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.Benefits Benefits of Registration include on-going support of this product notification of future releases via mail and FREE upgrades. See additional information enclosed for details on FREE Software 3 for 2 for all Blind Mellon Customers. .FREE SOFTWARE FREE Software Bonus All Blind Mellon customers get 3 for 2 any customer that registers 2 products gets the third one free 3 for 2 or 6 for 4 etc. There are no restrictions on price register any two products and get your choice of any third one free. See the enclosed Products.wri file for details on price and products available. Available on many bulletin board systems including Compuserve and America on line. go winshare winfun Mike Owens Internet: blindmello@aol.com 499 Dogwood Dr Lawrenceville, Ga 30245 .REGISTRATION 1. The Program may be registered in the compuserve SW Registration GO SWREG and enter ID# 4701 compuserve will notify us via email and the cost of registration will be added to your compuserve bill. 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Mike Owens 499 Dogwood Dr Lawrenceville, Ga 30245 Future additional tools are planned for the product. Let me know if you have suggestions or comments. Mike Owens 499 Dogwood Dr Lawrenceville, Ga 30245 The registration fee for this product is $ 16.00 Note: Please print your name/company name clearly Name: ______________________ Company: _______________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ City : _______________________________________ State: ___ Zip: ___________ Country: _______________________________________ Day Phone: _______________________ Eve: _________________ Electronic Mail address: ________________________________ How did you hear about this product? __________________________ Suggestions changes or additions you would like to see in future versions ? Comments: .Shareware DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it you must register. Shareware is a distribution method not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier because you can try before you buy and because the overhead is low and prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product you don't pay for it. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION All Blind Mellon Software programs shareware and freeware are protected under the copyright laws of the United States and foreign countries. All rights are reserved to Blink Mellon Software and Mike Owens. Violations of copyright laws are investigated by the FBI. Distribution of Blind Mellon products implies that you have read and agreed to the distribution terms. Contact information: Mike Owens 499 Dogwood Dr Lawrenceville, Ga 30245 .Libs You may declare up to 10 Icon directories as libraries, You will be ask for the directory name and a name for the library, i.e. library name. You will then be able to quickly access you libraries via the list box below the exit button. .Show Show will display all the Icons in the current directory. Select the Icons with your mouse for further action. .Options- Show all icons Will display all icons in the directory when the directory is changed, depending on how many icons you have in each directory you may not want to choose this option. .Options - Editor Will call the editor. .Options - Favorite directory Choose this option to define the initial directory used when Icon Master Starts. .Options - Enter new library Will allow you to declare a directory a library and give it a name, you may then switch to that library via the list box below the exit button. .Options - Clear Library List Will reset the listbox library list to zero. .Manage - Copy or Move Will allow you select Icons in the current directory and either move them or copy them to the destination directory, If you have not declared a destination directory the program will ask you for one. You select icons to be copied/moved with your mouse, if you make a mistake you can remove the items from the list. .Destination Directory used as the destination for the copy/move operation. .Resize You may resize the Icon Master Viewer or the Editor, to maximum screen size or any size inbetween. .ZOOM - editor will make the zoom viewer visible, so that you may increase the icon image size on your desktop. . Icon Extractor When you register Icon Master, you will receive a free Icon Extractor program that can be called from the options menu. .Task Bar Task Bar is a handy utility provided as a bonus to registered users of Wallpaper Manager. It must be started from Wallpaper Manager but once started maintains its own user run list and features. Task Bar will allow you to see and control everything that is running on windows simply by dropping the mouse all the way to the bottom of the screen at any point and time. You may also create your own run list menu. .Editor: Tools How to Select a Tool You can select tools in the Editor in either of two ways: 1. Clicking on the icon for the tool in the Tool Palette 2. Selecting the name of the tool from the Tools menu Select Tool This tool selects a rectangular region in the editing area. To use the Select tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the area you want to select. Drag the mouse until the flexible box that appears surrounds the area you want to select. Release the mouse button. If you make a mistake while selecting click outside of the current selection and start over. Paint Tool This tool paints pixels in the editing area according to the selected brush size. To use the Paint tool click the mouse in the editing area and drag to begin painting. Fill Tool This tool fills a closed area with the color selected in the Color Palette. To use the Fill tool click in the area to be filled. The area will be filled with the color selected in the Color Palette. The Fill tool fills adjacent pixels which are the same color as the starting pixel. If you fill an area with a dithered color rather than solid color the result will be a checkerboard pattern. Line Tool This tool draws straight lines. To use the Line tool click in the editing area to anchor one end of the line. Drag the mouse until the mouse reaches the other end of the line you want to draw. Release the mouse button to draw the line in the icon. The width of the line corresponds to the current brush size. The color of the line is the color selected in the Color Palette. To draw a horizontal vertical or diagonal line hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Square Tool This tool