Specifications

Crestron Programming Design Kit
Doc. 5277J | crestron.com
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Relationship of Bits to Colors
Number of Bits Number of Colors
1 bit Black and White
2 bits 4 Colors
4 bits 16 Colors
8 bits 256 Colors
16 bits 65,536 Colors (Highcolor)
24 bits 16.7 million Colors (Truecolor)
32 bits 16.7 million Colors plus Transparency
When creating a VisionTools Pro-e project, elect to compress and reduce the image size in the “Page Properties”
window for the entire page and/or perform the same function of reducing the image size using the “Image
Properties” window. A reduction in image size saves a considerable amount of memory space for the project.
In VisionTools Pro-e, the Compress checkbox permits the image to be compressed when compiling. The 16 Bits
checkbox converts a 24-bit or 32-bit image to 16 bits. This conversion to a 16-bit image may cause the loss of
some subtle shading. To compensate for this, use the dithering to simulate the original shading. Various dithering
types are available.
Touch Screens, Templates and Themes
Crestron offers a variety of pre-designed templates that are totally customizable to fit the project needs. The
templates cover a wide variety of control requirements and provide the designer with a starting point for large or
small projects.
The following are a few examples of the many possibilities that templates can provide. Refer to www.crestron.
com/gui for additional template examples and icons.
In the VisionTools Pro-e software, a theme is a set of unified design elements and color schemes for the objects
and pages in the touch screen project. When a theme is applied to a project, VisionTools Pro-e customizes
attributes, such as colors, styles, fonts and shapes, for elements in the project. In this way a theme helps create a
consistent and professional look.
With the Crestron Theme Library, there are themes that are designed for particular applications, such as
Residential, Commercial, or Educational. Categorize themes according to general style, such as Traditional,
Modern, Industrial, or Classic. Crestron provides several themes that are available on the hard drive when installing
VisionTools Pro-e. Using the Theme Library, view or customize the Crestron themes, design, edit or delete themes.
The Theme Library organizes themes by touch screen type; all themes are available to any project of the same
type, including projects created in earlier versions of VisionTools Pro-e. The Readme document contains a list of
recommended fonts for use with VT Pro-e themes. Many of the fonts listed are included with Windows operating
systems.