Addendum by Roy S. Laufer 11/18/89 This is a modification to Tim Maffet's 3DLook (I called it RSL3DLook as an inside joke (anyone remember RSLClock out there , you may rename it what ever you wish). My problem with Tim's original code was that it was designed for a screen with light text on a dark screen. My setup is the exact opposite, and the 3D effect is reversed and not very aesthetically pleasing! I redesigned the open/close gadget entirely as well as lesser changes in the other gadgets. The main change is that the gadgets now look good when the screen is set up with a light background and a dark foreground. I have also included a few of my color preferences (Grey, Blue, Amber)as well as a PD program Pref that will change your color preferences. Use "Prefs Grey" (rather obvious, eh?) If you like this you can leave a comment on CIS (72435,1025), but the credit goes to Mr. Maffett, my efforts were mere minimal modifications. What follows is Tim's original documentation for 3DLook (if anyone has a copy of Tim's 3DIcons, upload it to CIS and I'll try to modify them in the same way): 3DLook Tim Maffett This program changes the the close gadget, depth gadgets, and the window sizing gadgets of all Hi-Res windows and screens to gadgets which have a 3D appearance. You may have to change your WorkBench color scheme to get the full effect. The windows drag bar is also changed to what I think is a better looking pattern on a hi-res screen. The change takes place immediately upon executing the program, and all future windows will use these new gadget images. Most windows opened prior to the execution of 3DLook will change to the new gadget images upon refresh. This program can be run from workbench (via its icon) or from the CLI. Execute 3DLook early in your startup-sequence to catch all the windows and screens. There is a file on most Amiga BBSs called 3DIcons which contains 3D disk icons for the Amiga, included in this archive is a program called Prefs which has a variety of preferences settings which provides color schemes (blue,red,purple,brown,grey,.....) which give both the 3D icons and 3DLook gadgets the full 3D effect. The following information about good 3d color schemes is for those of you who are unable to obtain the 3DIcons archive. - The background color (color 0) can be set to whatever color looks best the the user. - Colors 1, 2, and 3 must be set to a similar shade Color 1 should be the brightest, color 2 a little dimmer, and color 3 the darkest. An example set of colors (using the Palette program on the 1.3 WorkBench extras disk) Color 0 (users choice, I like 276) Color 1 FFF Color 2 AAA Color 3 555 Using an Amiga with FlickerFixer (704x470 workbench) provides an incredibly professional look using both 3D icons and 3DLook (and the right color scheme of course). The program MandelVroom by Kevin Clague (in Hi-res/interlace) which uses 3d-icons in its windows, looks great with the 3D window gadgets. (MandelVroom can be found on Fred Fisk disk #215) This program is FreeWare. Use it as you like to improve the look of Amigas everywhere. The idea for this program must be attributed to David N. Junod for his NewLook program. Thanks Dave.