User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Hi Everyone ! I've been mucking around with designing custom templates. I have found that XML Notepad 2007 from Microsoft from this link:- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72d6aa49-787d-4118-ba5f-4f30fe913628&displaylang=en and Paint.NET from this link:- http://www.download.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html?tag=mncol;pop&cdlPid=10879258 are GREAT tools for the job!!!  I've also found out that you can use Paint.NET to generate COLOR thumbnails and backgrounds that WILL show up in the Template Labeler!!!  I even used XML Notepad to correct a problem in the Straight Label from another post by Joshua (LightScribe Support) AND to directly add the "No Background" to the Catagory List!!!  As you can see I'm all 's!!! LightScribe should include these links in the Software section of the website!!!
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User Rank: Intermediate Joined: 8/19/2008 Posts: 30
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Hey..... nice work i got both ill have a wee play around l8tr you haven to much fun ........... lol ill give you a shout if I need help with the progs nice to see someone enjoying there hobby 
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Thanks Flatspeed !!! As soon as I can figure a good way to di it I'll post the slightly revised versionof Joshua's Straight Forward Label; the modified version with an IMAGE; the slightly busy version of a Wedding Template; and the backgrounds and possibly the thumbnails I generated with COLORED text I used. I'll also tell you what I did to get the Template Labeler to recognize all of them. Look for the .LSTs in this topic. I don't know yet what I'll do with the .JPGs that are needed. Joshua gave some good instructions about where to put the .JPGs in another post. It may be in the one about the Template Labeler. Bye for now! Let me know how things go for you!
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Here goes! I'm trying to include my backgrounds! You can use Paint,NET to resize them for the thumbnails. I've switched to eWebEditPro from LightScribe Forum. I'll see if that makes any difference! Yup!!! That seems to have made the difference!!! So I'll try to fix this message. I don't know if you'll be able to use the pictures, but I'll send some other things and some instructions.



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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Here is the Straight Label from Joshua with minor revisions to let it load in (as a TXT file XML Notepad 2007:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <svg width="12cm" version="1.1" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" contentStyleType="text/css" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1200 1200" height="12cm" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" baseProfile="full" contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" zoomAndPan="magnify" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <title>The Gift Tags Template</title> <desc>A collection of 5 gift tags on a background with birds and indistinct handwriting. 4 of the tags are image areas, and the 5th is a text field.</desc> <lst:categories xmlns:lst="http://www.lightscribe.com/LightScribe/TemplateLabeler"> <lst:category>family</lst:category> <lst:category>life events</lst:category> <lst:category>nature</lst:category> <lst:category>no background</lst:category> <lst:category>special occasions</lst:category> </lst:categories> <defs> <!--Housekeeping : This, and some other things that are only for managing the file itself, and not the template definition, are called 'housekeeping' in comments, and can be ignored for the purpose of defining templates and UserDefinableContent.--> <mask x="0" width="1200px" y="0" id="LabelArea" height="1200px"> <!--the mask is only for rendering the SVG on viewers - it has nothing to do with the UserDefinableContent.--> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="600" cx="600" fill-rule="evenodd" cy="600" /> </mask> <clipPath fill="none" id="disc-area"> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="600" cx="600" fill-rule="evenodd" cy="600" /> </clipPath> </defs> <g id="TemplateBackgroundElements" mask="url(#LabelArea)"> <!--the fixed elements in this template--> <title>Template Background</title> <desc>This group contains the template background and other fixed elements. None of these elements are intended for user manipulation. In the initial template designs, only a single background image will be expected here. As the technology matures, full fledged SVG descriptions of background may be put here. </desc> <!--Change this to be the actual background image to use--> <image x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1200" xlink:href="Backgrounds/blank.jpg" height="1200" id="BackGroundImage" /> </g> <g id="UserDefinableElements" mask="url('#LabelArea')"> <!