| Creation |
| To
create a new Crystal Button document press New on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or New
on the File Menu or press Ctrl-N. You are warned if the existing document has unsaved
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| Opening |
| To
open an existing
Crystal Button (.cb) file (A file previously saved using Save or
Save as). Press Open on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or Open
on the File Menu or press Ctrl-O.
Note that you cannot open
jpg, bmp or gif files
exported from Crystal Button.
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| Saving |
| To
save the current document as an .cb file press Save on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or Save
on the File Menu or press Ctrl-S. This lets you reload it back into
Crystal Button in the future.
You also can save the current document under a different name.
To do this just press Save As on the File Menu.
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| Transferring
into another application |
| To
transfer current button image into another application, for
example into Adobe PhotoShop or Microsoft Paintbrush, just press
Copy on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or Copy
on the Edit Menu or press Ctrl-C. Than press Paste in your
image editing application.
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| Exporting |
| To
export button image click Export on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or choose Export
on the File menu or
press Ctrl+E. This creates a jpg, bmp or gif file of the current document.
Note that
you cannot reload bitmaps back into Crystal Button so if you want to
make further edits in the future, save the document as an .cb file.
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| Setting
export quality |
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To specify the compression options choose Export
Quality on the Edit Menu. This displays
the Export Quality dialog box, so you can change the default
quality settings for gif and jpeg image file formats.
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| Template
Library |
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By default, when you start Crystal Button, you
can see the Template Library window at the left side of the
window. You can turn this window on or off. To do this just click
Template Library on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or choose Template
Library on the View menu.
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| Size
Modes |
By
default Crystal Button runs in the Actual
Size mode. You can switch Crystal
Button to the Increased Size mode, so you can adjust some
details of your work. To do this just press Increased Size on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or Increased
Size on the View Menu or press Ctrl-I.
Note that in this mode the image will be
draft quality and if you want to export the button image donÆt
forget to switch the Crystal Button to the Actual Size mode
back.
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| Display
Settings |
You can change the most common
Crystal Button settings (image alignment, dithering options and Template
Library settings) by pressing Display
Settings on the Edit Menu.
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