How To Import A New Element (Icon)

Posted December 19th, 2009 by skingusmc
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I downloaded the Depiction icons and then made changes to a couple of them, changing the colors and names of the icons. I changed the "Amateur radio site" icon (a black microphone in a yellowish-green bacakground circle) "Area 1 Member" icon (a black microphone in a light green background circle).

They are saved as *.png files

How do I import these new "Elements" into dipiction?

I understand that I can change the name of a current Element and then save it, but that doesn't let me change the colors of the element.

Thanks for your help.

Steve

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Comments

Change icon

On December 21st, 2009 George says:

There is a Set icon tab on the Element Information menu where you can select the icon from a file. You can do this with a single element, or a group of elements via the Manage content menu.

For more detail on the process, see this blog entry about adding new icons.

Happy Holidays!
George
Depiction Support

Change Icon

On December 21st, 2009 skingusmc says:

I have seen this. Does this add it to the Element Library (I guess this should have been my question) so that I can use it as a choice from the elements on other Depictions?

Steve

 

Yes

On December 21st, 2009 George says:

See the last paragraph on that page (an matching image). When you save the new element w/icon to the library, it becomes available for other depictions on your computer. If you want to share the element with others you can:
- send to them via email (they use Live Reports to get it then copy it to their library)
- share the Depiction file (via email or on disk), then they copy the element to their library.

:-) George