standard cursors

arfa · Post by **arfa** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:03 am

My install has most tool cursors as a crosshair which I find difficult to see sometimes. I started adding some of these using a copy along the lines of the translate, scale, rotate which have the pointer top-left and tool-indicator bottom-right.

tool:

(my) cursor:

Then, it occurs to me that there may already be an existing set of modified cursors. I did a quick forum search and found a post confirming that the std. -|- image is program embedded so, no easy fix there.

Anyone know of replacement cursors?

ever hopefull - arfa

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:10 pm

Yeah, any tool that doesn't have a specific cursor uses the default cross-hairs. But you have the right idea. Just make your own. If you haven't already, you'll need to add these to the 'tool' folder (in the 'scripts' folder of your AS install directory).

Looks like you have the add point tool's cursor there. What you'll need to do is to add it as a PNG format named "lm_add_point_cursor". As long as a tool has a "toolname_cursor.png" file, it will override the default cross-hairs.

I don't know that anyone has worked up a full set of replacements, but what you've got there looks nice.

arfa · Post by **arfa** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:39 am

Thanks for the detail.

I guess I imagined there wasn't an existing set and have made a start on replacements; not so difficult. I could spend more time working out how to implement anti-aliasing but, for now, they will be B&W.

btw. - have changed my original add_points. At this scale each really needs its own build.

will post all on completion

> arfa

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:55 pm

Anti-aliasing is easy at that size. Just scale the image a bit and then rescale it. This does the trick in Photoshop anyway. Look forward to seeing the complete set.

arfa · Post by **arfa** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:40 am

yes, scaling works fine. I generally prefer just poking it in pixel at a time, especially with cursors as you end up with a lot of ghosting when mousing over a dark shape. I have set a pointer outline with this in mind.

So, here are some cursors. I hope they might be of use. I have put them all here in case someone just wants one or two. The ZiP is at the bottom.

For me they serve two functions - visibility (on a low-brightness laptop screen) and difference.

This second is in relation to my study of Fazek's tools which use pretty much the same cursors. These tools are great and I would like to make separate cursors for them - but will wait to see if i just end up replacing the standard tools.

plain_cursor.png -

lm_add_point_cursor.png -

lm_arrow_cursor.png -

lm_bend_points_h_cursor.png -

lm_bend_points_v_cursor.png -

lm_delete_edge_cursor.png -

lm_delete_shape_cursor.png -

lm_freehand_cursor.png -

lm_hide_edge_cursor.png -

lm_magnet_cursor.png -

lm_oval_cursor.png -

lm_paint_bucket_cursor.png -

lm_pantilt_camera_cursor.png -

lm_rectangle_cursor.png -

lm_roll_camera_cursor.png -

lm_rotate_layer_cursor.png -

lm_rotate_layer_x_cursor.png -

lm_rotate_layer_y_cursor.png -

lm_scale_layer_cursor.png -

lm_set_origin_cursor.png -

lm_track_camera_cursor.png -

lm_translate_layer_cursor.png -

lm_zoom_camera_cursor.png -

http://www.BuddhaMind.info/as/bits/curs ... ursors.zip

- arfa

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:21 am

Those are pretty nice. Thanks for sharing.

rylleman · Post by **rylleman** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:42 am

Thank you!

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:17 am

These are really cool! They're so cute too... little teeny versions of the button icons... sort of like Muppet Babies.

You don't know you need something until you have it.

-vern

arfa · Post by **arfa** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:44 am

Your most welcome. I get so much here it is nice to be able to give a little. Also, the learning curve (for me) is huge so something related and doable eases the climb.

> arfa