Working With Palettes and Colors
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TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program
Creating Custom Palettes
1. Select Panel > Edit Palettes (or click the toolbar button) to open the Edit Palettes dialog. By
default, the palette that is currently being used for the active Project is selected. Note that it is
tagged as (active) in the drop-down list.
2. Click the New button to clear the palette index of all entries. By default, the new palette is
titled Unnamed, as indicated in the palette selection drop-down list in the upper-left corner of
this dialog.
3. To add palette entries (colors) to this palette, use the cursor in the Color Value chart, in
conjunction with the Hue/Sat/Bright, Red/Blue/Green, opacity (and/or Hex value) to specify
the color that you want to add to the palette.
4. Enter a description of the new palette entry in the Name text field. This is optional, but highly
recommended since this is the name that will appear with the color in the palette when the view
option is set to details.
5. Click on the Commit button to add the selected color (and color name if applicable) to the
selected slot in the palette.
6. Repeat steps 3 - 5 to add as many additional colors to this palette as needed.
Renaming Palettes
1. Select Panel > Edit Palettes (or click the toolbar button) to open the Edit Palettes dialog. By
default, the palette that is currently being used for the active Project is selected. Note that it is
tagged as (active) in the drop-down list.
2. Select the palette that you want to rename from the palette selection drop-down list, in the
upper-left corner of this dialog.
3. Click the Rename button to open the Rename dialog.
4. Enter the new name for this palette in the text field and select OK.
5. The new name of the palette is indicated in the palette selection drop-down list. Note that the
new name overwrites the previous name (removing the previous name from the list).
Changing the Active Palette
To select a different palette to use, select Panel > Edit Palettes (or click the toolbar button) to access
the Edit Palettes dialog, and select from the listing of available palettes in the palette selection drop-
down list, in the upper-left corner of the dialog.
Importing Palette Files
You can import palette (*.PAL) files for use in your project via the Import option in the Edit
Palettes dialog:
1. Select Panel > Edit Palettes to open the Edit Palettes dialog.
2. Click the Import button to access the Open dialog. Use this dialog to locate and select the
desired *.PAL file.
3. Click Open to import the selected palette file and close the Open dialog.
Note that the imported palette file is automatically designated as the active palette.
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