Donna, when you click on "Recolor Package", the "Ok" button will grey out. Rename the IP in the box showing, or add a word after it, and the "Ok" button will come back and let you continue.

Step aside Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul!!



It worked, Rick!


Thank you!

Grayscale Nautical Mile IP coming up!!

Donna, when you click on "Recolor Package", the "Ok" button will grey out. Rename the IP in the box showing, or add a word after it, and the "Ok" button will come back and let you continue.

Boss, I was able to color the icons, but when I go to save, it gets done and says the icons are colored, then I keep getting a screen that says out of memory. When I re-open IP, all I get is a blank file. When I scroll to the file in the themes folder, it shows the file is there, but when I try to open it, nothing is there. This only happens with the newer themes.

It worked, Rick! Thank you! Grayscale Nautical Mile IP coming up!!

Okay, Donna....I'm jealous...you got it to work!  

Maryjane, I did get an empty folder the first time I tried recoloring the pack, but the second time it worked. I used a different name for it. But I didn't get the error message at all. Let's face it, this program is temperamental. I hope the techs at WC see this and are able to help you in some way. I think I'd at least email Startdock Tech Support and report your own error messages and maybe they can help with that. We shouldn't have to 'wait for the next build,' especially with error messages. And there's obviously a specific issue if it recolors older packs but not newer pack.

Good luck!

Yeah jazzy, you have a different problem that I have no idea about, but from what Donna was saying...she missed a step. It took me a while to figure out changing the name the first time too..I was stuck thinking the program was messed up.

And glad it worked for you Donna!!

Maryjane, I did get an empty folder the first time I tried recoloring the pack, but the second time it worked. I used a different name for it

Donna, did you give the pack a completely different name, or just add to the name? What I have always done, was add the color I was making to the end of the name....for example, Silver Shine Brown (brown is the color I was making).

I just added another word at the end. I cant even remember what it was for the first pack. It's rediulous that we have to rename the pack to recolor it. I just added gray, like you do for the second pack. The grayscaled pack is up at SA if you want to take a look or download it. Interesting note is that it didn't save any of the 256x256 sizes.

Anyways, before Rick told me about changing the name, I had just tried another way to recolor the pack. Instead of opening IP and then navigating to recolor, I opened Icon Developer, then file, then batch, and then 'recolor pack from folder'. You should get a box that asks you for the originating folder location that you want to recolor, and then a loacation to put the recolored icons in. I made a new folder with the new 'color' name and went from there. Is that anything you've ever tried? I mean going through Icon Developer first?

I've used that method for packs of dock icons and it worked great. I imagine it would work the same for an IP theme also. Just different ways to try things..sometimes one works and another doesn't.

I had actually given up on the way I was trying it when you had posted your way of changing the name, Rick. And that way WAS the charm! It certainly is easier your way! Thats the way I'll do it from now on! I can't thank you enough for that one! It's unfortunate that there are no instructions on changing the name for it to work. I guess thats one of the reasons these forums and our skinning comrads in arms are here for!   

I hope the way I suggested to MaryJane works for her.