Software support forum archive

Text Bubble

I can't seem to get the Text Bubble (with or without effects) working. Text works fine, but can't figure out how to make this work. I think I ran into this before can can't remember what I did to make it function. Anyone have any tips? Thanks Sandy

Resizing highlight around cursor

Great software....I now have a highlighted cursor. However the highlight area is slightly larger than the mouse cursor. How can I make the highlight area twice as large? I've made the highlight as large as the work area....can I expand the work area without...

Animated cursor jumping! I can't figure out why!

Hello! When I add a mouse pointer and then add the animated wheel that is standard with the cursor editor program, it aligns the mouse pointer and the wheel together on the center of the small sample window at the top left. If you get my meaning. When I cha...

Tips for controlled blur / smudge?

Trying to hide a seam. Is there a trick that works as well as the Photoshop Smudge tool? I'm trying to hide a seam after sticking two photos together.

Cursor Editor Palette & Side Toolbar

I've been using the cursor editor for YEARS however I'm stuck on something, now that I'm using it on a new computer. On my old computer (if it helps it is a windows 7 netbook) I have the side tool bar (which is on the right) all in one thing with a palette. L...

Previous Version of RealWorld Paint Software

Is it possible to get the previous version of RW Paint? For over a year now, I have been using and loving the previous version of RW paint that I downloaded to my PC. I heard that there was a new version just released so I went ahead and updated my software. I...

line tool

there is a problem with the line tool. after clicking and drag to make a line. if i want to make a new line sometimes it will make it not on the cursor but somewhere else

Question about systems.

Does Paint have a 64 bit edition? And does Thumbnails work in Win8.1? Does Paint have a 64 bit edition? And does Thumbnails work in Win8.1? I just got a new computer so I'm still setting up shop.

Color Doesn't Save or Display

I've loaded the aero_arrow_xl.cur file from c:\Windows\Cursors and simply filled it with a pink color then saved it as c:\Windows\Cursors\aero_arrow_pink_xl.cur I can choose this as my pointer in Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointers, but it still displays ...

Canvas not opening?

I've tried uninstalling and redownloading the cursor editor many times, but it hasn't been helping. When I try to open a cursor to edit it or create a new cursor from scratch, the program will freeze rather than open the canvas. Does anybody know of a fix for ...

cursors not working in Windows 7

I created a couple of custom cursors, but they don't work; they're invisible. I then copied and modified the Windows Aero pointer, and when I select the modified version for use, I still see the unmodified version. Also, if I switch the Explorer window contain...

Print

I want to print, but I do not have a print command in my File menu. According to "What Now" under the Help file I am supposed to install a plug-in which can be found on the "Online Page" which I cannot find either. I saw a screen shot showing the Online Page...

puzzling problem when animating

spin frame goes off course I just started using RealWorld Cursor Editor v. 2013.1 on the Windows 7 64-bit machine. Previously I was using version 2012.1 on an XP 32-bit machine. In trying to create an animated spinning cursor, I am encountering problems that I...

adjust degee of antialiasing?

Is there some way to adjust the amount of smoothing/sharpness when importing images into RWC? Right now I'm using relatively detailed images, and I don't like how blurred they become by default. Thanks, Ellen

How to completely eliminate temporary files?

I've noticed that if I edit an original image that I had previously opened in RWC without changing the name, it opens the original version of the image unless I change the name. I tried removing the links to the old version, but it still opened the old version...

48 x 48 cursor not showing in the test area

When I am working on the Windows 7 cursor and trying to test a 48 x 48 cursor in the test area, I am only getting the 32 x 32 cursor, even though I have the 48 x 48 cursor selected. Why is that? Thanks, Ellen

Another small issue in animation

I am noticing that when the first frame of an animation is created from an image, the default s/60 is 6. But when you add more frames they have the value of 10 by default. So in order to make them all the same, it is necessary to select the first frame and cha...

how do you make a working in background cursor?

All I want to know is how do you put a cursor and hourglass in the right places whenever I try I put the cursor first then add the rotating circles and it worked the way I thought it would but the circle is overlapping the mouse. What do I do?

blur brush

blur brush in realworld icon editor Is there a blur brush in the real world icon editor?.

Break a Vector Text box into individual shapes?

I've been working on a logo for a class project, and I decided to use a regular font to start, and edit it as a shape later. I did find out how to convert it to a shape, but it converts it to ONE shape rather than a set of separate shapes. What's even more con...

Opacity increasing

Any ways to increase the opacity of the pixels if it is not fully opaque? So I wanted to outline inside a picture so that its borders can be removed. However, it always fails because there are some pixels in the picture where it is not fully opaque. Is there a...

Dropping images from outside

if images are drag-dropped from outside into RWPaint, it's always positioned to the top-left of the document. It's very irritating when I'm working zoomed up close. (I have to zoom out, move up to the top-left, drag the image to where I want it, which is often...

Problem saving animation

"Saving of file failed, please try a different location" I've made animations before and saved them as gifs but now it won't save as a gif, only animated png or rli. Neither of which actually remain animated when uploaded.

Simply mirror folder A->B resizing the JPGs smaller?

I simply want to resize all the jpg images in folder A (& its subfolders) into folder B (down to 1080p size, don't modify otherwise). This should be done as a mirror exercise so:- 1) Only modified jpgs needs be converted. ie: The 10,000 already done don't ...

Batch icon extractor parameter

What is the icon extract command line