Creating a special bmp file in Pesentations

While I'm very conversant with WP and QP, it's been a number of years since 
I did much of anything in Presentations.

So, I've been bumbling around in Pres 12, and have managed to do what I 
wanted, but I'm sure there is a better way.

What I want to do is create a 16x16 pixel bitmap image which I can then 
apply a specific color/colors to the various individualpixels. This image 
will then be copied, and pasted into the WP button icon editor, to produce a 
custom icon for toolbar buttons.

I can handle ths very nicely in Photoshop, and save as a bitmap, which I've 
done. But I then have to save the bmp file, open it in Pres, and resave it, 
before I can paste it into WP. Possibly some of the file parameters were not 
correct to allow me to paste directly from Photoshop.

Up til now, what I've been doing is reopening the original file, editing it 
in Pres to a different color et al, and then copying it and pasting it into 
WP.

But, I'd like to know the steps necessary in Pres to do the following -

1. Create a 16x16 pixel square image

2. Go into an editing mode where I can set the color for each pixel 
individually, and hopefully have an image large enough to work with. When I 
tried to zoom the image to see more in Pres, the number of pixels in it got 
much larger.

3. Once I do this, I'd like to save it as a Windows bitmap file. Along the 
way, I want to put the image on the clipboard to paste into WP.

In essence, I've manged to do the above steps 2 and 3, starting off with a 
16x16 image from Photoshop. But I have to believe that there is a smoother 
path to follow. I have not been able to do Step 1 - creating the 16x16 pixel 
image in Pres.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ron Hirsch 

Ron:
> 1. Create a 16x16 pixel square image

Start with any existing image of the correct size.
 
> 2. Go into an editing mode where I can set the color for each pixel 
> individually

Right-Click, Edit, click the Zoom button on the Toolbar (a + in a circle).

To choose a colour: Format|Object Properties

> 3. Once I do this, I'd like to save it as a Windows bitmap file. Along the

> way, I want to put the image on the clipboard to paste into WP

After returning from Bitmap Edit, select the image, and File|Save As...
Edit|Copy or Ctrl-C gets it into the Clipboard.
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Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

Hi Roy,

Thanks for the reply.

I had managed to do steps 2 and 3. But I still haven't figured out how to 
create a 16x16 pixel image in Pres., which is why I did that in Photoshop, 
where it is easy to do.

Then I kept reusing the same 16x16 image, and each time I saved it as a 
different filename, after editing it.

Can one create a defined size (say 16x16 pixels) image in Pres?

Ron
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"lemoto" <ctech@corel.ca> wrote in message 
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Ron:
> 1. Create a 16x16 pixel square image

Start with any existing image of the correct size.

> 2. Go into an editing mode where I can set the color for each pixel
> individually

Right-Click, Edit, click the Zoom button on the Toolbar (a + in a circle).

To choose a colour: Format|Object Properties

> 3. Once I do this, I'd like to save it as a Windows bitmap file. Along the
> way, I want to put the image on the clipboard to paste into WP

After returning from Bitmap Edit, select the image, and File|Save As...
Edit|Copy or Ctrl-C gets it into the Clipboard.
-- 
Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

Ron:
> Can one create a defined size (say 16x16 pixels) image in Pres?
>
Take a look at IconOnly.wpg
www.lemoto.myby.co.uk/mcKyBd.htm#other
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Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

Hi Roy,

Thanks for the link. I downloaded and looked at it. It can come in handy for 
future icon activities.

The question is still open. Can Pres start from scratch, and create a 16x16 
blank image? Doing this in Photoshop is very simple of course.

I see references around for 32x32 icons. I didn't think that WP could 
display that large an icon. Also, in the icon editor for QP, I recall seeing 
more than a 16x16 area available. But the toolbar won't display more than 
16x16. What is this all about?

Ron

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"lemoto" <ctech@corel.ca> wrote in message 
news:VA.00003fe6.002ac48c@corel.ca...

Ron:
> Can one create a defined size (say 16x16 pixels) image in Pres?
>
Take a look at IconOnly.wpg
www.lemoto.myby.co.uk/mcKyBd.htm#other
-- 
Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)