Converting icons

[motorollin]

Take a screenshot on your PC. Save as a JPEG. Copy to your Amiga. Load in to PPaint. Cut out brushes and save as IFF. Import in to Iconian and save as .info files.

Alternatively, install PowerIcons from Aminet. Take screenshot on PC. Load in to Photoshop or similar app that can save as PNG. Cut out images and save as individual PNG images with .info extension. Copy files to Amiga and they will automatically display as icons.

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moto

[motorollin]

@Piru
Doesn't Iconian support transparency then? I haven't used it in years as I now use PowerIcons.

@Nasty
Most decent image processing tools would be able to open a transparent gif and save it as a transparent PNG. If the gifs aren't already transparent, then you could cut around them and delete the border to make the outside transparent, then save as a transparent PNG.

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moto

[motorollin]

Yes, just put the icons where you want them, then do a snapshot, then copy the volumes' disk.info to envarc:sys/def_floppy.info, def_ram.info etc.

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moto

[motorollin]

Icons with type "disk" will not show up. They will automatically become the volume icon and will not be visible in the volume's window. If you want to copy it you have to use the shell, like this:

1.>copy df0:disk.info envarc:sys/def_floppy.info

(Check the destination filename as I'm not 100% it's def_floppy.info)

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moto

[motorollin]

Heh, you'll get the hang of it, it just takes time  :-)

I learned about AmigaDOS when I was younger and had my A500 (my first ever computer) and used to make compilation floppies with my favourite games. I used to make menus to show what games were on there and load them when a key was pressed.

It's amazing that I can still remember all those commands after all these years!

You'll get there  :-D

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moto

[motorollin]

BTW, I forgot to mention, you cannot snapshot a CD (it is read only). So you could do this:

1.>copy cd.info ram:disk.info
to make your desired CD icon the disk.info for RAM. Then put the RAM icon where you want the CD to appear. Do a snapshot, then do
1.>copy ram:disk.info envarc:sys/dev_ram.info

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moto