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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a custom showroom environment</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">This procedure explains how to create a custom showroom environment. This allows you to use custom images or select from a palette of images for the sides, front and back of the environment cube.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Create a new showroom environment</div>
      <p class="para_division">To create a custom showroom environment, you can create a new, blank environment, or copy an existing one. The following procedures explain both methods.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Insert a new, blank showroom environment</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">User Showroom Environments</b> palette.
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">User Showroom Environment</b>. The system generates a name for the new showroom environment by adding random characters and digits to the first four letters of your system ID name.
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      <div class="title_division">Copy a Showroom Environment</div>
      <p class="para_division">This procedure copies a showroom environment from the <b class="uiTerm">System Showroom Environments</b> palette to the <b class="uiTerm">User Showroom Environment</b> palette. This allows you to create new environments by editing existing ones.
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      <p class="para_division">To copy a showroom environment:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">System Showroom Environments</b> palette.
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            <p class="para_item">Select a showroom environment.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Copy</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">User Showroom Environment</b> palette.
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Paste</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Apply the Showroom Environment that you want to edit</div>
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                  <p class="para_td">Method One</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Left-click on a palette entry. This activates the Studio Showroom Environment and applies the selected showroom.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Method Two</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">User Showroom Environments</b> palette.
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                        <p class="para_item">Select a showroom environment.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Drag it to the environment cube.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Method Three</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Right-click on a palette entry.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>. This applies the showroom if the Showroom Environment is already active.
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Open the Edit Environment Cube dialog</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b> icon. This displays the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Environment Cube Image</b> dialog.
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      <div class="title_division">Edit image areas using the TIFF Palette</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Select one of the image areas (Top, Front, Left, Back, Right, or Bottom).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">TIFF Palette</b>. This displays the <b class="uiTerm">TIFF Palette</b> dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">Select an image category, such as <b class="uiTerm">Sky</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select an image.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To apply the image to the cube, click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>. To apply the image and redisplay the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Environment Cube Image</b> dialog, click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for each of the image areas.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Edit image areas using user-defined TIFF images</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Select one of the image areas (Top, Front, Left, Back, Right, or Bottom).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">TIFF Image</b>. This displays a file selection dialog titled <b class="uiTerm">Image List File</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Navigate to and select a TIFF image that you want to apply.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. This displays the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Environment Cube Image</b> dialog.
            </p>
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            <p class="para_item">To apply the image to the cube, click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for each of the image areas.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Rename the showroom environment</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Environment Name</b> field, enter a new name for the environment.
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      <p class="para_division">When done, close the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Environment Cube Image</b> dialog.
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