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- Icon Deluxe
- Copyright 1995, by Brian Tietz
-
- INSTALLATION:
- Installation is a simple procedure. To do so place the files IconDeluxe
- and IconDeluxe.guide wherever you want them (I recommend SYS:Tools). Then
- move IDHelpFile into the S: directory. Make sure that you have AmigaGuide
- or MultiView in your SYS:Utilities drawer (they're needed for online help)
- and you're ready to go.
-
- COPYRIGHT:
- The registered version is copyrighted and may not be distributed, so
- please do not allow it to be pirated. Ten dollars isn't much, so anybody
- who wants or uses it can afford it. If you use IconDeluxe, please register
- and encourage me to write more cheap but high-quality Amiga software.
- The public version is full-featured and is not "cripple-ware." It does
- have a short delay before saving the icon, to remind and encourage the user
- to register. It's not long, just long enough to contemplate the hundreds
- of hours I spent writing this program when I should have been studying so
- you could harvest the fruits of my labors. Do you feel guilty yet? Hee
- hee... The demo is freely distributable and perfectly usable, so please
- spread it around.
-
- REGISTERING ICON DELUXE:
- Icon Deluxe was written by me in my spare time while attending college.
- I wrote it because of frustration with the icon editor that comes on the
- extras disk. I disliked the fact that it enforces the 80x40 size limit,
- since that means you can't edit existing icons which are larger than that,
- not even to cut them down to size, and there are many, especially for
- games, that are larger than the size limit. I also didn't like the fact
- that the enlarged pixels are still too small to work with easily, that you
- can't insert text into the bitmap, that you can't click select icons to
- edit, that you can't cut and paste blocks, and the list goes on. There are
- other icon editors in the public domain, but all the ones I saw had as many
- problems as the Commodore one.
- I figured that many other users and developers probably felt the same
- frustration, so I set out to write an icon editor which is powerful and
- easy to use. I think I've accomplished this. If you think so too, you can
- reward me for the hundreds of hours I spent writing it by sending a small
- contribution of $10. If you have done so already, I would like to express
- my thanks to you, as that $10 fed me for a week. If you have not
- registered, think of all the time I spent writing this for you, and how
- nice it would be to help out a poor student who's struggling to get by. In
- return, I will send you the registered version of Icon Deluxe, which does
- not include the save delay which is in the demo version. Additionally,
- although I don't anticipate there being any bugs, since I thoroughly tested
- every bit of code, I'm only human so there might be some bug reports or
- requests for additional features. If so, I'll send the upgrade to all
- registered users. For bug reports or feature requests, I can be reached on
- the internet at btietz@ucsd.edu.
- If you live outside the United States, please send an extra $5, since
- postage costs more.
- If you would like to get the source code to Icon Deluxe, send an extra
- $5. The source is very well commented so beginning programmers should
- have no trouble understanding and learning from it, and even skilled
- programmers might find it useful or at least interesting.
-
- Send cash or check to:
-
- Icon Deluxe
- Brian Tietz
- 10520 Castine Ave.
- Cupertino, CA 95014
-
- Thanks in advance!
-