Short: Golden appearace for Workbench and Directory Opus 5 Author: mexico@ptt.yu (Miki) Uploader: mexico ptt yu (Miki) Type: util/wb Architecture: m68k-amigaos This Workbench style was inspired by - gold. It makes the world go around , it is in the Swiss banks , even Your mother has it , but now You can enjoy in its warm glow on your Amiga. Here are included the preferences for some programs which change the look and feel of Workbench: VisualPrefs , Birdie , MagicMenu and TitleShadow. Their latest versions can be found on Aminet. Requirements: High colour Workbench ------------ + all the programs listed above Recommended: OS 3.5 ------------ 1024 x 768 screenmode or higher FullPalette ( also on Aminet ) 13 point screen font Installation: First you have to install all these programs ------------ like it says in their manuals and then change their preferences. Usage : ----- Visual Prefs : This preferences are for VP 1.5 or higher. Copy the directory Gold where ever you want , start GUI of VisualPrefs , open Gold/Gold.pre , and under System/Bitmaps choose Gold. Then save the prefs. NOTE: The gadgets may look weird in GUI prefs and the first time when you save the prefs. That's because most gadgets are drawn to use ONLY with Birdie and included textures. However, when you see how it looks you won't regret it. NOTE 2: This Gold set is loosely based on VP-Aqua set by Martin Bren. I emailed him and asked him for a promission to upload this changed set , but as he did not answer me for some time I assume that it's OK to upload this to Aminet as long as I mention that my VP set is based on Mr. Bren's. Birdie : Open Birdie prefs ( bprefs.lha , also on Aminet) , load my Birdie prefs , for Active window pattern choose ActiveWindow.png and in pattern list choose InactiveWindow.png. Do NOT add any more patterns to pattern list because this set is designed for only one pattern. MagicMenu: This prefs file is for MagicMenu 2.35 (www.magicmenu.de). Open MMPrefs ,load MM_GoldBlue.prefs ,and then save the prefs. This prefs file does not really belong to this Gold set , but it looks very nice so you might want to check it out. TitleShadow: Copy my titleshadow.prefs to ENV: and ENVARC: and then load TitleShadowPrefs and save the prefs agin. Here I've added the brown shadow to the selected window title so now it looks a bit more shiny. NOTE: In order this to work you'll have to install Full Palette first. After the installation copy the included FullPalette.prefs to ENV:Sys and ENVARC:Sys and then reboot your Amiga. DOpus 5: For DOpus 5 I included a 32 color OS 3.5 Lister icon which you should copy to DOpus5:Icons. The icon I included represents a lowres image of my DOpus lister. I did a snap of desktop, loaded it into PPaint , cropped the image, did some make-up and loaded a brush into IconEdit. It was a 5 minute work. You should do the same to make your icon because it's no hassle and it looks very effective! Workbench: I included a desktop picture in golden style for WB and two textures for WB windows ( I prefer a darker one and white text colour ). This pictures really require OS 3.5 ( because of its picture.datatype which does dithering on highcolour screens ) or true colour workbench. I wanted to keep this archive as short as possible , so I uploaded the snapshot of my WB separately as pix/wb/GoldWB.jpg. Oh , I know, the window buttons remind of the VIVA logo. I hope no one will mind... For any comments write to Miki mexico@ptt.yu