rapamatic wrote:
What program are you using to make these control pages? I'm struggling through putting stuff together with just the standard images and controls built into Indigo, but obviously all the cool interfaces in this thread rely on some work outside Indigo?
Usually a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. If I want a specialized button or image, a lot of times I'll go find something online as a start, use illustrator to trace it, change colors, make aesthetic adjustments, etc., then bring that over to Photoshop to finalize it. When I make something from scratch (like the clock with moving weights, and a lot of my buttons) I'll usually start in Illustrator.
To get things sized/spaced appropriately and well positioned, I'll usually build the entire page in a photoshop document, then drag the various components into a second document to save each one as a PNG. Those are the ones that are then dragged into the correct folder in Indigo.
When I first started, I even saved the words as static images (or sometimes, really stupidly, as part of the background). I've now decided that it's far better to just use the included font options within the CP editor (even if I'd really prefer a different font or kerning or something) to allow for much easier page changes later on.