Sjoerd Op 't Land wrote:
>> Along these lines, I can't say enough good things about using Fireworks for
>> doing UI graphics. Used well, you can modify entire sets of buttons in one
>> move, and export all of them -- up and down states -- in one move. A modest
>> script in MC to import those and set the IDs, and you effectively have a
>> "skins" engine, the ability to change the appearance of your app in a single
>> step.
> Can you give an example of this for download? I'd like to have a very
> flexible 'skins' engine, but what I have here only works for button's icons
> and textFonts, but not for nice dropshadows etc.
There's no secret to it: just make the entire button (both Up and Down
states) in your favorite graphics program, then import them and set the
icons of your buttons to match. Be sure to turn off the ShowName property
on the buttons if your images contain their own label.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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