Short:        Realistic, shaded OS3.5/3.9-Icons
Author:       raoulbogers@gmx.de (Raoul Bogers)
Uploader:     raoulbogers gmx de (Raoul Bogers)
Type:         pix/gicon
Version:      0.6
Architecture: generic

NewAge-Icons version 0.6 (First international Distribution)
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Raoul Bogers (raoulbogers@gmx.de)

Distribution: On Aminet and AmigaPlus-LeserCD.

News!

- Thanks to the Amiga-User for their Interest and Tips, at their
  suggestion i have replaced the old Drive- and Drawer-Icons with better ones!
  Errors on Shadow-Details was removed and the Colorpalette was optimized.
  Attention, there are many more Special-Drawer-Icons.

- Overall 1032 NewAge-Icons, 367 Filetype-Icons and 148 Drawer- and DiskIcons.

- 51 new Pattern match with my WB-Color-Theme!

- Matching to the new Interface, a new Skin for PlayCD and one for Amplifier! NEW!!

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But the Main Reason for this Version, is the new embedded Support for Default-Icons, with
the matching DefIcons.prefs-File, more about this in "DefIcons.liesmich"
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- and for anyone creativ, who use my WB-Color-Theme, as a little Extra the Icons.iff and
  Marker.iff for ArtEffect4, they must copied to ArtEffect:Data, Backup of original Files is
  recommended.

***Please read the legal notice at the end of this document!*** 

WHAT IS IT?

- This Replacement is for users of NewAge-IconEdition v. 0.2-0.4 and is sorted in the
  same Drawer-Strukture.

- The Drive- and Drawer-Icons are Replacements for the older ones.

- There are to Versions one with the Neon-Effect and for People who dont like that, a Version
  (normal) without the Neon-Effect!

- There are two Sizes of any Drawer, theyr Operation is dependend on Screensize and
  how many Files you are using on your System. The Basic-Rule, smaller is faster! Smaller
  Icons minimizing the use of RAM. Smaller Icons speeds up the Windowrefresh and
  smaller Files speeds up the Filetransfers!

REQUIREMENTS

- The complete Icon-Edition was created under the AmigaOS3.9
   Environment, you need at least OS3.5 to use them!

- For the use of the Def_Icons, you need the Tool "Deficons" v45.6 from Stephan Rupprecht.

- I recommend the use of WB2Fast, to improve the performance
  and to free the ChipRAM.


FEATURES

- Better Color-style, as opposed to standard OS3.9
  icons. 

- *softer* difference between the selected and unselected
  images of the icon (the OS3.9-Icon sets change with to
  many contrast, making it hard to work concentrated at
  long ranges at the Interface!) 

  This is the famous NEON EFFECT ;-)

- Hand-drawn, Synergie-Work Amiga meets BeOS, not only
  for the making, also for 'the' Look!

- Color gradients, soft shadows (non glowed!), interlaced .

- New Support of Priority-Markers, i use yellow symbols for
  hot-actual-Files, blue symbols for older or closed Projects. 

- unified Look, that helps to look at the Work, not of the
  supercolored Icons! Systemwide Filetype-scheme!

- special for professional Amiga-User's, they're work more
  then one Hour on the Interface.



WHY VERSION 0.6

- This is an Replacement for Release 0.2-0.4, important! complete DefIcons and
  the deficons.prefs, new DrawerIcons and much more Icons!!

- The Copyrights are the same, as for the Release 0.2

- These are the icons *I* needed on *my* system. With
  the usefull BeOS5 in Mind, i intend to creat a Synergie
  between BeOS' filehandling and OS3.5' Icon-Features

- thats a 'Present' for the Amiga-Community. With that i
  mark the Day, of refinding the best OS! ...i have searched
  in the PC-Sector in approx. 5 Years, but could'nt find anyone
  like the AmigaOS. Now using AmigaOS3.5, that takes its work
  on my WinUAE ... blah blah blaha! Thats old, really old!

  Really new is, my new AmigaNG on Amithlon, more Speed, more
  Sound, and i wait for Voodoo5-Support in Amithlon, than i'm became
  unstoppable!! 

  Welcome in the Real-Time-AmigaEmulation. I'am home!!
  No more Regedit-editing, no more BlueScreens! NO MORE!!

TO DO

- Full Workbench replacement.

- An Installer-Script whould be nice.

- More common applications and datatypes.

- More containers (folders, drawers, disks) corresponding
  to the major datatypes.

- Interface-Themes, Toolbar and Animation-Graphics

- User-Rights-Support, Net-Icons

there lots of work, work for days or months, thats why i've
planned to distribute a new, more complete Edition in Winter
2003. 

BUGS

Oh no !! Excuse me, but a full-displaying of all of the
NewAge-Icons produces small Artefacts in the Palette of the
Standard-OS3.9-Icons, don't know the reason why;-)

There's no install-script, the use of the Drag'n Drop-Feature
of the AmigaOS3.9-WBInformation is recommended. The
Support of the convert-scripts (coming up with the AmigaOS3.5
CD-Contribution) is not tested!


LEGAL NOTICE

The NewAge-IconEdition Version0.5 
is (c) Copyright 2001-2003 by Raoul Bogers.

This Edition is RESTRICTED FREEWARE.

You can use the NewAge-Icons, backdrops and the Skins 
provided in this archive, if you comply with the following restrictions:

- In the following, "the archive" or "the archives"
  refers to this NewAge-Icons archive
  created by RaoulBogers.

- You can only distribute the archive(s) as a complete
  package. You may not remove or add any files to
  the archive.

- You are not allowed to manipulate any file in the
  archive(s) and distribute it under any new- or no-name.
  You may manipulate any part of an archive for your
  private use, but you may NOT distribute the modified
  file!

- If you wish to include part of an archive in a
  commercial program or commercial distribution scheme
  (such as a coverdisk or commercial "PD" library),
  you must obtain permission from the author
  (Raoul Bogers) first.

- By using any part of the archive, you acknowledge
  that you understand and agree to these conditions.


HISTORY

0.1         First public "release".


0.2         Second Release, complete Replacement for
              Release 0.1, better Pens, much more Icons
              new Shadows, and now Bugfree!

0.3         Third Release, Addon for Release 0.2 more
              DTypes, Crossplatform-Icons, and important!
              DefIcons-Support, incl. deficons.prefs-File!

0.4         Minimal Update for Release 0.3, the deficons.prefs improved.
              more Filetypes, 51 Pattern added!

0.5         evenmore Filetypes, Theme for ArtEffect4, brand new Skins
              for PlayCD and Amplifier added. First international Distribution!

0.6			my AmiDock-Skin added, my Amplifier-Skin is ported to AmigaAMP
            some changes in the documentation.