vitixme

vitixme

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Reply to Help with DesktopX objects in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The tutorial included with DX explains how to get the objects to do what you want them to do, which is great. What I am having trouble with is creating the object to animate, i.e. I try to create an animated link to Everquest. I download a usable logo from the internet, mask-off the portion I want to use as a zoomer, but I can't figure out how to save it with a transparent background in a format that is compatible with DesktopX. I notice that most images are in either .bmp or .png formats.<br

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Help with DesktopX objects in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am in need of a definative tutorial on creating objects from bitmaps; i.e. using images, editing them with transparent backgrounds, animating them, and using them in DX. Is there anyone out there that can help me? I have Corel Draw 8, Photo-Paint 8, and Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Hopelessly green graphics newbie.

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Reply to Creating .png animations in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thank you digitaljames and Deadzombie. Your advice helps tremendously. One problem though. I am using Draw 8.0 and Photo-Panint. Not really keen on spending the money on Photoshop. I have tried several techniques to export .png's without the white background with no luck. I mask my object, make transparent all background and even delete background. When exporting I always get the same, "Image will be merged with background", even when there is no background to merge with! Any advice from

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Creating .png animations in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am new to Desktopx and would like to try my hand at making some objects for myself. I have noticed that all of the animations for objects seem to be in .png format. After many hours searching the web for help and info, I have yet to figure out how to create them. Can anyone tell me which programs I should be looking at? I have Corel Draw 8. Any URLs with usefull info on this topic would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/smile.g

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