MarkMcQ

MarkMcQ

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Reply to WB Titlebar problem in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Make sure the setting is enabled that allows for different frame shapes. (Can't remember the exact attribute name). That should make the transparency work right.

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Reply to Thanks Stardock in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I love the buggers. When this site first went up, I threw a hissy fit on the messageboard regarding Hoverdesk not being here. I threw my toys out of the pram, took my ball and went home. And that was just the stupidest, and most ignorant, thing I've done. I was totally wrong, out of order, and if I recall, very rude to Brad. In fact, I don't know if he even remembers me being an ass, but in any case, I'll apologise sincerely here to him publically. Stardock are the s

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Reply to Submitting a Skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

If you drop them an e-amil and ask, and also try and have a small screenshot handy, most authors will be happy to allow permisions. When you upload, a txt file should be included that has the permission information inside.

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Reply to Och, aye, Scotland! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Voodoo_Freak, Honz12 and whats-his-name, the guy that made Hellfire (yeah, Hippy, thats the one) are examples of Scotland's great skinners. Shame on you, Mr Kuperman. You forgot the man who went before us all, Neil Allerdice, AKA Thredz.

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Reply to Are Mac users better skinners? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I do believe the quality of Mac skins is highly superior to what we can do on the Windows side. That stems from, as Brad said, more graphics proffesionals using Macs. Just take a look through the archive of themes and schemes at Kaleidoscope, and you'll see way more creativity and originality. The fact that probably about 60% of MSStyles are Mac ports, and about 30% of WB skins in the last year and a half have been WB ports of MSStyle ports of Mac themes shows people are preffering to use

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Reply to Which graphics package is the best in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

The best would be one of the top end progs, like Corel or Photoshop. But if you're new to skinning and haven't had much graphics experience, you can either get hold of The Gimp, which is a free graphics program availbal for both Windows and Linux. There's also Paint Shop Pro. It's one of the overall best progs out of the affordable ones, and is pretty well repected, and used by a large majority of skinners. This would probably be the best one to go for.

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Reply to optical mouse? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You don't need a mouse mat with an optical mouse. They'll run on any surface pretty much. I use mine straight on my desk, no worries. Definitely a good purchase Richard, I'd highly reccomend getting one. I use the MS Intellimouse Exploreer model. No trouble at all with it, and I've not encountered any of the problems Fuzzy logic has had.

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