Preferences Dialog - Editor Selection tab

The options in the Editor Selection tab allow you to associate external programs of your choice with image and sound files, to accommodate in-place editing of the images and sounds used in your project. Once you have associated an external program to image and/or sound editor, you can edit image and files by selecting the file in either the Images or Sounds tab of the Resource Manager and clicking the Edit button.

FIG. 429 Preferences Dialog - Editor Selection tab

Preferences Dialog - Editor Selection tab Options

  • Editor Type menu

    | Click the down arrow to select either Image Editors or Sound Editors from the drop-down list. | |

  • Add Editor button

    | Click to add either an image or a sound editing program to the Editors list (de-pending on the Editor Type selected). | |

  • Remove Editor button

    | With an editor selected (in the Editors list), click this button to remove it from the list, and disassociate it from image or sound files in TPD5. | |

  • Editors table

    | Lists all external image or sound editing programs (depending on the Editor Type selected) that have been added, by filename (*.EXE and file path. The Default column indicates which of the programs is currently set as the default editor. | | Reset | Click to reset all options in this tab to their default settings. | | Reset All | Click to reset all options in all tabs to their default settings. |

Adding an External Image Editing Program

Use the options in the Editor Selection tab of the Preferences dialog to associate one or more image editing programs with image files in TPD5 projects. Note that you can associate multiple editor programs with image files, but one is specified as the default image editor:

  1. Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog, and open the Editor Selection tab. Note that Image Editors is already selected in the Editor Type drop-down menu.
  2. Click the Add Editor (+) button to access the Choose Editor dialog.
  3. Click the Browse button (...) to locate and select the desired program's executable (.EXE) file, in the Open dialog (FIG. 430):

FIG. 430 Choose Editor dialog

NOTE: The f irst program added to the Editors list is automatically designated as the default image editor. If you add additional programs to the list, you have the option (in the Choose Editor dialog) to set the default image editor.

  1. Click OK in the Choose Editor dialog to add the selected program to the Editors list (FIG. 431):

FIG. 431 Preferences Dialog (Editor Selection tab) - Image Editors list

Changing the Default External Image Editor Program

  1. In the Preferences dialog (Editor Selection tab), double-click the Image Editor application that you want to set as the new default program. This opens the Choose Editor dialog.
  2. Click in the Default Editor checkbox and click OK to save changes and close the dialog.
  3. The application now indicates TRUE in the Default column in the Editor Selection tab.

Adding an External Sound Editing Program

Use the options in the Editor Selection tab of the Preferences dialog to associate one or more sound editing programs with sound files in TPD5 projects. Note that you can associate multiple editor programs with sound files, but one is specified as the default image editor:

  1. Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog, and open the Editor Selection tab.
  2. Click the down arrow and select Sound Editors from the Editor Type drop-down menu.
  3. Click the Add Editor (+) button to access the Choose Editor dialog.
  4. Click the Browse button to locate and select the desired program's executable (.EXE) file.

NOTE: The f irst program added to the Editors list is automatically designated as the default sound editor. If you add additional programs to the list, you have the option (in the Choose Editor dialog) to set the default sound editor.

  1. Click OK in the Choose Editor dialog to add the selected program to the Editors list (FIG. 432):

FIG. 432 Preferences Dialog (Editor Selection tab) - Sound Editors list

Changing the Default External Sound Editor Program

  1. In the Preferences dialog (Editor Selection tab), double-click the Sound Editor application that you want to set as the new default program. This opens the Choose Editor dialog.
  2. Click in the Default Editor checkbox and click OK to save changes and close the dialog.
  3. The application now indicates TRUE in the Default column in the Editor Selection tab.

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