Enjoy.

Remembering MX is a collection of five Photoshop files, showcasing some very old icons I created in 2004 when Macromedia’s Studio MX was still the big thing. The files contain the vector shapes for each application’s logo, and layer styles for each design so that you can create your own or reproduce their appearance.

Whilst I can’t fault Adobe’s minimalistic “coloured-box with lettering style” for the CS3 applications, I’d like to think that the MX Suite designs will forever be engraved in the minds of all the designers from all those years ago. I don’t think any design have come close to how the MX designs clearly and brilliantly portrayed the software suite.

As updated, the downloads below now list a set of icons for Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX. The Vista & Mac icons are untested, so if you do use them, leave a comment and let me know how they went. Only 32-bit icons are included.

The Photoshop files are compatible with Photoshop CS and above. It may work in Photoshop 6 and 7, except I believe that some layer blending options won’t be preserved correctly.

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Please read the copyright notes before downloading.

• Photoshop Files
• Windows XP/Vista Icons
• MacOSX Icons
  

Comments always welcome.

Caustic is the sibling of Bittersweet, featuring the same minimalism, but designed for those who like colorful and tail-less cursors. The subtle white glow has been removed and the working & busy animations have been replaced. There have also been a few minor size changes. This set comes in six colours; 3 vibrant and 3 subtle schemes. “Fade” is my personal favorite — but I’m just a sucker for the lime-yellow-purple colour combination.

Download

Download Caustic

Installation

1. Download the package,
2. Unzip to a location of your choosing,
3. Right-click the Install.inf file and press Install,
4. Press Start, Control Panel then Mouse,
5. Press the Pointers tab.

Within the Schemes list, you will find 6 schemes:

• Caustic – Bronze
• Caustic – Green
• Caustic – Purple
• Caustic – White
• Caustic – Fade
• Caustic – Blue

After installation you may delete the archive and the files you’ve extracted.

Comments welcome.

Just a quick update for today; the Bittersweet cursor set has been revised and now includes 4 additional busy and working animations, in the colours shown above. The busy and working cursors also have softer edges.

To download, visit the earlier Bittersweet post.

Bittersweet is an adaptation of the traditional Mac OS cursor set for Windows 2000 onwards. The cursors is designed with a strong shadow and a subtle white glow; making it appear as if the cursors exist on a pane of glass above the monitor. This ensures the cursors are distinct from their environment. The “busy” and “waiting” animations have been replaced with a specky black & white light-show. The second revision of this cursor set introduces 4 new coloured busy and waiting animations.

Download

Download Bittersweet

Installation

If you have already installed an earlier copy of the Bittersweet cursors, following the instructions below will uninstall the previous cursors before installing the new sets.

1. Download the package,
2. Unzip to a location of your choosing,
3. Right-click the Install.inf file and press Install,
4. Press Start, Control Panel then Mouse,
5. Press the Pointers tab.

Within the Schemes list, you will find 5 schemes:

• Bittersweet – Black (original)
• Bittersweet – Red
• Bittersweet – Green
• Bittersweet – Blue
• Bittersweet – Purple

After installation you may delete the archive and the files you’ve extracted.

Comments welcome and a happy new year to all.

I had a free hour and I decided to redo the Neverwinter Nights icon. The pack contains three icons in three colours; blue, green and red. Each icon contains 5 sizes; 16, 24, 32, 48 & 64 in 32-bit, 256 and 16 colour. An additional 256 pixel PNG is provided.

Download the icon pack.

I plan to revise the pack and add additional colours later. Comments welcome.

I’ll admit I’m rather picky when it comes to my cursors. Glaring at the same little pointer for a half a dozen hours each day becomes quite the eyesore. As of yet, the only cursor scheme simple enough for my liking has been Apple’s OSX cursors. However, the one downside I find with nearly every OSX cursor pack for Windows is that the “busy” and “waiting” animations are usually limited to either blue or “graphite”. This is fine for OSX themes, but I tend to change my visual style quite frequently, so I want to be able to change my cursors to suit.

To that extent, I decided to design “Tonic Water” (pun intended). “Tonic Water” is a conversion of Mac OSX’s cursors for Windows 2000 onwards, with additional “busy” and “waiting” animations. The pack contains 5 new animations, as well as the 2 originals. The new colours are named after the cocktail mixers and bases.

Download

Download Tonic Water

Installation

1. Download the package,
2. Unzip to a location of your choosing,
3. Right-click the Install.inf file and press Install,
4. Press Start, Control Panel then Mouse,
5. Press the Pointers tab,

Within the Schemes list, you will find 7 new schemes:

• Tonic Water – Aqua (original)
• Tonic Water – Graphic (original)
• Tonic Water – Cranberry
• Tonic Water – Galliano
• Tonic Water – Lime
• Tonic Water – Ginger Beer
• Tonic Water – Soda

Comments are welcome as always. Suggestions of other styles and colours are also welcomed.

Vista Drive Icon is a fairly handy utility for Windows XP which changes the icons of the your drives, so that they show a small bar indicating the available space. By default, Vista Drive Icon’s icons are from Vista, and don’t suit the Windows XP style. The icon pack below replaces the Vista icons with their Windows XP counterparts whilst retaining the size bar.

These have been tested with and work with Vista Drive Icon 1.3/1.4.

Download

Download replacement icons

Installation

• Download the package,
• Browse to where you installed Vista Drive Icon, this is usually
  C:\Program Files\Vista Drive Icon.
• Unzip the contents of the package into the folder named Icon. Be sure to replace all pre-existing icons.

It may take a short period before the new icons appear. Restarting your computer or logging off and back in again may speed the process.

The Simple In Black cursor set is a collection of high-contrast black alpha-blended cursors (for use with Windows 2000 onwards), which are intended for people who have high-resolution displays or have issues seeing the cursor. The black cursors have a white outline, making them highly visible on any colour.

Download

Download Simple In Black

Installation

1. Download the package,
2. Unzip to a location of your choosing,
3. Right-click the Install.inf file and press Install,
4. Press Start, Control Panel then Mouse,
5. Press the Pointers tab,
6. Under Scheme, select Simple In Black and press OK.

Different steps are necessary when using Windows Vista.

Feedback and recommendations are welcome.