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PICED FAQ

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Notes

You should ensure that you do not use fonts which are copyrighted.

Any fonts used must be installed on the computer running the PICED software.

You can also create text effects using various graphics programs or :

Word Art in Microsoft Word

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Creating and Using Customised Buttons

The PICED software has the ability to display a wide range of button styles. It also comes with

samples of custom button images. There are many button images available on the Internet. If the

style you wish is not available with any of these options, there are software packages which allow

you to create your own button images. Some examples are :

ZPaint

Trellian Button Factory

Make your own buttons on-line at http://www.grsites.com/button/

Alternatively, many graphics and CAD programs allow you create 3D buttons.

If you have a button which is used for a page link, you will only need one image. If the button is to

be used to control C-Bus, then you will need two images (one for Active and one for Inactive). To

use your custom image(s) on a button, open the button

Properties

form (by double clicking on the

button). On the

Images

tab, select

Custom

and then select the Active and Inactive images.

Animated Images

There are various shareware programs available for converting animated GIF images into bitmap

strips including Alchemy GIF Animator.

Note : you should ensure that you do not use images which are copyrighted.

Other

There are many freeware graphics tools available, including pixlr and GIMP

1.4.3.3 Images Don't Look Right

Problem

Images are either :

1. Invisible;

2. Missing part of the graphics; or

3. Inverted

Cause

One possible cause is that the image has been set to be transparent and the transparency colour

is causing the problem. When an image is set to be transparent, the pixel in the lower left corner of

the image sets the transparency colour.

In the example below, the colour pink has been used as the transparency colour, as it is not

needed in the picture. The bottom left pixel is pink to set pink as the transparency colour. The

effect of showing this with and without transparency on a brick background is shown below. As can