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Art files for Palm-size PC skins and Pocket PC skins may be either bitmaps with the extension .bmp, or GIF images with the extension .gif. Only bitmaps are supported for Handheld PC skins. Do not include any spaces or commas in your art file name.
If you are synchronizing files to your Palm-size or Pocket PC, be sure that the synchronization does not change the extension or convert the image files to another format.
Many drawing programs can be used to create bitmaps and GIF files, or to convert art in other formats to bitmaps or GIF files. For example, you can use Microsoft Paint, which comes with Microsoft Windows, for simple drawings. For more elaborate drawings you might want to use a program such as Adobe Photoshop, which has hundreds of special effects you can apply to your drawings. You can even use Conduit's Pocket Artist to create images on your Palm-size PC!
You will want to trim the blank areas of your images around the edges to reduce file size. You can use the offsets in the Bitmaps section to compensate for removing blank spaces on the left and top sides. You can also trim the bottom and right blank edges of the images because they are not needed for measurements. The only files you should not trim are the Background, SeekThumb, and VolumeThumb images.
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