographics Icons for several reasons: o They're free. o They're colorful and meaningful. o They don't require a lot of system overhead. o They don't require too many colors (important for those of us still using pre-AGA hardware). o I'm not an artist -- no doubt you can tell that from the icons included -- but I can still make my own Iconographics Icons. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, Tom Ekström is no longer updating Iconographics Icons. I've made several of my own, which is what you will find in this set. Please note: Some of the icons (especially dock icons) are very similar, though not identical, to icons drawn by other people. In some cases, the only difference may be that I drew a raised box around the icon in order to make a dock icon out of it. I HAVE NOT GIVEN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN TO ALL THE ICONS CONTAINED HEREIN! In my experience, that is actually the case with most icons sets, but I thought it best to mention that beforehand and thereby avoid trouble. [*]What will I need for the set? An Amiga. :-) You need to set up your Workbench (or Workbench replacement) with a minimum 8-color screen. The Iconographics Palette is included; you should double-click on that to get the correct colors. If you want to make your own Iconographics Icons, you will need to download the Iconographics archive from Aminet (which is probably where you obtained this archive). Except for that, you need nothing. [*]Why are your DockIcons not according to the standard Iconographics DockIcons? There are two reasons: o For a long time I could only use Commodore's IconEdit, and the standard Iconographics DockIcons wouldn't fit in there. o I wanted to make DockIcons out of the application icons, and the size that I have is very conventient for that. [*]How can I contact you to tell you what I think? Unless something disastrous occurs, I will be available via email for the next few years as: jperry37@ix.netcom.com You can find my vanity web page at: http://www.angelfire.com/va/jackperry Someday I hope to make something more productive out of that Web Page, but for now it's just sitting there evangelizing for Christ and for the Amiga and for Mutts. [*]Why don't you try a different Icon set? I've tried Magic Workbench and NewIcons, but both of them left me unsatisfied. I admit that Magic Workbench is quite beautiful, but besides the annoying shareware fee (come one guys, they're ICONS!!!), they're inaccessible to geeks like me who want to make our own Icons. Also -- icons not created in the Magic Workbench style tend to look very bad because of the peculiar requirements of Magic Workbench. NewIcons was great when I first tried it, and it certainly solved a lot of the color problems of Magic Workbench (at the same time making some very amusing, deprecatory remarks about Magic's artistic style). However, besides the fact that I didn't really like the artistic style of NewIcons, the system overhead was simply unacceptable on my machine. And again, I'm not good enough an artist to make those oddly angled objects. In short, Iconographics worked best for me; it was an icon set for the simple Amigan. Unfortunately, most developers seem to ignore it, with Massimo Tantiglione (VisualPrefs) being a notable exception. That's okay, really; they keep me busy making new icons. :-)