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   Stephen
   

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   I have been experimenting with ways to label Magic Box thumbnails for content slides that will contain video or audio players.
   A text label instead of a play button indicator is nice, but the text at that size is pretty fuzzy, no matter how I make it in Photoshop.
   But if I make the text label on an image in Illustrator and export as svg, the text looks great.

   Magic Box doesn't recognize svg as an image format for thumbnail use within the interface, but I can link the file in code view and in Design view as usual.

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Al Sparber
   

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   Most of the problems with SVG support in image products are due to limitations in the Dreamweaver backend. You can actually use the UI to add an SVG file. Simply change the file extension method in Dreamweaver's file types box to "All".

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Stephen
   

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   Most of the problems with SVG support in image products are due to limitations in the Dreamweaver backend. You can actually use the UI to add an SVG file. Simply change the file extension method in Dreamweaver's file types box to "All".

   That's great news.
   Can I have a little more step-by-step instruction?
   I see a File Type / Editors tab in Preferences. But I don't see any "All."
   Am I looking in the wrong place?

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Al Sparber
   

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   Hi Stephen,

   Nothin to do with preferences. This is the browse to image dialog box that opens when you click the Browse button in our interface to browse to an image. There is a drop-down near the bottom that allows you to filter the dialog to show only certain file types )JPG, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP) then a choice below that to show "All Files".

   For SVG you cannot use the "Import" feature. You must browse to each image separately.

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Stephen
   

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   Hi Stephen,
   Nothin to do with preferences. This is the browse to image dialog box that opens when you click the Browse button in our interface to browse to an image. There is a drop-down near the bottom that allows you to filter the dialog to show only certain file types )JPG, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP) then a choice below that to show "All Files".
   For SVG you cannot use the "Import" feature. You must browse to each image separately.

   I know I've seen similar dialogs in other circumstances.
   In this case, after clicking Browse in the Magic Box UI, I see an Options button in the file dialog, but the only options there are to set the path to the file as site-root relative.
   The .svg file is shown, and I can select it and the Open button is active.
   But on closing the Magic Box UI, I get a warning: Missing Thumbnail Image.
   Could this be a macOS / Windows difference?

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Al Sparber
   

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   These are actually Dreamweaver dialogs, so if it's incorrect on a Mac it is either a Dreamweaver mistake or a Mac flaw. Here is the dialog on Windows 10:
   http://www.projectseven.com/svg.png

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Stephen
   

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   These are actually Dreamweaver dialogs, so if it's incorrect on a Mac it is either a Dreamweaver mistake or a Mac flaw. Here is the dialog on Windows 10:<br />
   http://www.projectseven.com/svg.png

   Dreamweaver presents me with a more or less standard Mac file dialog box. There are the same options for choosing site-root relative, etc., but nothing about file types.
   It does seem as if Dreamweaver isn't presenting that option.

   Posted 10 months ago
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   Stephen
   

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   Here's the dialog on a Mac: http://onh.eugraph.com/dialogmac.jpg
   The Options button is a toggle. This is the open state.
   Also, it looks like the warning I get is a Dreamweaver dialog warning of the missing thumbnail.

   This is easy to work around, of course.

   Posted 10 months ago

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