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Kurt
> I'm mailing about the dynamic workstation icons that you created. :-) I
> love them... after people seen my WB they wanted the icon set on their
> machines [I must have set up RDM icons on 5 different machines thus far]
>
> I've heard from the grapevine that you're about to release a new set...
> is this true? [if so, i'll be singing my praises :)]
As a matter of fact, I have been working with Nicola Salmoria for
over a year now on his application "NewIcons". Rather than just issue
another set of icons, this appication enables the WB to display icons
in their correct color, regardless of palette changes or order. The
icons are automatically remapped when the palette changes (even if
you change the palette order or colors with a palette tool), and the
new icons do NOT delete the standard WB icons (or whatever icons you
normally see on the WB). The new icons are displayed in place of the
regular icons (if NewIcons is running), otherwise, the regular icon
shows up. This means that you can have a custom NewIcon for an
application/project/whatever on your machine, and if the icon is
moved to a system not running NewIcons, the original icon will appear
instead. Likewise, if the system is running NewIcons, the new icon
will appear instead. The icons are 16 color, but NewIcons will
support up to 256 color icons also. I have designed over 400 icons
for this application (the initial application will ship with the
replacements for WB issued icons only - the additional icons will be
released as free also). I have also collected/created over 200
patterns for tiling the WB which conform to the standard NewIcons
palette (for OS2.x users - OS3.x users won't have the palette
restrictions of OS2.x - DUH). I also have over 50 animated icons for
ToolManager 2.X which will be distributed for free.
As far as I know, the application should be RC status as we speak,
and release is approx. 1 to 2 weeks away. Phil Vedovatti is
developing the installer and AmigaGuide stuff, and the last betas I
received looked final. He's on vacation this week, so I won't know
the status until Monday (10-24).
My apologies for straying off-topic --
Back to LW...
My question (perhaps rhetorical) is this... Does anyone know if
downstream field modification of motion paths is in the future plans
for LW? For instance, the ability to enter the motion editor, select
"pitch", click on a keyframe indicator and then "push" the current value
of that keyframe into all (or better yet, a user-definable range) of
subsequent keyframes for that motion path?
Regarding Forge;
Excellent texture generator, compares with TextureScape for the
Macintosh. From what I heard at the Flyer demonstration, LW will be
modified to accept "Plug-In" technology, one of which will be
procedural textures along the line of Essence. I have read that Xaos
Tools (the Paint Alchemy folks) have reached an agreement with NewTek
to develop plug-in technology for the Toaster/LightWave system.
RDM
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