Creating Your Own Free Rounded Corner Templates - Page 1

      You can play around creating your own free templates too, using the following free programs. You will also need a good HTML editor, I have had good luck and all my free templates were created using Microsoft FrontPage. (Actually I use FrontPage 2000 if you can find it, it is a bit easier to use for this application)

  The most important program is ZPaint. It was originally designed to make 3D web buttons and software applications, but I use it to create the entire template as a single image. Read more about it and download it free HERE. (286 kb)

  ZPaint only allows you to save the image as a huge Bitmap file so you will also need an image editor that can convert a Bitmap image to a Jpeg. You may already have an image editor that will do the trick, but if you don't, download IrfanView for free HERE. (1129kb)

HINT: ZPaint does not allow you to scroll the page to create large images like the ones needed for template design. I would recommend to set your screen resolution to a high setting like 1152 by 864 (or even higher). You can do this in Window XP by right clicking on your desktop in an open field and choose "properties". The in the "settings" tab, slide the slider to the right to the desired setting and click "apply". You may have to click ok while it changes. (you can always change it back the same way when you are done).

1. Open ZPaint, on the top toolbar, under "settings", make sure "Shape Settings Window" and "Surface Settings Window" are checked. Then in the "surface" box, click on the color wheel and choose your desired page background color. When your desired color is in the "solid color" box, click the OK button. (you do not have to choose a color here if you want a white, black or gray background).

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