--the user elements in this template--> <title>Template Elements</title> <g id="Text Item 1" clip-path="url('#Text_Item_1_clip')" transform="translate( 333, 851) rotate(0)"> <clipPath fill="none" id="Text_Item_1_clip"> <polygon fill="#ffff33" fill-opacity=".5" points="-2,2 500,-2 500,260 -2,260" stroke="#000000" /> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="1" id="circle2610" cx="90" cy="21" radius="1" /> </clipPath> <text x="74" font-size="6" fill="black" stroke="grey" y="124" text-decoration="Bold" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" dy="0"> <tspan>Click</tspan> <tspan>to</tspan> <tspan>add</tspan> <tspan>text</tspan> </text> </g> <g id="Text Item 2" clip-path="url('#Text_Item_2_clip')" transform="translate( 333, 71) rotate(0)"> <clipPath fill="none" id="Text_Item_2_clip"> <polygon fill="#ffff33" fill-opacity=".5" points="-2,2 500,-2 500,260 -2,260" stroke="#000000" /> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="1" id="circle2610" cx="90" cy="21" radius="1" /> </clipPath> <text x="74" font-size="6" fill="black" stroke="grey" y="124" text-decoration="Bold" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" dy="0"> <tspan>Click</tspan> <tspan>to</tspan> <tspan>add</tspan> <tspan>text</tspan> </text> </g> </g> <!--Housekeeping : Opaque on the centre of the design.--> <circle id="center-semi-opaque-hole" fill="white" fill-opacity="0.75" r="244.0" cx="600" cy="600" /> <path fill="none" d="M 600.0 0.0 A 600.0 600.0 0.0 1 1 599.0 0.0" stroke-width="10" stroke-color="white" stroke="#ffffff" /> </svg>
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Sorry, but the background reply didn't work!!! I'll try something else. I got the TXT file fixed. Ill try to fix the backgrounds. I probably could use an Email if you give me it. I'm having trouble trying to add an attachment the way somebody did in another post.
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Here is the same thing with an IMAGE allowed! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <svg width="12cm" version="1.1" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" contentStyleType="text/css" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1200 1200" height="12cm" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" baseProfile="full" contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" zoomAndPan="magnify" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <title>The Gift Tags Template</title> <desc>A collection of 5 gift tags on a background with birds and indistinct handwriting. 4 of the tags are image areas, and the 5th is a text field.</desc> <lst:categories xmlns:lst="http://www.lightscribe.com/LightScribe/TemplateLabeler"> <lst:category>family</lst:category> <lst:category>life events</lst:category> <lst:category>nature</lst:category> <lst:category>no background</lst:category> <lst:category>special occasions</lst:category> </lst:categories> <defs> <!--Housekeeping : This, and some other things that are only for managing the file itself, and not the template definition, are called 'housekeeping' in comments, and can be ignored for the purpose of defining templates and UserDefinableContent.--> <mask x="0" width="1200px" y="0" id="LabelArea" height="1200px"> <!--the mask is only for rendering the SVG on viewers - it has nothing to do with the UserDefinableContent.--> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="600" cx="600" fill-rule="evenodd" cy="600" /> </mask> </defs> <!--the user elements in this template--> <g id="UserDefinableElements" mask="url('#LabelArea')"> <title>Template Elements</title> <desc>These are SVG descriptions of user modifiable content in the template. There are 3 classes of elements supported - images, text and circular text. </desc> <g id="Image Item 1" clip-path="url('#Image-Item-1-clip')"> <clipPath id="#Image-Item-1-clip"> <rect width="1200" height="1200" /> </clipPath> <image width="1200" x="0" y="0" fill="none" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" display="inline" height="1200" xlink:href="content/templates/thumbnails/default.png" /> </g> <g id="UserDefinableElements" mask="url('#LabelArea')"> <!--the user elements in this template--> <title>Template Elements</title> </g> <g id="Text Item 1" clip-path="url('#Text_Item_1_clip')" transform="translate( 333, 851) rotate(0)"> <clipPath fill="none" id="Text_Item_1_clip"> <polygon fill="#ffff33" fill-opacity=".5" points="-2,2 500,-2 500,260 -2,260" stroke="#000000" /> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="1" id="circle2610" cx="90" cy="21" radius="1" /> </clipPath> <text x="74" font-size="6" fill="black" stroke="grey" y="124" text-decoration="Bold" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" dy="0"> <tspan>Click</tspan> <tspan>to</tspan> <tspan>add</tspan> <tspan>text</tspan> </text> </g> <g id="Text Item 2" clip-path="url('#Text_Item_2_clip')" transform="translate( 333, 71) rotate(0)"> <clipPath fill="none" id="Text_Item_2_clip"> <polygon fill="#ffff33" fill-opacity=".5" points="-2,2 500,-2 500,260 -2,260" stroke="#000000" /> <circle fill="#ffffff" r="1" id="circle2610" cx="90" cy="21" radius="1" /> </clipPath> <text x="74" font-size="6" fill="black" stroke="grey" y="124" text-decoration="Bold" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" dy="0"> <tspan>Click</tspan> <tspan>to</tspan> <tspan>add</tspan> <tspan>text</tspan> </text> </g> </g> <!--Housekeeping : Opaque on the centre of the design.--> <circle id="center-semi-opaque-hole" fill="white" fill-opacity="0.75" r="244.0" cx="600" cy="600" /> <path fill="none" d="M 600.0 0.0 A 600.0 600.0 0.0 1 1 599.0 0.0" stroke-width="10" stroke-color="white" stroke="#ffffff" /> </svg>
