You can create your own bell pictures, and add them to the ones that Abel will use. To do this, you must have a graphics file editor, and follow the following rules:

• A set of pictures always comprises 4 graphics files, one for the left-hand bell at the handstroke position (down), one for the left-hand bell at the backstroke position (up), and similarly for the right hand bells.
• These four files must be in Windows bitmap format, and must be called bell_ul_256.bmp (up/left), bell_ur_256.bmp (up/right), bell_dl_256.bmp (down/left) and bell_dr_256.bmp (down/right). Abel will not recognise any other filenames.
• Each picture must be 128 pixels wide and 128 pixels high.
• The files must be 8-bit (i.e. 256 colour) images.
• The four files comprising a set of bell pictures must be stored in the Bells\Pictures subdirectory in the Abel installation directory, inside another directory whose name describes the bell pictures. Look in C:\Program Files\Abel 3\Bells\Pictures for some examples.
• The background of your bell pictures should be white.

If you follow the above rules and store your images in the correct place, Abel will automatically recognise them and make them available for use in the Options/Screen and Print Options dialog.

See also:

  Screen and print options
  Adding your own bell sounds