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Duplicate upload checks in the icon and cursor libraries
The icon and cursor libraries now include automated checks intended to reduce the amount of duplicate content being uploaded. The goal is not to aggressively block uploads, but mainly to reduce accidental reuploads and endless reposting of the same f...
Perfectly centered cursor hotspots
Here is a useful trick for anyone creating multi-resolution cursors from a large image or animation in RealWorld Cursor Editor. This mainly applies to cursors where the hotspot is supposed to be exact...Easier updates of icon and cursor sets
There have recently been several cases where people uploaded a completely new icon or cursor set just to add a few new items. While this was not really the intended workflow, it was understandable because modifying an existing set involved quite a fe...Blue-Silver HD Cursor Set
A remake of my aging RealWorld Blue-Silver 3D Cursor Set. This time, there are larger image sizes for bigger displays, the cursors use a sharp 2D style, and location and person selects roles are cover...Woops, the option to toggle images in Leet Tradeguru was supposed to be there (and is there as of now) you may need to Ctrl+F5 if you don't see it in the menu.
The most duplicated cursors in the library
Now that the cursor library was updated and uses hashes internally, it has become much easier to identify duplicate content. That made it possible to generate a list of the most repeatedly uploaded cursors currently in the library. |- |
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Cursor library update and cleanup
The cursor library has received a larger update affecting multiple parts of the site. Some of the changes are visible immediately, others are more technical and mostly happen behind the scenes. Because the page styles and preview images were updated,...Where do you experience the blurring? Windows does not respect the size of the size of the image in the .cur/.ani file, it always resizes it to its configured size (used to be 32, but is configurable in newer Windows, but it still rescales the cursor to that size). So, if you want crisp cursors, make sure the file contains exactly the size that Windows expects - in th...
Leet Tradeguru
So, the first real adventure is in, let's call it an "early access" period. I'm still not sure about the balance. Feel free to suggest changes or discuss best strategies to win.
Social sharing buttons - what to do with them in 2026?
The social networks buttons used to be a thing every web site needed to include 15 years ago and they are still around, but are they actually used? The focus of this blog post is on the large buttons ...assuming you have drawn it in the online editor... you should probably download the cursor to your computer as a first step then you can upload it again and on the cursor's page there will be a Re-draw link that you can use to modify the re-uploaded copy or you can download the cursor editor and use it to do the modifications and upload the final cursors
RealWorld Cursor Manager preview available
A preview version of the RealWorld Cursor Manager is now available in the Microsoft Store. This is an initial test run, so the app is not publicly searchable yet. You'll need to use a direct link to access it: * Open in Store app: ms-windows-store://...The selection created by the magic wand is not saved. You can use it to modify the image while it exists.
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Theme of the Month update - Gearbert waddles in
There is a small change to how the Theme of the Month (TOTM) contests are organized. From now on, they will be announced and managed by a bot named Gearbert instead of being handled manually by me. This doesn't mean the contests are fully out of huma...if you have opened and edited a B&W cursor, change color depth (menu Cursor->Change color depth) from menu before saving.
go to your portfolio and there is a link above the sets called "Individual icons and cursors"
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Cursor tools update (expect it when you see it)
Another update is in the works, this time focused on software rather than the web. A new version of the cursor changing utility for Windows is planned. Some of you may remember the old Change Cursor t...
Icon library update (coming soon-ish)
An update to the icon library is planned to arrive in about a week. This one is focused partly on visual changes and partly on some under-the-hood cleanup that has been needed for a while. Pages of in...I see you have created a set, is the problem still there or have you solved it?
