New 16 color Workbench theme: CD32

Steffest · 11 October 2018, 05:55

Hey!

So I installed the new Workbench 3.1.4 with BestWB on top on my CD32.
The new Workbench 3.1.4 icons are nice, but they were a bit pale next to the awesome looks of the coolest of all Amiga's

So I made a custom WorkBench theme - especially for the CD32.

16 colors (and Copper Daemon for the window gradients)
Made for square pixel screen modes (Pal hires laced e.g.)

This is the palette:

The font is XEN (from MUI)

Although it's possible to run this in a 16 color WorkBench, it's recommended to use at least a 32 color screenmode.
That way you can also set the MUI colors and still have some pens left for other programs.

Color Locker and Border Blanker recommended!

Workflow:

First made in Photoshop
color-reduced with (the super awesome) http://tool.anides.de/
cleaned up and re-dithered back in Photoshop
icons cut out and saved as NewIcons with Personal Paint on the Amiga

Everything is downloadable from https://github.com/steffest/amiga/tr...%20Themes/CD32

Some extra wallpapers are also there.

That was fun!
Steffest

Lord Aga · 11 October 2018, 07:20

Holy crap, this is turbo-awesome

Z3k · 11 October 2018, 07:46

Supernice work of love!!

MickGyver · 11 October 2018, 08:05

That one looks great indeed, good work, and thanks for making it available! Does this also work with the old WB 3.1?

DanyPPC · 11 October 2018, 08:10

Congratulations !!!

Excellent WB theme

Amon_RA · 11 October 2018, 08:33

Awesome!

spudje · 11 October 2018, 08:44

Cool, I love the wallpaper!! Are you softkicking into a 3.1.4 ROM or just running WB 3.1.4 on a 3.1 machine?
This will also make as a cool theme for the CD32 A1200(.net) case (if only these keys were finished soon

)

I would love to also see a high res version of the wallpaper I can use on my PC

Steffest · 11 October 2018, 08:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickGyver

Does this also work with the old WB 3.1?

Hmm ... apparently not. But that's my mistake.
Apparently when saving through Personal Paint on 3.1.4 it saves them using the new icon datatype which does not work on "old" 3.1 ...
I'll re-create them as standard NewIcons as well

Tigerskunk · 11 October 2018, 10:22

Amazing work...

It's great how good this looks with only 16 colors...

DamienD · 11 October 2018, 10:59

Looking very good indeed

MickGyver · 11 October 2018, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steffest

Hmm ... apparently not. But that's my mistake.
Apparently when saving through Personal Paint on 3.1.4 it saves them using the new icon datatype which does not work on "old" 3.1 ...
I'll re-create them as standard NewIcons as well

Super, thank you very much!

ROM · 11 October 2018, 13:51

That looks awesome thanks, any chance you may make a 500 background for those of us with 500

gulliver · 11 October 2018, 13:55

Thank you!

Things like this motivates me to keep BestWB going.

A work of art & love. Well done!

SimonV · 11 October 2018, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steffest

Hmm ... apparently not. But that's my mistake.
Apparently when saving through Personal Paint on 3.1.4 it saves them using the new icon datatype which does not work on "old" 3.1 ...
I'll re-create them as standard NewIcons as well

I think it could work if people install the latest iconlib on Aminet. http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4

Steffest · 11 October 2018, 14:47

Yes!

That's indeed the difference.

Very weird thing with Personal Paint though ...
If I use the version from https://www.amigaforever.com/classic/download/
- version 7.1 - I get NO save brush as icon option ...
If I use the version that comes bundled with ClassicWB - Also 7.1 , on the same system - there IS a save as icon option.

Very weird that Personal Paint was pulled from Aminet.

Anyway: the type of icon that gets saved apparently depends on the icon library installed. Icons saved with a newer version don't display correctly on older versions. (that's my guestimate anyway, will do some more testing)

cip060 · 11 October 2018, 15:31

I do not see the download though!

Steffest · 11 October 2018, 15:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by cip060

I do not see the download though!

Go to https://github.com/steffest/amiga - top right -> "clone or download"

(or directly to https://github.com/steffest/amiga/archive/master.zip )

It's still a work in progress - lots of icons still missing.
When it's mpore or less complete, I'll package it up.

SimonV · 11 October 2018, 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steffest

Yes!

Very weird that Personal Paint was pulled from Aminet.

Is it ? https://amigakit.amiga.store/product...oducts_id=1293

PeterK · 11 October 2018, 17:00

You can still download PPaint 7.1c for free from Cloanto: https://www.amigaforever.com/classic/download/

What exactly is the problem with saving icons under different icon.libraries?

Do you know that OS 3.5/3.9 has a different newicon.library than those in the original NewIcons 4.6 package? The emulated newicon.library from Stephan Rupprecht, which is also included in OS 3.5+ converts ColorIcons into NewIcons to make them available to old programs like Iconian etc. (I think this version of newicon.library is also installed in ClassicWB, since I once did that for ADVSP)
NewIconEmu: => https://www.stephan-rupprecht.de/

Steffest · 11 October 2018, 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterK

You can still download PPaint 7.1c for free from Cloanto: https://www.amigaforever.com/classic/download/

What exactly is the problem with saving icons under different icon.libraries?