draws rectangles and squares. To use the Square tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the square. Drag the mouse until the square is the size and shape you want. When the square or rectangle is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines width of the box's border. The color of the outline of the square is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect square hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Filled Square Tool This tool draws filled rectangles and squares. To use the Filled Square tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the square. Drag the mouse until the square is the size and shape you want. When the square or rectangle is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines width of the box's border. The color that fills in the square is determined by the Color Palette. The border of the square is a line and therefore cannot be drawn using dithered colors. If you select a dithered color the border of the square will appear in the nearest solid color. If you want the entire square to be drawn with a dithered color first draw thesquare with a solid color then use the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color. To draw a perfect square hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Circle Tool This tool draws circles and ellipses. To use the Circle tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse. The box appears while you draw to show the anchor point and current mouse position. It disappears when you finish drawing. Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want. When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines the border width of the circle or ellipse border. The color of the circle or ellipse border is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect circle hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Filled Circle Tool This tool draws filled circles and ellipses. To use the Filled Circle tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse. The box appears while you draw to show the anchor point and curent mouse position. It disappears when you finish drawing. Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want. When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines the border width of the circle or ellipse border. The color that fills the circle or ellipse is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect circle hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. The border of the ellipse is a line and therefore cannot be drawn using dithered colors. If you select a dithered color the border of the ellipse will appear in the nearest solid color. If you want the entire ellipse to be drawn with a dithered color first draw the ellipse with a solid color then use the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color. .Editor: Edit Menu Undo This command removes any changes from the icon since the time you changed editing tools or selected another icon. Once you select a new tool or another icon from the Status Area the Undo command cannot remove the changes made in the editing area. The Undo icon button in the Status Area displays the condition the icon will return to if you select the Undo command. Cut This command copies the portion of the editing area you select to the Clipboard and clears the selected area to the current screen color. The Cut command does not work if you move the part of the icon you select before cutting it. You must reselect the area you want to cut then use the Cut command. Copy This command copies the portion of the editing area you select to the Clipboard. The editing area is not affected. The Copy command does not work if you move the part of the icon you select before copying it. You must reselect the area you want to cut then use the Copy command. Paste This command inserts the contents of the Clipboard as a selected group of pixels in the upper-left corner of the editing area. You can then move the selected pixels anywhere in the editing area before pasting them in the current icon. To paste the selection into the iconclick the mouse anwhere in the editing area outside of the selection. All pixels in the pasted bitmap that match the current screen color appear transparent and do not affect the icon below. Pixels that match the inverse of the screen color replace the pixels in the icon. Paste Opaque This command inserts the contents of the Clipboard as a selected group of pixels in the upper-left corner of the editing area. You can then move the selected pixels anywhere in the editing area before pasting them in the current icon. To paste the selection into the icon click the mouse anwhere in the editing area outside of the selection. Delete This command deletes the selection in the editing area from the icon replacing the selection with the current screen color. Select All This command selects the entire icon in the editing area. You can also double-click the Select tool to select the entire icon. Flip Horizontal This command flips the current selection in the editing area from left to right. Flip Vertical This command flips the current selection in the editing area from top to bottom. Rotate Right 90 degrees This command rotates the current selection in the editing area 90 degrees to the left. Rotate Left 90 degrees This command rotates the current selection in the editing area 90 degrees to the right. Invert This command changes all the colors in the current selection to their opposites. The following picture shows the normal color palette in Icon Master and the inverted color palette so you can see how the colors change when using the Invert command. .Editor: Moving a Selection Once a region in the icon has been selected with the Select tool there are two ways to move it: Opaque Move Use the right mouse button to click and drag the selected pixels. The selection is moved as is including all foreground colored pixels and all screen and inverse screen colored pixels. Transparent Move Use the left mouse button to click and drag the selected pixels. Only the foreground colored pixels move. This lets you move regions in the icon that appear to be a non-rectangular. Once you move a selection of pixels the selection rectangle changes from a dotted rectangle to a solid rectangle. Holding down the SHIFT key while moving a selection leaves a copy of the selected pixels at their original location. Selecting another tool or selecting another icon also deposits the moved pixels to their current location. .Editor: