Tutorials, Tutorials and more Tutorials

July 7, 2003 4:03 PM from

Once upon a time I was going to put up a tutorial section on WinCust. MikeB was going to round up some tutorials for me. But because we both were busy we never finished the project. So lets if we can get further this time. If you have tutorials you would like to include on WinCust, please post them here. Or if you would prefer that we just link to your tutorial then please provide us with the link. Even if you did not write a tutorial and know of some please provide us with the link. Then after we have gathered some tutorials we will try to make a specific tutorial section here.

Try and keep this thread on track just by posting tutorials or links. Please be sure to mention which application they are for.

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Reply #1 July 7, 2003 4:36 PM from

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Paint Shop Pro 7 -----> http://www.pinoy7.com/

Paint Shop Pro 8 -----> http://http://home.earthlink.net/~jkabala/tutindex.html

Photoshop -----> http://http://photoshopgurus.info/index.htm#top

Reply #2 July 7, 2003 7:32 PM from

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Tutorial Thread

A Bunch of links in this Thread
https://www.wincustomize.com/browser/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=106595

Reply #3 July 16, 2003 11:14 AM from

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Hey,the photoshop tutorial leads me to the StartSurfing Plus website... Anyone else have this problem?

Reply #4 July 20, 2003 11:49 AM from

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double http ://

Reply #5 August 3, 2003 3:08 AM from

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http://www.styl-x.com have some tutorails too

, if you have any request btw, just ask.

Reply #6 August 6, 2003 1:47 AM from

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Any tutorials on how to make icons?

There are so many options on what type of icon there is... XP icons, 24 bit or somthing like that...

and all those sizes, how do you make the image look ok when its so small.

:/
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Reply #7 August 20, 2003 1:08 AM from

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One nice list for photoshop tutorials: http://azanovartsite.by.ru/photoshop.html

Reply #8 August 22, 2003 7:50 PM from

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#1 by Wizop Koasati - 7/7/2003 4:36:51 PM Paint Shop Pro 7 -----> http://www.pinoy7.com/Paint Shop Pro 8 -----> http://http://home.earthlink.net/~jkabala/tutindex.htmlPhotoshop -----> http://http://photoshopgurus.info/index.htm#top

Do you have an update for the PSP8 link... that one seems to be broken..

Reply #9 September 1, 2003 7:24 PM from

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http://www.spoono.com - Spoono.com

LOTS of good tutorials for Photoshop, 3DS Max, Flash, etc. They also have a very detailed Windowblinds tutorial explaining a lot of the attributes. It was made for WB3.1, but is still a good tutorial.

Windowblinds Tutorial - http://www.spoono.com/skins/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=4

Reply #10 September 2, 2003 1:28 PM from

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the single most important page for me is http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/frames02.htm it may not take you through a complete interface tutorial like I kind need but the tutorials on this site have helped me beyond anything else I have seen ... and I've looked

Reply #11 September 24, 2003 12:41 PM from

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anyone know any good 3dsmax tutorials?

Reply #12 September 24, 2003 2:59 PM from

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http://www.3dcafe.com

Reply #13 September 24, 2003 3:00 PM from

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T-Man, why not put up a link-section to tutorial sites?

Reply #14 September 24, 2003 6:05 PM from

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I got one started a long time ago Styl right here...https://www.wincustomize.com/browser/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=106595

Reply #15 September 25, 2003 6:28 AM from

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threads come and go, why not make a 'section' like a complete link section on WC... would be cool

Reply #16 October 22, 2003 2:34 PM from

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For tutorials in max, Maya, Lightwave and Photoshop visit 3D Total: http://3dtotal.com/
(There are also galleries and more).

If you feel like buying Maya tutorials visit Digital-Tutors: http://www.digital-tutors.com/

Reply #17 November 12, 2003 12:25 PM from

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http://www.psplinks.com/ <-- A plethora of Paint Shop Pro tutorial links (for all versions including 8)

Reply #18 January 1, 2004 3:01 AM from

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LogonStudio?
Rainlendar?

Reply #19 January 1, 2004 3:17 AM from

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those are mostly tinker with until you figured em out. There is not much to them. And if I see a tutorial for them I will let you know

Reply #20 January 1, 2004 4:14 AM from

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thanks Trav,

I figured out LogonStudio. Pretty much Color By Numbers

haven't tried Rainys' yet

Reply #21 February 23, 2004 4:46 AM from

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uh i dont know how i got here but i would appreciate it if you would let me know how to create a skin i am a howyousay "newbie"

My E-Mail is [email protected]

Reply #22 May 7, 2004 9:29 AM from

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BootSkin creation tutorial at http://www.wstaylor.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2177#2177 .

Enjoy!

Reply #23 July 8, 2004 2:58 PM from

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If you're still having trouble finding that Photoshop tutuorial at the top there. I just went to the main site: http://www.photoshopgurus.info/ Looks good!

Reply #24 August 6, 2004 2:27 PM from

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DesktopX Transparency
There are 3 ways of using transparency in desktopX.

1. "Magic-Pink"

For people who like to stick to simple jpegs and bitmaps, the usage of "Magic-pink" is advised. Magic-pink is a 3 number code that stands for a color (255, 0, 255). Open up your color picker or whatever you use for choosing colors and find these fields:

R:
G:
B:

these stand for Red Geen and Blue
Now input the three numbers into the fields so that it now reads:

R: 255
G: 0
B: 255

Congradulations, you have made magic pink. Magic pink, when used in desktopX or windowblinds will automatically become invisible allowing you to make objects that are curved.

*IMPORTANT!
Make sure that you have turned off all anti-aliasing because if the magic pink is even a tiny bit off hue, it will come out pink instead of invisible

Magic pink is not very useful for situations where you want somthing to be semi-transparent because it is incapable of doing this... Magic pink only works when you want somthing to be invisible

2. PNG
Png images are the easiest way of making somthing transparent or semi-transparent in desktopX. PNG or .png is an image extention, png image files can handle transparency and semi-transparency without any tampering or magic pink... To create a png image do the following:

Go to File>New and under the image options the "Transparent" radio button (see pic)

Click OK and start making your image. The white and gray boxes will be invisible when you put the image into desktopX...

You can also make an image or layer semi-transparent by reducing the entire layer's transparency.

Once you are done making your image save it as a png. For example: menu1.png

click here to see an example of a skin using png's: https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=31&SkinID=3028

3. Object Properties

You can also set the transparency of an object by going to the appearence tab in an objects properties

Thats all!
Hope this was helpful....
( I posted this on wastaylor...)
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Reply #25 August 6, 2004 11:02 PM from

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here is a link to one i made for alpha-blending for dx on wstaylor... http://forum.wstaylor.net/viewtopic.php?p=4946#4946

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