Upgraded mando cursors!

[Brian Baker]

OK, folks... Sorry for the long delay, but hopefully the wait was worth it.

The attached zip file contains Windows-format 256-color cursor sets (Normal Select cursor, Help Select cursor, Working in Background cursor) of the following:
- Sunburst F5
- Blonde F5
- 3-point F-style
- Light sunburst F4
- Pancake flat-top
- Flying-V mando
- Zook

In addition, there is an animated cursor (.ani) of a rotating sunburst F5, which you should use as the Busy cursor.

(Also, I think there is a dreadnaught guitar cursor, although I haven't made a full set of cursors for it yet.)

I have the sunburst F5 set installed on my laptop, along with the rotating F5. Hope all you other mando freaks will enjoy these!

PS - Sorry Mac folks and Linux folks, I have not had time to figure out how to convert these to those formats yet. Any of you computer whizzes know how?

Enjoy,
Brian

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[ShaneJ]

Very cool! Thanks, Brian! Got 'em loaded and saved my "Mandolins Scheme". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Keith Miller]

Yes, thanks a lot,bye bye boring cursors http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[fatt-dad]

I love my pancake cursor! Thanks!!

f-d

[glauber]

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WOOO HOOO!

[JEStanek]

I can't pick well but now I can click my mando (cursor) like a mule!
Jamie

[newblue]

I loved my old mando cursor. But this is unreal! I'm about to have a Mando fit! Thanks

[otterly2k]

thanks, Brian!
these are great...

[Brian Baker]

Thanks for all the positive comments! I'm glad you folks like them.

But glauber's Homer made it all worthwhile!!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

-Brian

[angrymandolinist]

I love the F4 - great work Brian.

[Brian Baker]

[Shameless bump for those that may have missed this post... Sorry!]

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[Brian Baker]

This is just a bump, for folks who may not have "mandolinized" their computer desktop yet!

Brian

[mugbucket]

Tango very much Brian! #I kinda get a kick waiting for something to launch while the F5 rotates...
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[Brian Baker]

I'm glad you like them! Makes pointin and clickin so much more fun...

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Brian

[ShaneJ]

I've been using these ever since you first posted them. Never switched back. Love 'em! Thanks again! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[DryBones]

where the lefties? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif or an A other than the pancake?

[mandopete]

I believe that the posting guidlines for the Mandolin Cafe forbid cursing.

[jk245]

where the lefties? or an A other than the pancake?
I have the same thoughts!
I love my A too AND I am a lefty who plays righty.
I opened some of these mando .cur files in IconArt.
It is easy to make minor mods on the original .cir files and make your own A by chopping off the curls on an F.
To change to a lefty you can horizontally flip the image files. (>>"ICON">>"FLIP horizontally")
Save as .cur with a new file name.
You can download the free-ware Iconart at
http://www.conware-pro.com/products/ia/about.php

[tterral]

OK, I downloaded the cursors and I am not sure how to make them my official cursors. Anybody feel like giving me a hand here?

Cool cursors!

Thanks

[Tom C]

If youare running windows. I have windows 2000.

From start menu, select "settings" then "control panel".
Click on "mouse" icon.
Click on "Pointer" tab.

.....your on your own

[blacksmith]

Thanks for all your work Brian, can't wait to install them. But perhaps you could help tell me where to extract them to so that the control panel sees them. Your reply to TomC is the second half of the process.
Thanks,

[tterral]

Got it, thanks. You would think I've never used a computer before? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[otterly2k]

I've been using these ever since you first posted them. Never switched back. Love 'em! Thanks again!

me too...
mando geeks -r- us....
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[JEStanek]

c:windows\cursors is where to extract them on a PC.

Jamie

[David M.]

COOL!!! But where's the Fiddle one?

[Brian Baker]

OK, I've started working on an A4 and a fiddle... Hope to have them out soon.

Thanks to you people who posted the instructions on how to install the cursors... I haven't checked this thread since last night, so I missed out on your questions.

Honestly, the process for creating these icons is very simple. Although I did create the first-generation 16-color icons from scratch, the newer ones were created using IconArt, a freeware icon/cursor app.

Here's the process:
1. Save your favorite mando photo as a .JPG file on your PC.
2. Using Paint or another photo editing app, remove the background by painting it white.
3. Rotate the image to the left by 45 degrees (requires Photoshop or something more powerful than Paint).
4. In IconArt, import from your saved (rotated) image.
5. Change the background to the "blank" background color, define the "click point", and save as a .cur file!

I'm sure some of you guys with more time can add to the mando cursor collection...

Thanks,
Brian

[blacksmith]

Ok, got 'em working. Totally kewl, Brian, thanks for your efforts.

[Brian Baker]

[Thought I'd give this post its yearly bump...]

Got the mid-winter blues? Bored with the monotony of your current mandolin existence? Do you need something to "kick it up a notch"?

We have just the thing you need - mando cursors! Download these free mando cursors, and change your mouse pointer from a boring, conformist white arrow to one of these mandos:

Classic F5
F4
3-point
Pancake
Blonde F5
Bazouki


You can even change your "wait" cursor to a spinning F5...
Give it a try!

:grin:

- Brian

[Stephen Lind]

still no help for Macs?

[Brian Baker]

I still know next to nothing about Macs, but my wife now has a Mac laptop, so I'll see if I can piddle around and come up with something...

Brian

[bluegrassman3.0]

These cursors are awsome!

[Brian Baker]

Weekly bump...

[Jim MacDaniel]

Thanks for the reminder about this thead -- I just now replaced my flying-V cursor with a pancake, in honor of my Redline Traveler.

[D C Blood]

I specially like mine with the little "trail" after it...:))

[dtb]

these are great, can't believe I figured out how to do it.

Dan

[fatt-dad]

was the mac cursor ever figured out?

fatt bumping-up-old-threads dad

[MiG-19]

Very nice, I used the blonde, with my Stelling Banjo curser as the link select. Thanks for taking the time to make these!

[Santiago]

Thanks, This is great!

[TinaBee1]

so I'm a computer dummy - can't get it to work. anyone want to take pity and email me some instructions? looks like I have to download some other program?

[TinaBee1]

well,I posted too soon! after trying last night and this morning again and again - I got it!!

[TinaBee1]

just tried to download this on the computer that I' m working on now and I got a message that said "F5_rotating.aru Msg#715" is on a known virus list? Anyone else get anything like that?