CursorXP: Hue Shifting
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Introduction
Did you know you can change the color of your cursors using Stardock's CursorXP? It's pretty easy, at least for those of normal intelligence. I, of course, required special help. This will require the purchased version of the program.
Hue Shifting Your Cursor
Here what you do. You start by picking a cursor. This is a bit of a trial for those of us who are fundamentally incapable of making a decision, but I will spare you the details of the hours and hours I spent in nail biting frustration trying to choose. Let's cut right to the chase and say I like the 77 white arrow cursors from the CursorXP gallery. Here you can see the CursorXP interface and the 77_wa cursors. Click on the "Options" button. Have you clicked it yet?
Now click on the "Color" tab. Make sure the "Enabled" box is checked and this will allow you to shift the hue of your cursor. Hue shifting is different from simply changing the color. You can't simply pick a color, like purple. You must shift the hue and then all colors in the cursor (if there are more than one, as in this example) will get shifted the same amount. Just grab the slider bar and slide it along the colorful line until you...uh...randomly choose a place to stop. Click "Apply" to apply the changes you've just made. You won't be able to see any changes until you click "Apply" and then you must click "OK" in order to see them.
If you like the changes you've just made then click "Apply" in the bottom right corner of the dialogue box to accept and apply the changes. Unfortunately, this ends up as a trial and error process; if you don't like the new color go back and try again. For me this took a few tries to get a color I liked. Oh, who am I kidding? It took hours. But most people have a normal human grasp of decision making and are able to choose. Fortunately for me this is how I ended up with colors that I might not otherwise have chosen. You can see my newly recolored cursor by clicking on the thumbnail for a larger view.
Other Options
Try playing around with the other three tabs at the top of the CursorXP interface and give your cursors some cool special effects, sounds and trails. Check it out! I can make my cursor spit out blue circles when I click!! I feel so cool now.
Can you change the color of the trail on your cursors? Only in as much as you can change the color of your cursor. I don't think you can have a purple cursor and a green trail. Although that would be cool. And I think everyone who knows me would say that being cool is definitely my number one priority. Yes. Groovy and cool.
Conclusion
I'm running the lovely Mac OS X Leopard 1.30 skin by blitzr, and the new pink cursor don't really match. I could hue shift the WindowBlinds skin and try to get it to match, or I could choose a whole new skin that would match...so many decisions, so little ability to make them.
Notes
- For more of this series, check out Newbies Corner.
