VIDEO VBOX LITE MANUAL
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22 December 2009
APPENDIX 1: Basic Gauge Creation
The Video VBOX LITE setup software is capable of using many different image formats for gauge backgrounds, static
images, or logos, including Bitmaps, JPEGs, or PNG’s. When the software compiles the scene and sends it to the box
however, it converts any images used in the Scene to a PNG file. PNG images are small but retain detail, so by working
with PNG images when creating your gauge background no loss of detail will occur when they are sent to the Video
VBOX LITE and you and the software don’t have to perform any additional conversions on the image files.
So you want to create your own gauge? How about a transparent background for those text elements?
There are a number of software packages available which are capable of creating images suitable for use with the
Video VBOX LITE. One which has been used extensively by Racelogic for the quick and easy creation of gauges is an
open source application called Inkscape.
This tutorial will first cover the creation of a basic gauge using Inkscape. The
tutorial is intended as an introduction into how to create a simple gauge face
image that can be used in the Video VBOX LITE setup software.
It is by no means exhaustive and we highly recommend reading the Inkscape user
manual which covers the basic software controls which the user will need to
know to quickly and easily navigate the application.
For this example we are going to create a gauge which
shows values from 0 – 160 in steps of 20.
First of all download and install Inkscape from here:
http://www.inkscape.org/
It is completely free to download and install.
Now open the software, the screen at right will appear,
don’t worry too much about the different buttons for
now we will only be using a few of them to create our
gauge.
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