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Here is the last one. This is the Wedding Template. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <svg width="12cm" version="1.1" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" contentStyleType="text/css" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1200 1200" height="12cm" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" baseProfile="full" contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" zoomAndPan="magnify" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <title>My Wedding Template</title> <desc>The template consists of 4 pictures arranged around the center of the disc. There is are 4 thin text bands around the outside of the disc, and 2 thicker ones in the middle overlapping the pictures. Originals from LightScribe. Author of this template is Fred J Cimo Jr. </desc> <lst:categories xmlns:lst="http://www.lightscribe.com/LightScribe/TemplateLabeler"> <lst:category>no background</lst:category> <lst:category>family</lst:category> <lst:category>special occasions</lst:category> <lst:category>wedding</lst:category> </lst:categories> <defs> <!--Housekeeping : This, and some other things that are only for managing the file itself, and not the template definition, are called 'housekeeping' in comments, and can be ignored for the purpose of defining templates and UserDefinableContent.--> <mask width="1200" x="0" y="0" height="1200" fill-rule="evenodd" id="LabelArea"> <!--the mask is only for rendering the SVG on viewers - it has nothing to do with the UserDefinableContent.--> <rect width="1200" fill="#ffffff" height="1200" fill-opacity="0.5" /> <circle fill="#000000" cx="600" cy="600" r="600" /> <circle fill="#ffffff" cx="600" cy="600" r="590" /> <circle fill="#808080" cx="600.0" cy="600" fill-opacity="0.75" r="244.0" id="circle2610" /> </mask> </defs> <!--the user elements in this template--> <g id="UserDefinableElements" mask="url('#LabelArea')"> <title>Template Elements</title> <desc>These are SVG descriptions of user modifiable content in the template. There are 3 classes of elements supported - images, text and circular text. </desc> <g id="Image Item 1" clip-path="url('#Image-Item-1-clip')" transform="translate( 0,0) rotate( 0 )"> <clipPath id="Image-Item-1-clip"> <polygon fill="none" points="432,432 175,175 175,0 1025,0 1025,175 768,432" stroke="yellow" /> </clipPath> <image width="850" x="175" y="0" fill="none" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" display="inline" height="432" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="content/templates/thumbnails/default.png">James.png </image> </g> <g id="Arc Item 1" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-1-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-1-clip"> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" stroke-width="5" d="M -367.7 -367.7 A 520.0 520 225.0 0 1 367.7 -367.7 L 420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 315.0 0 0 -420.73 -420.73 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_1_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M -318.21878 318.1041 A 520 520 135 1 1 318.1041 318.1041 L 420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 45.0 1 0 -420.73 420.73 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="Arc_Item_1_baseline" d="M -420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 30.0 1 1 420.73 -420.73" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="-1" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="14"> <textPath xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#Arc_Item_1_baseline" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> <g id="Image Item 2" clip-path="url('#Image-Item-2-clip')" transform="translate( 1200,00) rotate( 90 )"> <clipPath id="Image-Item-2-clip"> <polygon fill="none" points="432,432 175,175 175,0 1025,0 1025,175 768,432" stroke="yellow" /> </clipPath> <image width="850" x="175" y="0" fill="none" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" display="inline" height="432" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="content/templates/thumbnails/default.png" /> </g> <g id="Arc Item 2" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-2-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-2-clip"> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" stroke-width="5" d="M 367.7 -367.7 A 520.0 520 45 0 1 367.7 367.7 L 420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 315.0 0 0 420.73 -420.73 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_2_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M 318.21878 318.1041 A 520 520 45 1 1 318.1041 318.1041 L 420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 315 1 0 -420.73 420.73 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="Arc_Item_2_baseline" d="M -420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 30.0 1 1 420.73 -420.73" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="-1" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="14"> <textPath xlink:href="#Arc_Item_1_baseline" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> <g id="Image Item 3" clip-path="url('#Image-Item-3-clip')" transform="translate( 1200 1200) rotate( 180 )"> <clipPath id="Image-Item-3-clip"> <polygon fill="none" points="432,432 175,175 175,0 1025,0 1025,175 768,432" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" stroke="green" /> </clipPath> <image