[quote who="Xiandi" reply="148" id="2956550"]1. It's very hard to see the spot you are talking about in the screenshot, which makes it hard to advise you as to what is happening. Can you zoom in on the image and screenshot that?[/quote] Resizing the arrows image, or rearranging their order, fixed this issue. [quote]2. What you need to do though is reverse the last 2 states you have in the image. Then the mouseover state will actually show on mouseover. The help se
[quote who="Vampothika" reply="147" id="2956545"]you can use the all programs background (not the arrow) text tab and move it horizontally and squeeze the size down so that brown highlight dosent cover your graphics , but when you do that, you will probably lose the default font that says 'all programs'[/quote] Actually, that worked with no loss of text size or quality. [quote]you can also do a 3 state arrow where you take a slice of the background
[quote who="Vampothika" reply="147" id="2956545"]all progs arrow only has two working states, normal and mouse over, pressed has never worked.[/quote] Thanks, Vampothika; that was bothering me. In part 44 of your tutorial when talking about log off buttons, you said, "for now, it's best to design the buttons around the same height and width." Does that mean it's possible t
I've been working on making my first multi-stage image work. I have some issues with it, though. Here is the image including all 3 stages of the all programs arrow: [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/AllProgramsArrow.png[/IMG] This image shows an item from the programs list highlighted. It has a bright yellow spot on the arrow that the arrow image doesn't contain: [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/HighlightIllust
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="142" id="2956063"] Quoting MallyMcGinnis, reply 138What should I be doing? Skin everything for XP first, lol. Then worry about the other OS's if you want to skin them. [/quote] Pshew, that is a relief!
[quote who="Uvah" reply="141" id="2955999"] Its a game? I don't know if my laptop can handle a game. I have only three gigs of memory. But I'll check it out. You have a link?[/quote] Not really a game; there's no winning or loosing, no points gained, nothing like that. Second Life is a virtual reality world. The machine I use to access SL has only 2 gigs mem, our laptops less; all work fine. They have nothing spec
[quote who="Uvah" reply="139" id="2955971"]I like your ocular.[/quote] Thanks, Uvah! [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/Animated%20gifs/Grinner.gif[/IMG] Have you ever played around in Second Life (SL)? It costs nothing to play, the software is free, and it comes with all the tools you need to build something like this, or that odd plumbing thing. Like anything, it does have have sort of a learning curve, but it's not an especially sharp one,
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="137" id="2955955"]Now I have a question for you.... You said earlier that you only had XP. Does that mean that you are only skinning for XP or are you skinning this for Vista or 7? The main reason I'm asking, is that XP has no search bar on the start panel (unless you have found a way to add one). In Vista and Windows 7, you cannot cannot control the 'search' text in that box, so adding your own text to the field would not look good
Well, that's not exactly what I was asking, but now's a better time than later for this tip, so thank you! It leaves me a little bit confused, though. My entire bottom bar is 84px in height, and looks like this: [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/SearchBoxDetailsBottomBar.png[/IMG] My idea was to put my search text field box in the narrowest range, the 22px height area. I wanted for people to see the word "search" in that area, and thou
[quote who="Vampothika" reply="133" id="2955218"] you can rename them before you import them to photoshop, i do. abstract, hair, stars, butterflies, wings, ect, but i keep the name of the author so i can tell the difference between each brush xxx[/quote] Well, hey there! I feel I need to explain why I veered slightly away from your tutorial, though I still have a tab open for it, and refer to it often. It's the layers thing t
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="130" id="2955125"]I have no idea why your preview image goes black like that. As long as it works, it should be ok. Compare your shot to mine, looks like you have done some other things to that text. The only thing I did to that text was change it's alpha level, so maybe that's why (just guessing here).[/quote] Right again, though in my installed start menu, it left an unacceptable black streak behind the separation of the two panels. That void
I keep meaning to ask you, Cyndi, about your dragon. Did you draw that in Illustrator, outside of your computer then scanned it in, or some other such thing? He's a great looking dragon. peace, Dave
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="123" id="2955022"]The preview window for the painting margins tends to make your graphic look squished. Check this out, this might be of some help to you. Click that and you will get a pop up window that shows your image true size, without any shrinking. I'm betting your bottom margin is not high enough yet. [/quote] Right on; that fixed it. You're amazing. [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/Animated%20gifs/No_Way.gif[/IMG]<
[quote who="Uvah" reply="118" id="2954913"]Even I can follow this. Keep going.[/quote] I'm loving it. Are you keeping up with your own blind, Uvah? It should be inspiring you to make a better one. [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/Animated%20gifs/Scolding.gif[/IMG]
[quote who="willistuder" reply="117" id="2954857"]Somebody give Xiandi a medal--make her a Master, or something. (Oh that's right, she already is).[/quote] I think she oughta be put on Stardock's payroll. [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/Animated%20gifs/Grinner.gif[/IMG]
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="115" id="2954783"]First thing you need is an invisible text. Ever since I learned this trick, I've been adding it to all my skins 5. Drag the Alpha Level slider all the way down.[/quote] I want to learn this technique, too. When I get to this step, though, the background goes black, like this: [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/InvisibleFontIssue.png[/IMG] What might I be missing?[IMG]http://i307.photobucke
[quote who="gmc2" reply="116" id="2954815"]I haven't been following this thread since the ps people started to respond but I'm glad I stopped back by. Cyndie thanks for all of the sks tips and Mally, looks like it's coming along just fine.[/quote] gmc2, yes, there is a fair amount that's PS specific, but Cyndie's making a lot more illustrations from SKS than PS. That's how it should be. There are already so many PS tutorials that anything
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="114" id="2954767"]For the text and arrows that are not where you want it: This one is not too hard. [/quote] You're right. It wasn't too hard at all. In fact, I wish I had thought to do it on my own. I'm seeing a pattern developing, though the pieces haven't all fallen into place yet. peace, Mally [IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/Pwy/Animated%20gifs/Beatnik.gif[/IMG] &nbs
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="113" id="2954747"]For the wonky looking graphics: This is where your painting margins come in. Make sure you have the second layer selected when you change them! [/quote] Laughing, that's a mistake I have repeatedly made! [quote]You want your painting margins to cover pretty much all of the graphic, leaving a small part to stretch or tile (an empty space if you have one). If any of this is unclear, let me know! [/quote]</p
[quote who="Uvah" reply="109" id="2954437"]Course not. We do this all the time. Just ask Anybody.[/quote] Alrighty, have at it then. Anybody just sent me an IM, and said it's all true. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="Xiandi" reply="42" id="2949096"]First thing to do is this: In the extras tab for each image, you need to add the dimensions of the image. If you've cut your images right, this should correct most of what you are seeing. To delete a layer: Select the layer you want to edit, and just click the minus button. Since you are using PS, I will show you how to cut pieces flawlessly without a template. But I will need a little while to get it
Ubuntu is a popular "brand" of Linux. I only brought it up because there were some great examples of Steampunk linked to that page. Some of the graphical work there is beautiful to me, and I thought it might give people interested in Steampunk some inspiration. It's hard to create good art in a vacuum, that is, if you never go to a museum or gallery to see good art. I sure didn't mean to start a controversy. peace, Mally
[quote who="Uvah" reply="103" id="2954270"]That's a lot of work. Windows is much easier. Click click...all done. [/quote] Not sure what you mean, Uvah? [e digicons]:blush:[/e]
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