Zooming In and Out The vertical scroll bar along the left side of the editing area increases or decreases the magnification of the currently selected icon. You can use this scroll bar to display the icon at actual size or magnify it to fill the editing area. When you resize the Editor the scroll bars adjusts to the new window size so that the icon stays at the same magnification. .Editor: Tools How to Select a Tool You can select tools in the Editor in either of two ways: 1. Clicking on the icon for the tool in the Tool Palette 2. Selecting the name of the tool from the Tools menu Select Tool This tool selects a rectangular region in the editing area. To use the Select tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the area you want to select. Drag the mouse until the flexible box that appears surrounds the area you want to select. Release the mouse button. If you make a mistake while selecting click outside of the current selection and start over. Paint Tool This tool paints pixels in the editing area according to the selected brush size. To use the Paint tool click the mouse in the editing area and drag to begin painting. Fill Tool This tool fills a closed area with the color selected in the Color Palette. To use the Fill tool click in the area to be filled. The area will be filled with the color selected in the Color Palette. The Fill tool fills adjacent pixels which are the same color as the starting pixel. If you fill an area with a dithered color rather than solid color the result will be a checkerboard pattern. Line Tool This tool draws straight lines. To use the Line tool click in the editing area to anchor one end of the line. Drag the mouse until the mouse reaches the other end of the line you want to draw. Release the mouse button to draw the line in the icon. The width of the line corresponds to the current brush size. The color of the line is the color selected in the Color Palette. To draw a horizontal vertical or diagonal line hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Square Tool This tool draws rectangles and squares. To use the Square tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the square. Drag the mouse until the square is the size and shape you want. When the square or rectangle is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines width of the box's border. The color of the outline of the square is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect square hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Filled Square Tool This tool draws filled rectangles and squares. To use the Filled Square tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of the square. Drag the mouse until the square is the size and shape you want. When the square or rectangle is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines width of the box's border. The color that fills in the square is determined by the Color Palette. The border of the square is a line and therefore cannot be drawn using dithered colors. If you select a dithered color the border of the square will appear in the nearest solid color. If you want the entire square to be drawn with a dithered color first draw the square with a solid color then use the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color. To draw a perfect square hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Circle Tool This tool draws circles and ellipses. To use the Circle tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse. The box appears while you draw to show the anchor point and current mouse position. It disappears when you finish drawing. Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want. When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines the border width of the circle or ellipse border. The color of the circle or ellipse border is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect circle hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. Filled Circle Tool This tool draws filled circles and ellipses. To use the Filled Circle tool click in the editing area to anchor one corner of a flexible box containing an ellipse. The box appears while you draw to show the anchor point and current mouse position. It disappears when you finish drawing. Drag the mouse until the ellipse is the size and shape you want. When the circle or ellipse is the right size and shape release the mouse button. The brush size determines the border width of the circle or ellipse border. The color that fills the circle or ellipse is determined by the Color Palette. To draw a perfect circle hold down the SHIFT key as you drag the mouse. The border of the ellipse is a line and therefore cannot be drawn using dithered colors. If you select a dithered color the border of the ellipse will appear in the nearest solid color. If you want the entire ellipse to be drawn with a dithered color first draw the ellipse with a solid color then use the Fill tool to fill it in with the desired dithered color. .Editor: Color Palette The Color Palette contains solid and dithered colors you can use when editing an icon. To select a color from the palette click a color cell with the left or right mouse button. IconMaster assigns the selected color to the mouse button used to click the color cell. You use this procedure to assign foreground colors as well as screen and inverse colors. Double-clicking a mouse button assigns the selected color to that button then opens the Custom Color Palette Window. You can define your own colors in this window. .Editor: Defining Colors You define colors using the Custom Color Palette shown below. To open the Custom Color Palette double-clicking the Color Palette in the Editor or select the Colors command form the Color menu. Minimizing or closing the Editor window also hides or closes the Custom Color Palette window. Color Elements and Values Custom colors are composed of red (R) green (G) and blue (B) elements. These elements have values ranging from 0 to 255. A value of 0 means none of that color appears in the custom color. Setting Color Values Use the RGB scroll bars to set the individual color elements. You can also enter color values into the fields to the right of each scroll bar. The color cell to the right of each field displays the color matching the value chosen for each element (red green or blue). The Selected Color cell displays the RGB color created by combining the individual RGB elements. Since some of the tools cannot use dithered colors the Nearest Solid Color is also displayed.