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Button Making Questions Answered, Ask ABM - Where Can I Find Graphics for My Buttons?
Where can I find graphics for my buttons? Not everyone is a graphic artist and even those who are need a little help from time to time. Whether you need a touch of inspiration to get you started, are looking for the perfect accent to complete your design or need a complete design that is ready to go, ABM’s Customer Solutions Team has you covered! Let’s start with the fastest, easiest solution – ready to print designs. ABM has a library of 300+ ready to print, complete designs available in topics ranging from “Just for Fun” to flash...
Button Making Questions Answered, Ask ABM - How Do Digital Downloads Work?
How does a digital download work? Where are the cd's that should have come with my button making kit? These are 2 of the great mysteries for new button maker owners but never fear, Team ABM is here to help! First, we'll cover the digital downloads that come with your shiny new button making kit. As technology has advanced and society has become more and more about instant gratification and mobility, cd's have found their way into the history books for the most part. To meet the needs of our modern day clientele, we changed the cd's to a digital...
Button Making Ideas From ABM - ABC's and 123's Made Fun
ABC's and 123's are essential core skills that are the foundational building blocks of any good education. Finding ways to make learning these essentials entertaining can be a challenge but with the help of ABM's new downloadable sets, it just became much easier! As anyone who has ever worked with teaching letters can attest, word association with letters and sounds is vital to success. ABM's ready to use alphabet set includes upper and lowercase images of the letters in bright colors accompanied by whimsical animals whose name matches the letter for easy association. For even more fun, there's our ready...
Ultra-Realistic Mockups from Build-a-Button 6.0 and ABM
In today's ecommerce focused environment button makers rely on the internet more than ever to help them sell their products and having quality pictures instantly available is an invaluable asset. Getting a great photo of that newly minted button can be both time consuming and wasteful when you have to print, press and setup each little color change to get customer approval but ABM has made it as easy as the click of your mouse with all new ultra-realistic mockups from Build-a-Button 6.0. In case you haven't already taken it for a spin, Build-a-Button 6.0 is a modern marvel of...
Build-a-Button 6.0 Text Upgrades
Build-a-Button 6.0 is a powerful button design software that just became even greater! Text is one of the most important components in any button design. Having creative flexibility and control is crucial to the process and helps make a perfectly balanced button. The all new BAB 6.0 is absolutely jam packed with font fabulousness! We've included things like a path tool that lets you create a shape for your words to follow. You can also make those words perfect with over 600 stock fonts and the ability to upload your favorite additional fonts. We've even included a convenient monogram tool with different...