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Title: MWB Icon colors
Post by: punkyclown on August 29, 2017, 11:09:13 PM
Hi All,
Running ClassicWB which uses MWB icons. Installed MWB but only some of the icons are displaying the correct color scheme. Is there a secret to getting them all to show correctly?
Thanks in advance
Brad Hansen
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: kolla on August 29, 2017, 11:20:15 PM
My "trick" is to use PeterK's icon.library and convert all mwb icons to "colour icons" (OS3.5+ icon format) using either RAWBinfo (OS3.9's info replacement) or "en mass" using ProcessIcon :)

http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/ProcessIcon
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on August 29, 2017, 11:49:27 PM
Set your palette correctly and lock it with a tool like FullPalette:

http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/FullPalette22

Note that you should be running in an 8+ color screenmode for MWB icons to look correct.

This guide is good: http://www.mfilos.com/2012/01/guide-making-workbench-prettier-using.html

Also, if you're not already using the Peter K. icon.library, you should be:

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4

Edit: You may run into other issues because you're using "ClassicWB".  IMHO rubbish.  ;)
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: magnetic on August 31, 2017, 04:15:42 AM
If you are running 3.9 go to Prefs:workbench

and there is a checkbox for "set magic wb colors" or something that will turn them into the mwb palette. if not maybe classic wb has a "fix colors" somewhere dunno
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: kirk_m on September 02, 2017, 08:04:18 PM
Quote from: kolla;830231
My "trick" is to use PeterK's icon.library and convert all mwb icons to "colour icons" (OS3.5+ icon format) using either RAWBinfo (OS3.9's info replacement) or "en mass" using ProcessIcon :)

http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/ProcessIcon


Hi,

Which options do you usually use when doing the conversion en masse with processicon?
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on September 02, 2017, 08:20:44 PM
The Peter K. icon.library will display all icon formats correctly (with a suitable pallette, obviously). You don't need to convert them to a lesser format unless, for example, you want to reduce the file size of the .info file so they open more quickly.
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: kirk_m on September 02, 2017, 08:46:32 PM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;830326
The Peter K. icon.library will display all icon formats correctly (with a suitable pallette, obviously). You don't need to convert them to a lesser format unless, for example, you want to reduce the file size of the .info file so they open more quickly.


Ah, then I am possibly misunderstanding what the icon.library does.  I was assuming it would change the icon set to something better than the default WB 3.1 icon set.  If I want better looking icons for 3.1, where do I look?
Title: Re: MWB Icon colors
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on September 02, 2017, 08:55:17 PM
Quote from: kirk_m;830328
Ah, then I am possibly misunderstanding what the icon.library does.  I was assuming it would change the icon set to something better than the default WB 3.1 icon set.  If I want better looking icons for 3.1, where do I look?


Icon.library provides the routines the OS uses to draw the icons. If you just want different icon sets look on Aminet. Hundreds available - MagicWB, NewIcons, GlowIcons, etc., etc.