messed skin

ok i am a noob as skining and i just started yesterday but look this is the prob i have



thas wat it looks like in skin shop
and this is wat it realy looks like



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Reply #1 Top
You are getting different stretching from image to image. With that design you need to create/size the images so they do not stretch horizontally. Start with a template 380x 440 pixels and then cut the images from that template and import them into skinstudio.
Reply #2 Top
ok thats wat i did and i did it over again and set everything to true size and its still messed up it looks exacly the same
Reply #3 Top
ok maybe it light make a dif if i put a pik of all my atributes
here all of them have the same setings so i just copied 1 of the atributes so i dont have to upload all those images


Reply #4 Top
I suggest this. Email me the skin and I will take a look this evening at it. Its the only way to be sure of what you have done. My email addy is in my profile. It will take me about 5 minutes to find the problem. I am at work now without wb and sks so I will look tonight.
Reply #5 Top
See that "Size of User Pane" setting your cursor is pointing at? There is a setting like that for each part of the start menu. Try setting those to the actual size of your images and you'll get a lot closer to the look you're after.
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ok mike now its all the same size wat i wanted but now prob 3 its mager pizilated i mean look at the acual pik from my first post (wat do you think about my theme) (its gona have wooden logs as teh bars that display the program that r running have no idea wat there called but waterver)
Reply #7 Top
wat do you think about my theme


Unfortunately, a skin using a single fire plugin is not very creative.
Fire basically equals hell, and few people will want to see it at anytime(hell) and least of all a constant reminder on their desktops. Now, on the otherhand if one were to create a theme which uses a strong theme idea, other than a single fire plugin, it might be more successful.

The good point is that you are learning SkinStudio and learning how to manipulate your paint program.

its mager pizilated

This takes time and is a learning process in becoming a good or great skinner. You need to learn how to better manipulate your paint program. It takes time and commitment. As a hint to your pixelation problem, try learning more about sharpness filters, smoothing filters, antialiasing, vector drawing, and individual pixel manipulation, including changing opacity. Don't try to build Rome in a day.
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As another hint, most good/great skins take three to four months to create. In that time, you will learn alot. And most of the great WB skins, are created by people with lots of experience in manipulating their choosen paint program. If you take six months, you will create a great skin with the beginning skills you have already demonstrated here. If you rush and make a skin in one week, you will be disappointed with the response and likely with yourself too. Take your time and learn the craft well.