width="850" x="175" y="0" fill="none" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" display="inline" height="432" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="content/templates/thumbnails/default.png" /> </g> <g id="Arc Item 3" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-1-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-1-clip"> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" stroke-width="5" d="M 367.7 367.7 A 520.0 520 225.0 0 1 -367.7 367.7 L -420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 315.0 0 0 420.73 420.73 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_3_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M -318.21878 318.1041 A 520 520 315 1 1 318.1041 318.1041 L 420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 225 1 0 -420.73 420.73 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="Arc_Item_3_baseline" d="M -420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 30.0 1 1 420.73 -420.73" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="-1" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="14"> <textPath xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#Arc_Item_1_baseline" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> <g id="Image Item 4" clip-path="url('#Image-Item-4-clip')" transform="translate( 0,1200) rotate( 270 )"> <clipPath id="Image-Item-4-clip"> <polygon fill="none" points="432,432 175,175 175,0 1025,0 1025,175 768,432" stroke="blue" /> </clipPath> <image width="850" x="175" y="0" fill="none" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" display="inline" height="432" xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="content/templates/thumbnails/default.png" /> </g> <g id="Arc Item 4" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-1-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-1-clip"> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" stroke-width="5" d="M -367.7 367.7 A 520.0 520 225.0 0 1 -367.7 -367.7 L -420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 315.0 0 0 -420.73 420.73 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_3_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M -318.21878 318.1041 A 520.0 520 225 1 1 318.1041 318.1041 L 420.73 420.73 A 595.0 595.0 135 1 0 -420.73 420.73 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="Arc_Item_3_baseline" d="M -420.73 -420.73 A 595.0 595.0 30.0 1 1 420.73 -420.73" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="-1" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="14"> <textPath xmlns link="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#Arc_Item_1_baseline" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> <g id="Arc Item 5" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-5-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-5-clip"> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="semi-circle" stroke-width="5" d="M -360,0 A 360,360 60 0 1 360 0 L 478,0 A 478,478 30 0 0 -478,0 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="grey" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_5_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M -360,0 A 360,360 180 0 1 360 0 L 478,0 A 478,478 0 0 0 -478,0 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="semi-circle-path-400" d="M -400,0 A 400,400 00 0 1 400,0" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="0" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="10"> <textPath xlink:href="#semi-circle-path-400" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> <g id="Arc Item 6" clip-path="url('#Arc-Text-6-clip')" transform="translate(600,600)"> <clipPath id="Arc-Text-6-clip"> <path fill="blue" stroke="red" id="semi-circle-2" stroke-width="5" d="M 478 1 A 478 478 0 0 1 -477.99 1 L -360 1 A 360 360 30.0 0 0 359.99 1 z" /> </clipPath> <path fill="blue" stroke="red" id="Arc_Item_6_frame" stroke-width="5" d="M 478 1 A 478 478 0 0 1 -477.99 1 L -360 1 A 360 360 180.0 0 0 359.99 1 z" /> <path fill="none" stroke="blue" id="semi-circle-path-400-1" d="M -400,0 A 400,400 00 0 0 400,0" /> <text fill="white" font-family="MS Shell Dlg 2" dy="0" text-anchor="middle" stroke="black" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" text-decoration="none" stroke-width="1" font-size="10"> <textPath text-anchor="middle" xlink:href="#semi-circle-path-400-1" startOffset="50%"> <tspan>Click to add text</tspan> </textPath> </text> </g> </g> <!--Housekeeping : Opaque on the centre of the design.--> <circle fill="white" cx="600" cy="600" fill-opacity="0.50" id="center-semi-opaque-hole" r="244.0" /> <path fill="none" stroke="#ffffff" stroke-color="white" id="outer-white-ring" stroke-width="10" d="M 600.0 0.0 A 600.0 600.0 0.0 1 1 599.0 0.0" /> </svg>
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User Rank: Power User Joined: 8/3/2008 Posts: 1570
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Here are some other backgrounds I use.
This is a disc image I made from what I think was the background of some cakes which I erased in the ordinary version of Paint. I will try to remake it with Paint.NET soon.

This one made from the first is like the Crossed one that shows up in the Templae Labeler, but I think the one before, this one and the next are built in to the TL.

This one is diagonal divisions that the TL probably has built in.

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