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From: leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Color Icons in System 7
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Date: 7 Jun 91 19:11:30 GMT
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In article <9F_-90#@engin.umich.edu> fprefect@caen.engin.umich.edu (Matt Slot) writes:
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>
>  To make the Finder notice changes to icons, you need to clear 
>the INITED bit under the ResEdit Get Info. When the Finder 
>launches, it updates its info on all programs whose INITED bit
>is turned off, and then sets the bit. 
>  After you make your changes, and clear the bit  you need to 
>quit the Finder--by re-booting or (preferably) by using the Quit
>Command (if you installed the new fmnu resources from Sumex) or 
>by Force Quitting with Command-Option-Escape. When the Finder
>restarts, look for your updated icons.
> 
>fprefect@caen.engin.umich.edu
>Matt Slot, CAEN Mac-Support
> 
True.  However, under System 7, you can avoid this entire mess by just
pasting in your color icons into the Get Info Box for a file.  The
changes are noticed immediately by the Finder, and you don't have to
reboot.

When I want to "colorize" or otherwise dork with an Icon (typically
for an alias, but it could be any file), I bring up its Get Info
window, click on the icon, and select "Copy" from the Edit menu.  Then
I start up ResEdit 2.1 on a dummy file and create a new cicn resource,
which opens up the cicn color bitmap editor.  Selecting "Paste" from the
Edit Menu puts the original icon into the editor, which I then use to
colorize or munge the icon to my taste.  To complete the process, put
the modified (now color) bitmap back on the Clipboard, bring up the
Get Info window for the original file, select its icon, and Use "Paste" 
from the Edit menu.  Voila!

Of course, the changes you make aren't very permanent -- anyone can
revert back to original icon by hitting 'Cut' in the Get Info box.  With
my artistic ability (?), that's probably an advantage :-).

-Bill Leue
leue@crd.ge.com