Do you know that OS 3.5/3.9 has a different newicon.library than those in the original NewIcons 4.6 package? The emulated newicon.library from Stephan Rupprecht, which is also included in OS 3.5+ converts ColorIcons into NewIcons to make them available to old programs like Iconian etc. (I think this version of newicon.library is also installed in ClassicWB, since I once did that for ADVSP)
NewIconEmu: => https://www.stephan-rupprecht.de/

Apparently WB 3.1.4 also saves as ColorIcons, not as NewIcons.
I never touched 3.5 or 3.9 when creating these icons.
I can't put my finger on it exactly, I can only observe that the PPaint version of Cloanto behaves differently then the PPaint version included in ClassicWB - even if it's both 7.1.

I think I'm just a little lost in all those Icon libraries and what they do exactly. (for example, the default "darken" mode when selected, that's your Library that does that, right?)

Anyway - interesting topic, I'll dig in some more :-)

11 October 2018, 05:55	#1
Steffest Registered User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Antwerp / Belgium Posts: 189	New 16 color Workbench theme: CD32 Hey! So I installed the new Workbench 3.1.4 with BestWB on top on my CD32. The new Workbench 3.1.4 icons are nice, but they were a bit pale next to the awesome looks of the coolest of all Amiga's So I made a custom WorkBench theme - especially for the CD32. 16 colors (and Copper Daemon for the window gradients) Made for square pixel screen modes (Pal hires laced e.g.) This is the palette: The font is XEN (from MUI) Although it's possible to run this in a 16 color WorkBench, it's recommended to use at least a 32 color screenmode. That way you can also set the MUI colors and still have some pens left for other programs. Color Locker and Border Blanker recommended! Workflow: First made in Photoshop color-reduced with (the super awesome) http://tool.anides.de/ cleaned up and re-dithered back in Photoshop icons cut out and saved as NewIcons with Personal Paint on the Amiga Everything is downloadable from https://github.com/steffest/amiga/tr...%20Themes/CD32 Some extra wallpapers are also there. That was fun! Steffest

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11 October 2018, 07:20	#2
Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	Holy crap, this is turbo-awesome

11 October 2018, 07:46	#3
Z3k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: italy Posts: 76	Supernice work of love!!

11 October 2018, 08:05	#4
MickGyver Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 643	That one looks great indeed, good work, and thanks for making it available! Does this also work with the old WB 3.1?

11 October 2018, 08:10	#5
DanyPPC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Italy Posts: 729	Congratulations !!! Excellent WB theme

11 October 2018, 08:33	#6
Amon_RA Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Belgium Posts: 132	Awesome!

11 October 2018, 08:44	#7
spudje Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,406	Cool, I love the wallpaper!! Are you softkicking into a 3.1.4 ROM or just running WB 3.1.4 on a 3.1 machine? This will also make as a cool theme for the CD32 A1200(.net) case (if only these keys were finished soon ) I would love to also see a high res version of the wallpaper I can use on my PC

11 October 2018, 10:22	#9
Tigerskunk Inviyya Dude! Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Amiga Island Posts: 2,770	Amazing work... It's great how good this looks with only 16 colors...

11 October 2018, 10:59	#10
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Looking very good indeed

11 October 2018, 13:51	#12
ROM Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 69	That looks awesome thanks, any chance you may make a 500 background for those of us with 500

11 October 2018, 13:55	#13
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Thank you! Things like this motivates me to keep BestWB going. A work of art & love. Well done!

11 October 2018, 14:47	#15
Steffest Registered User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Antwerp / Belgium Posts: 189	Yes! That's indeed the difference. Very weird thing with Personal Paint though ... If I use the version from https://www.amigaforever.com/classic/download/ - version 7.1 - I get NO save brush as icon option ... If I use the version that comes bundled with ClassicWB - Also 7.1 , on the same system - there IS a save as icon option. Very weird that Personal Paint was pulled from Aminet. Anyway: the type of icon that gets saved apparently depends on the icon library installed. Icons saved with a newer version don't display correctly on older versions. (that's my guestimate anyway, will do some more testing)

11 October 2018, 15:31	#16
cip060 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Treviso ITALIA Posts: 81	I do not see the download though!

11 October 2018, 17:00	#19
PeterK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: digital hell, Germany, after 1984, but worse Posts: 3,365	You can still download PPaint 7.1c for free from Cloanto: https://www.amigaforever.com/classic/download/ What exactly is the problem with saving icons under different icon.libraries? Do you know that OS 3.5/3.9 has a different newicon.library than those in the original NewIcons 4.6 package? The emulated newicon.library from Stephan Rupprecht, which is also included in OS 3.5+ converts ColorIcons into NewIcons to make them available to old programs like Iconian etc. (I think this version of newicon.library is also installed in ClassicWB, since I once did that for ADVSP) NewIconEmu: => https://www.stephan-rupprecht.de/

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