HouseBot

Heya. Ok, working with buttons and whatnot now......



Anyone have any ideas how to create buttons for Housebot using an exisitng image relatively quickly?





Right now, I take the image into PhotoDelux (All I have at the moment), Then I double the width of the Canvas, then I copy the original image, and paste it on the other side.



Then I alter the 2nd image for a different look when it is pressed (Mostly I have been turning it black and white, as that is an easy thing in Photodeluxe.



Is there a better way of doing this type of thing?

That's pretty much the way I do it too.



I've heard of folks using a transparent button and overlaying it over an image control. This allows you to reuse the transparent button and simply have the button image in the image control. You won't be able to have separate up and down images, but it would speed up the process. Actually, if you used a PNG image for the transparent button, you could use some kind of partial transparency for the button down side and get a different look when pressed (maybe outlined, hashed, or grayed).