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Section 4.3.5.2 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Picture Sub-page Settings

You can use the Picture sub-page, OFF Picture sub-page, and ON Picture sub-page to set up the picture of the inner label for the corresponding states.
The following are examples of the Picture pages:

Picture sub-page

ON Picture sub-page

The following table describes each property in the Picture sub-page, OFF Picture sub-page, and ON Picture sub-page.

Property Description
Name The name of the picture. You can use the drop-down list to select a picture from the picture database.
Click to select a picture file. After the selection, the picture of the selected file is imported and saved in the picture database.
Click to bring up the Select/Import from Library dialog box. Select a picture from a picture library file. After the selection, the selected picture is imported and saved in the picture database.
Copy to OFF State Click this button to use the current picture to replace the picture of OFF state.
Copy to ON State Click this button to use the current picture to replace the picture of ON state.
Transparent Check this item to make parts of the picture transparent. The transparent parts are pixels whose colors are the same as the specified transparent color. This item is available when the picture is not a black and white picture.
T. Color The transparent color.
FG Color The color to paint the black part of a black and white picture. This item is available when the picture is a black and white picture.
BG Color The color to paint the white part of a black and white picture. This item is available when the picture is a black and white picture.
Flip/Rotate Specifies the method to flip or rotate the picture before drawing it. There are 8 options:
Method Description
0° Do nothing
90° Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degrees
180° Rotates the picture clockwise by 180 degrees
270° Rotates the picture clockwise by 270 degrees
X Flips the picture over the X axis
90° & X Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degree and flips it over the X axis
Y Flips the picture over Y axis
90° & Y Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degree and flips it over the Y axis
Tone Check this item to tone the picture.
Toning Color The color to tone the picture.
Fit to Object Check this item so the picture can change its size automatically to fit inside the border of the object’s shape.
Position
The position of the picture within the object.
Shape BG Color The BG color of the object’s shape for the current state.  

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Source.Section 4.3.5.2 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.