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AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:30 pm
by intric8
Today I’m happy to announce that I’m (finally) releasing my custom Workbench icons to the world for whoever might want them.
Download AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a

Yeah, I know. It’s about 30 years too late to ever get much use, but there might be one or two people out there that might like to use a couple of these on their machines today. Whenever I showed one of my creations in the recent past there was always one person who asked me if they could download it for themselves. Well, now those that want them can.

In order to use these Workbench icons, you must have a system running Workbench 1.3 in the original blue palette. You can of course run them in a gray (2.0+) environment, but they won’t look good at all. In fact, they’ll look a lot like photographic negatives, where dark colors become light and vice versa. The colors would have to be completely remapped.

In any case there are 5 icon types that can potentially be created in Workbench 1.3:
  • Disks (hard disks, partition roots)
  • Drawers (folders/directories)
  • Tools (executable programs you can launch)
  • Projects (Data Files)
  • Trashcans
In theory there are a couple others but are not really applicable to 99.9% of users (including me).

In my icon set I only focused on the first three types listed above.

The following are the icons you will find in the package:


Disks
icon-A2000.jpg
A2000

icon-A3000.jpg
A3000

icon-sys13.jpg
System 1.3

icon-zip.jpg
Zip Disk (what I use with my A1000 as an auto-booting hard drive)

icon-lemmings.jpg
Lemmings: Clicking this Disk icon can be a "blast"

icon-vcr.jpg
VCR "Flash Gordon" drive. This was the first icon I ever did.


Drawers
icon-drw-terms.jpg
Terminals. ATDT, yo!

icon-drw-docs.jpg
Documents: clicking this icon reveals a hidden message.

icon-drw-music.jpg
Music

icon-drw-games.jpg
Games: Clicking this icon is like eating a power pill.

icon-drw-tools.jpg
Tools (everybody's got tools).


Tools
icon-tool-64door.jpg
64Door: An Amiga terminal program that fully supports PETSCII, which is very nice when you hit BBSes being run off of C64's and C128's.

(Note: the colors were difficult to replicate verbatim using photography. Each icon has two states. The examples below show their primary, non-clicked state.)

Download AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a

I’m calling this set “1.3a” in case I ever create more in the future (like a Trashcan, other Tools, etc.).

In the video above I explain how to apply these icons to your own machines one by one. There is no “installer package” or script, just the original icon files. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. And I will see about adding them to Aminet, too, in the very near future.

Feel free to ask me any questions, and I hope you enjoy them! And if the video inspires any of you to create your own icons, let’s see them!

For those looking for more detailed information on how to create your own Workbench 1.3 icons, go here.

UPDATE
In the original package I forgot to include the Games.info icon. You can get the Games Icon right here.

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:56 pm
by jost80
Awesome work. Kind of makes me want a 1.3 machine.

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:22 am
by McTrinsic
This is awesome!

My Amiga is currently undergoing a major rework / maintenance project.

Once it is fully operatiopnal and available again for regular activity (games! :) ) this icon set will surely by part of my 1.3-portion of the setup.

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:10 pm
by Mr.Toast
Great work on the set. Enjoyed the video-you should definitely do more!

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:37 pm
by intric8
Thanks a bunch, man.

I'm going on vacation soon but have some plans for September. I'm never going to be a once-a-week YouTuber type. I'm lucky to be a once-a-month guy. But I've got some weird niche stuff I'd love to video for sure. Cheers

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:49 pm
by A1-X1000
@ intric8

hand up for me as it's only WB1.3 for my Amiga 1000 else she just doesn't feel 'right' <3

thanks for the icons they look great :D

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:20 am
by Zippy Zapp
Nice work! The video was awesome too.

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:51 pm
by intric8
Very excited and proud to announce my AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a upload to Aminet has been accepted and added. Very cool!

It is located here.

Or, just search for "AmigaLove" on Aminet and you'll find them. =) Woo hoo!

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:48 pm
by walldog
Thanks for doing these Eric. Great job!... I updated my 64Door Icon :)

Re: AmigaLove Icon Set 1.3a Available for Download

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 4:39 pm
by walldog
So got lost in this video today.. After upgrading my A590 Hard drive which took me 2 days (long story) I felt need to update workbench icons. I even took a feeble attempt to make my own icon. Thanks Intrinsic for great video. I learned something today.

Question: Dont see your pacman "game" icon in the WB set. Could we get a copy of that one?