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The video addresses a popular request to transform Scratch 3's appearance to match Scratch 1.4. The first step involves installing a safe Chrome extension called Scratch Addons.
To install, visit scratchaddons.com, click 'install' to be redirected to the Chrome Web Store, then click 'ADD'. After installation, access Scratch Addons through the puzzle icon in the top right corner of the browser.
Navigate to the add-on section, search for 'customizable colors', and enable both 'editor dark mode' and 'customizable colors'. Scroll down to presets and select 'Scratch 1.x' to change the editor's color scheme to resemble Scratch 1.4.
Search for 'customizable block colors', turn it on, and select the 'Scratch 2 preset' as Scratch 2 and 1.4 block colors are similar. Next, find 'customizable block shape', turn it on, and input specific values provided in the video to make block shapes match Scratch 1.4.
Enable 'reverse order of project controls' to move the green flag and stop button to the left, mimicking Scratch 1.4. Then, enable 'two column category menu' to make the category menu appear as it did in Scratch 1.4 and Scratch 2.
Turn on 'Mouse position' to display X and Y coordinates of the mouse pointer, a feature present in Scratch 1.4. Finally, enable 'customizable default project'. To set it up, create a new project, convert the cat sprite's costumes to bitmap, save, copy the project ID, and paste it into the add-on settings. This ensures new projects start with a bitmap scratch cat, just like in Scratch 1.4.