Just a thought.... Are you guys putting the trans and perpixel code in for the per pixel shutdown and logoff screens? If you don't do that, they will not show. I am still usining SKS 5 to build the blinds, but am running WB6, and my logoffs work fine.
[quote]That worked like a charm, Thank you both for the quick responses and good will, i hope you have a great day.[/quote] You're welcome! I remember when I first started doing blinds, this drove me nuts too. It took me a long while to figure out how to fix it. :)
This is a problem, but there is a fix for it. The right click menu is not actually skinned. It takes its colors from the windows classic colors. To fix it: Click on the Classic Colors button that is on the left side of the preview in the center panel...you may have to scroll down. On the far right, click om Menus > Menu Bar. Make sure this color is at least as dark as your drop down menu...I usually make it a little darker. Then, click on Selections > Backg
[quote]Also, the new blind im working on has a black status bar, but the text font is also black... where in skinstudio would i change this?[/quote] You can change it by doing this: On the tree on the left, click Controls > Statusbar Pane. Way over on the right, click text settings > text color. Hope this helps!
[quote]Still on PS7 [/quote] So am I. It was a gift...I sure would not have been able to afford it!
I actually use two programs. I use Photoshop for making my images, and then use Paint Shop Pro for the afterwork on the images, like sizing, chopping, etc. I just can't give Paint Shop Pro up....I have used it for years, and some of the stuff I do is easier to do with it than with Photoshop. Photoshop has a large learning curve, and I am still figuring out the program.
Avaman, this is what I have done when I made image changes to start panels (like when I make plain substyles.) I import the images into SKS that I want, then, I go to the tree on the left, click on Taskbar. On the right side, you will see a folder..click on it, and the text will show up in the box directly under the preview window. It should read something like (Name of your blind)/ XP stuff.xp or XPcompactstuff.xp. Put your cursor in front of the XP, and type in what you want to call your s
I have been using iGoogle, probably since it first came out...it is my home page. Prior to that, I had to use MSN with all its ads all over everywhere. iGoogle doesn't have ads jumping out at you, in fact, it has no ads! I love the ability to have whatever I want on the page...it is fully customizable. I think the coolest new thing is being able to have your Favorites on the page...that way, even when you are not on your main computer or are using another computer, you have access to all you
[quote]According to this article, Aura came with WindowBlinds 5. Unfortunately, installing Windowblinds 6 deletes all the skins that come with WB5 and apparently they aren't in the library either.[/quote] That's weird...I upgraded to WB 6 and I still have Aura in my skins library!
[quote]Happy to help, you can view them on D.A.. Best of luck with your windowblind.. [/quote] Butch, I wound up not using any of your per pixel borders. What I finally did was somehow figured it out...don't have a clue how I did that, though....lol. The hardest part was the maximized window top....had to make another image for that. Everything is now in order. The only things that aren't skinned in per pixel are the menubar, menubar buttons, and the midi buttons. I got the text co
[quote]Just remember when you are creating graphics to keep them about middle of the screen. [/quote] Yup...exactly!
[quote]If it's an LCD monitor then its probably normal[/quote] I agree BigDog. I have an LCD monitor, and the same things happen with me. I don't worry about it, though...it's just the tilt of the monitor.
[quote]Happy to help, you can view them on D.A.. Best of luck with your windowblind.. [/quote] Okay...yea, I checked your site here, and you didn't have much. I'll let you know which ones I use. Thanks again! :)
[quote]Hi jazzymjr as i no longer skin xp, Vista only if you like you can use any of my per pixel window borders that suite you.. [/quote] Thanks, butch....I think what I will do is see how you did the per pixel thing and see if i can duplicate it. I learn best from seeing something in place and then trying to duplicate the same result.
This is really weird. The system buttons took on the system text color from the classic stuff. They are behaving the same way that system buttons do like when you are using google...the buttons under the search window...I have the button, but the text color is black, no matter what skin I am using of my own or anyone else's.
Neil, what about the text on my system buttons? Why did that change? If I could get the right color back for them, then I guess I will do the per pixel window borders. I don't really like the classic menubar stuff...but, I guess I can live with that.
No problem, Av...sometimes it's good to resurrect a thread for the newbies :)
[quote]Mary Jane, If you are still having trouble with this start menu, I can fix it if you send me the skin.[/quote] Boxxi...I got that fixed ages ago! That was in my "infancy" in skinning, when I started with ports to see how the skin works. Thanks for the offer of help, though. I appreciate it. [quote]Sometimes I have noticed after playing with sizing that I have had to reopen the image in editing program and use a pencil tool set to the magic pink color and go overe all
[quote]When on XP the menubar will not use the menubar skin, thats the only non titlebar related change. When on Vista it will use the menubar skin.[/quote] I am running XP. The menubar lost its skinning, the midi buttons lost the skinning, the menubar buttons lost the skinning. All I know is that these items were skinned before I applied the per pixel window borders, and then poof...the skinning was gone, and I am now looking at classic midi buttons, no menubar buttons at all, and c
Well, got the per pixel frames done. You sure lose a lot of skinned stuff in the process though: the menubar(I can live with that), the midi buttons, menubar buttons, lost control over the color of the font on my system buttons, can't make the text bold on the taskbar buttons anymore..won't hold...there is probably more that i just haven't caught yet. The blind is only partially done, so I may find other stuff going bye-bye too. On the plus side, the window frames look good. I was ab
Thanks, vStyler...you've been really helpful. I'll post back here if I run into any more glitches.
Thanks pic and vStyler. So, then I guess I need to make sure my classic color matches the color of my skinned menubar in the regular frame. I'll give it another go around. The blind I am working on has rounded edges, and, needless to say, it looked much better in the per pixel style. Another question....do I skin the maximized window frame too? If so, do I use the same images as for the per pixel frames? I sure wish there was a tutorial for the per pixel frames th
Thanks for the quick reply! Are you saying that I need to change the menubar and toolbar to tga's?. I don't animate titlebar buttons, so that is not a problem. It's just that I want the menubar and toolbar back!
I finally decided to try to make per pixel window borders. I got all the images done, including the titlebar buttons, loaded into SKS 5, and then I lost all the skinning to the menubar and toolbar...they came up with the classic color I had set in the classic colors section. (Fortunately, I had saved my blind before attemtping this, so I didn't lose everything.) I already had the regular window frame borders done. I have no clue what I did wrong! I'm running WB 6 and SKS 5. <br/
Way to go, Karen!!!! Congrats! :CONGRAT: :D Congrats Vad and buzz....well done! :CONGRAT: :)
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