Problem with OS3.9 and MagicWB icon colors...
Steve Rifkin
fine. But some of my MagicWB icons from other partitions (originally
created under 3.1) are now messed-up colorwise. The progam, MagicWB
Color Fix (or something like that) that I used under 3.1, hasn't
helped. Those MagicWB icons colors are still messed up. I'm running
Picasso96 in 800x600 64K color mode.
Funny thing is that some of the MagicWB icons were still OK colorwise
(even without running the old MagicWB Color Fix program, but others were
not, and are still not.
Is there another program that will fix the pens for MagicWB icons?
Thanks!
Steve Rifkin
ste...@cs.jhu.edu
Alfred Schwarz
>Is there another program that will fix the pens for MagicWB icons?
There's an option in one of the new prefs programs (AFAIR Workbench) to set
the MagicWB colors. Why not use this?
Ciao, Alfred
Steve Rifkin
Thanks, though.
Any other ideas?
Steve
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Marcel DeVoe
> Tried that (it's in the "WorkBench Prefs" program). Didn't work.
> Thanks, though.
> Any other ideas?
> Steve
Try this one,
TragicWB-1.3.lha util/boot 10K 174 Substitute for the MagicWB pens daemon
Worked for me.
And BTW, please don't top post when replying.
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> Alfred Schwarz wrote:
>> stev...@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Steve Rifkin) wrote:
>>
>> >Is there another program that will fix the pens for MagicWB icons?
>>
>> There's an option in one of the new prefs programs (AFAIR Workbench) to set
>> the MagicWB colors. Why not use this?
>>
>> Ciao, Alfred
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Mike Leavitt
I expect to get flamed for this, but what I did was to simply download
FullPallate off Aminet. It is impossible in more than 16 colors, so run
in NTSC or PAL, and change colors in the palate until they look
presentable. I think I only had to change one or two, and while they do
not look original, they look ok. The changes held when going back to a
256 color 800x600x8 workbench, and still look ok when I run it in
1024x768x16 or 800x600x16, so making the changes in 16 colors seems to
work ok even in higher resolutions and greater number of colors. You
start by finding the most offensive colors in the icon and changing
them to something else. It didn't seem to effect by background picture
or any of the programs internally, even non-MUI ones running on the
Workbench.
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Marcel DeVoe
>> Funny thing is that some of the MagicWB icons were still OK colorwise
>> (even without running the old MagicWB Color Fix program, but others were
>> not, and are still not.
>>
>> Is there another program that will fix the pens for MagicWB icons?
> I expect to get flamed for this, but what I did was to simply download
> FullPallate off Aminet. It is impossible in more than 16 colors, so run
> in NTSC or PAL, and change colors in the palate until they look
> presentable. I think I only had to change one or two, and while they do
> not look original, they look ok. The changes held when going back to a
> 256 color 800x600x8 workbench, and still look ok when I run it in
> 1024x768x16 or 800x600x16, so making the changes in 16 colors seems to
> work ok even in higher resolutions and greater number of colors. You
> start by finding the most offensive colors in the icon and changing
> them to something else. It didn't seem to effect by background picture
> or any of the programs internally, even non-MUI ones running on the
> Workbench.
Sounds like a lot of work. I just used TragicWB in my WBStartup drawer and
rebooted and I was good to go in any colors graphic cards or otherwise.
;-)
Alfred Schwarz
>Tried that (it's in the "WorkBench Prefs" program). Didn't work.
>
>Thanks, though.
>
>Any other ideas?
I've looked at it again and then I saw that WBCtrl (that one included in
the contributions drawer) also has an option for this. And funnily when I
activate the MagicWB option in the prefs program and use the WBCtrl feature
to report the used options it says LockPens is not set. Maybe a bug in the
prefs program?
So you could try WBCtrl with "LP" option.
Ciao, Alfred
David Oakes
SR> I recently installed OS 3.9 on my system. The new icons look just
SR> fine. But some of my MagicWB icons from other partitions (originally
SR> created under 3.1) are now messed-up colorwise. The progam, MagicWB
SR> Color Fix (or something like that) that I used under 3.1, hasn't
SR> helped. Those MagicWB icons colors are still messed up. I'm running
SR> Picasso96 in 800x600 64K color mode.
SR> Funny thing is that some of the MagicWB icons were still OK colorwise
SR> (even without running the old MagicWB Color Fix program, but others were
SR> not, and are still not.
SR> Is there another program that will fix the pens for MagicWB icons?
With OS 3.5, there was a script in the Contributions drawer called
ConvertMagicWBicons (or something like that). Is this script not on
the OS 3.9 CD as well? It converts MagicWB icons to the new icon
format while preserving the colours correctly, making colour fix
programs unneeded.
For the past year I have been happily using many MagicWB icons on my
P96 system after converting them with the above mentioned script.
Before OS 3.5 they were automatically exchanged for a NewIcon or plain
icon as I didn't care for the way the colours appeared on my screens
with my palette choices, colour fixed or not, MagicWB Daemon or not.
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Oliver B. Warzecha
> Tried that (it's in the "WorkBench Prefs" program). Didn't work.
>
> Thanks, though.
>
> Any other ideas?
Put RAWBInfo in your WBStartup, or start it by hand. The info-box then
has an option to convert MWB-Icons to V44+-Iconformat. The first time I
saw these bloody icons in their intended colors, BTW. ;)
It works great here, even better than MWBConvert from the OS 3.5-CD.
OBW
Craig Blackman
>I expect to get flamed for this, but what I did was to simply download
>FullPallate off Aminet. It is impossible in more than 16 colors, so run
>in NTSC or PAL, and change colors in the palate until they look
>presentable. I think I only had to change one or two, and while they do
>not look original, they look ok. The changes held when going back to a
>256 color 800x600x8 workbench, and still look ok when I run it in
>1024x768x16 or 800x600x16, so making the changes in 16 colors seems to
>work ok even in higher resolutions and greater number of colors. You
>start by finding the most offensive colors in the icon and changing
>them to something else. It didn't seem to effect by background picture
>or any of the programs internally, even non-MUI ones running on the
>Workbench.
I kind of like FullPalette for keeping the colors the way I like them.
I believe that MagicWB icons used the first and last four colors of
any color palette. I was confused about some icons looking right and
some not. I believe it has something to do with how they were
initially saved. Drove me nuts too.
I am trying to convert everything to the latest icon standard and
leave everything else behind. I would love to know if there is a
better way of keeping the palette stable, than FullPalette.
Cheers,
Craig - Tucson
Craig - Tucson, AZ - USA
Marcel DeVoe
> I am trying to convert everything to the latest icon standard and
> leave everything else behind. I would love to know if there is a
> better way of keeping the palette stable, than FullPalette.
TragicWB-1.3.lha works for me in my user-startup.