control panel layout and design help

[2panther]

I was hoping someone might be able to help me with my control panel layout. I'm working on a 10" underpowered netbook and trying to work with the control panel template from the Project Arcade book in MS paint is killing the netbook. It's completely unusable. Click and drag to move the template over and it goes into a not responding state and eventually crashes Paint. I'm going for a button layout that gives each player 7 buttons, layed out in the traditional three over three Street Fighter and the extra button Neo Geo style if that makes sense.

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sorta like that.

Anyone feel like giving me a hand? If I need to pay someone that's fine.

Thanks!

[BobA]

Lots of layouts you can modify for your own use at the link.  Slagcoin

[2panther]

Lots of layouts you can modify for your own use at the link.  Slagcoin

the issue isn't really which layout, it's more of a computer issue on my end. The little netbook is brought to it's knees when the template is open and keeps crashing paint which means I can't complete the layout myself.

[BobA]

Ok I see now.  Don't you have another computer you can use to produce the template?  If not maybe someone has a layout program and can do a quick run for you.  I just cut and paste some stock templates where I need them.  Scissors and scotch tape method.

[2panther]

Ok I see now.  Don't you have another computer you can use to produce the template? 

I will give you five guesses but I'll guess you'll only need one 


I haven't ordered parts for the pc that will be running MAME so I don't have another machine at the moment.

[eds1275]

Can't you save it as a monochrome bitmap, a jpeg, a gif, png? Something that eats less processing power.

   Also if you know what you want, why bother messing with it in paint? Just to get a feel for it?

[2panther]

Can't you save it as a monochrome bitmap, a jpeg, a gif, png? Something that eats less processing power.

   Also if you know what you want, why bother messing with it in paint? Just to get a feel for it?

I might be able to do that but I also wanted it to help with artwork but I've enlisted SNAAKE's skills for my build now.

[eds1275]

Good luck in your build, and with computers in the future. I know all too well what it's like getting by on the edge of your computer's limit!

[Turnarcades]

I know netbooks are underpowered, but surely a low-resolution black+white image from slagcoin will not drain resources that much? If it does, there's something seriously wrong. I used to dick around with artwork on P1's for such tasks with no trouble, so a netbook shouldn't struggle at all.