Using the Configuration Manager
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Check your graphics editing program for options relative to the reduction method applied to
the image when reducing the colors to 1-bit. In many cases you can select from several
techniques (such as error diffusion, ordered dither and/or nearest color). Depending on the
nature of the image you are working with, some reduction methods will yield much better
results than others.
Refer to your graphics editing program documentation for details, or better yet, experiment
with the options you have to find the one that works best for each image.
Creating Dynamic Images
Use the Resource Manager feature of the TPDesign4 application to create dynamic images for use with
the MET-ECOM-D. If you do not already have TPD4 installed, download and install the latest version
from
www.amx.com
.
TPDesign4 - Resource Manager
The
Dynamic Images
tab of TPD4’s Resource Manager dialog (FIG. 40) allows you to manage images
that exist on an HTTP server or FTP server, external to the panel.
Dynamic images can be refreshed at specified regular intervals or via the
Panel > Refresh Dynamic
Images
option.
Use this tab as a "library" of every dynamic image file that will be used in your project (for pages, popup
pages, buttons and icons). It is important to import all of your dynamic images to this tab first, before
they are applied in the project, so that you can maintain an organized profile of all images in the project,
regardless of their context (i.e. button state, page background, etc.)
FIG. 40
TPD4 - Resource Manager (Dynamic Images tab)
Click to create a new dynamic
image (opens the Create
Dynamic Images dialog)
