Folder Icon X 1.4.5 for Mac OS X
© 2001-2003 Narattaphol Charoenphandhu

Dutch resources by :								French resources by :
Hans Dobbelaere (i_MacAddict@mac.com)				Jean-Jacques Cortes (jjcortes@wanadoo.fr)

German resources by :								Italian resources by :
Michael Kummer (kummer@mac.com)					Monica Cainarca (mocai@tiscali.it)

Japanese resources by :							Spanish resources by :
Kaori Saegusa (bitchvalley@mac.com)					César Estrada (cestrada@mac.com)

Swedish resources by :
David Edlund (david.edlund@telia.com)

Description :
Folder Icon X is an application providing a simple way to create a customized folder and document icons by placing another icon on a standard plain icon.  It fully supports "drag & drop" feature and can load any icons from any files or folders.  All generated icons are 32-bit Mac OS X-compatible icons which can be viewed on both Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X.

Folder Icon X has :
		- Icon-from-file feature
		- Picture-to-icon feature (support translucent 8-bit mask)
		- Icon-to-picture feature
		- and more.

Requirements :
Mac OS X 10.1 or later

How to create icons :
1. Select a folder icon by using either
		- File menu command, or
		- drag & drop on the outer active region.

2. Select a logo icon by using either
		- File menu command, or
		- drag & drop on the inner active region.

Note : Logo icon can be a picture.  User can also select a grayscale picture as the custom mask for logo icon, please see sample files.  
The picture files can be created by either general graphic applications or digital camera.  If the icon is ".icns" document, Folder Icon X will display the icon data inside the document automatically.  Users can turn off this function from the Preferences.

4. Edit the logo icon by:
	- Dragging mouse to adjust and resize logo icon to obtain a suitable position.
	  ( Users can press Shift key while resize to maintain icon dimension )
	- Using keyboard arrows to change icon position.
	- Using slider to adjust transparency.
	- Using Set Skew Icon command from Edit menu to skew the logo icon.

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	- Using Trim Unused Border of Edit menu to eliminate unused rim of the logo icon, as illustrated above.
	- Pressing Delete key to delete the selected logo icon.

5. You can also edit logo icon from text field.  The text fields have the following properties:
	- After enter a new value, you must press Return or Enter to acquire new changes.
	- All values cannot exceed 128.
	- Icon width and height were calculated from icon offset.
	  ( if calculated values exceed the icon bound, the engine will adjust your values to new suitable values )

6. You can save your icon location, skew option and level of transparency as a setting document for future uses.
	- Use Save Current Setting from Edit menu to save setting.
	- Use Load Saved Setting from Edit menu to load your saved setting.
	- You can also load your saved setting by double clicking on the saved document.

7. Save icon or copy icon to clipboard.  There are two save options :
	- Create as folder
	- Create as ".icns" icon document

8. Normally, users need to select both folder icon and logo icon before saving.  However, users can to save incomplete icons by :
	- Holding down the Option key while :
			- Pressing on Save button of main window
			- Choosing Make Folder Icon of File menu
	- Using the Save Incomplete Icon command of File menu.

How to use Template menu :
Select "Folder Icon" and "Logo Icon" from "Template" menu :
Template menu will display the items which are placed in the template folder.  The default template folder is a folder named "Template" located in the same folder as Folder Icon X application.  Users can put any files, folders or aliases in this folder in order that users can select their icons as folder icons from the Template menu.  However, users can also select other folder as a template folder from the Folder Icon X's preference.
	- Select an item from Template menu to set the folder icon.
	- Select a customized menu item while hold down the Option key to set the logo icon.
	- Holding down the Control key while clicking on the image well of the Folder Icon X's main window will show the Template menus as contextual menus.

Notes :
- You can make icons which show only their name (blank icons) by :
	1. Launch the Folder Icon X application or delete all graphics from the main window.
	2. Hold down the Option key while press Save button.
	3. Save the icon.

- You can perform the pict-to-icon feature by :
	1. Launch the Folder Icon X application.
	2. Use the following commands to import a target picture as Logo icon :
		- Select Picture of File menu.
		- Select Picture Mask of File menu.
		- Paste Picture of Edit menu.
	3. Save the icon.

- The Paste Picture command of Edit menu can paste both pictures and icons (copied from the Get Info window) to the logo icon area.

Contact address :
E-mail :	naratt@naratt.com
Web site :	http://www.naratt.com
Wap site :	http://www.naratt.com/wap.wml

Registration :
This application is a shareware.
Single user license:			US$ 14.00
Site license:				US$ 90.00

Please register online at : http://order.kagi.com/?69A
Credit card, cash, check or money order are welcome at Kagi.

To order by check or money order, fill the registration form at:  http://order.kagi.com/?69A and send your payment to:

Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-C11
Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
USA

E-mail: sales@kagi.com
FAX: +1 510 652 6589

if you have questions about Folder Icon X, please e-mail questions to: naratt@naratt.com

Disclaimer :
My effort has been made to test this application to ensure it performs as expected, therefore I will not be held responsible for any consequential, incidental, direct or indirect damages through the use of this application

What's new :
Version 1.4.5
The application can display contents of Folder Icon X ".icns"  icons when users double-click on the documents.
Paste To Item command of Folder Icon X.plugin can handle multiple selection.
Paste To Item command of Folder Icon X.plugin will paste the icon to all selected folders.

Update: February 19, 2003