TheSkinsFactory

Reply to Windows Media Player in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I don't forsee a GUI for skinning Windows Media PLayer ever, since each one is a hand-coded process. You can take snippets of code here and there. Feel free to open some of ours up and peek around. If you do take our code at least put a nod in our direction hehe. Hi Henke.. /me waves. Just got back a download report from windosmedia.com for the month of sept for the deep blue something skin... 117,139 downloads just for one month!! woot! That skin was done by Lowen <img src="http://ima

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Flipnet: so yet you ask me a question which invites me to bring it up again (which i'm won't). So let me get this straight, according to you it's wrong to speak my mind and disagree with something or someone or add rebuttles to my original statements because this place is a community driven by passion and respect of one another? Well unless this site changes it's name to wintopia.com i'll keep adding my distastes for things that urk me and my accolades for things that turn me on. And if you cant

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

/me jabs a pencil in jafo's eye

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

actually your as wrong as i am. i meant to say gist haha gist (jst) n. The central idea; the essence.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

yes its true. And i can only hope after the launch that we start seeing originality come back and the ports go. I was talking to someone who said in the old days they would call those "rips". Not singling out alexandrie on that last statement. In general i mean.

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hi kitty cat

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

treetog numbers/quantities of skins dont make a great skinner please. If that was the case Kodman from skinz.org would be sitting on mount Olympus smiling down on us all. Not sure if anyone remembers Kodman (i know Shoggot does haha). You know what aggravates me i think. I'm sick of these OS ports and variants being heralded as art. I'm sick of people coloring over other people's stuff and calling it there own. Thats basically all i see here. Winxp this and WinXp that. MAC this and Mac

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

christ... krist=jist hehe sorry

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

actually a whole paragraph got lost. The kist was she took the criticism and handled it with class and i respect that.

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

jesus typo man strikes again... repct=respect

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

ok a sentence got lost somewhere. I wrote "She handled it with class" and i repct that. Thats how it shoudl have read. sorry.

Reply to Damned if you do - Damned if you don't. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

No not crucified Russ. An opinion was given. I gave my opinion. I didnt call her names, i didnt swear at her. I didnt even say her other work sucked in any way. I simply said i dont see what the fuss about her latest slew of win xp copies. If you guys want to blame sept 11th then go ahead. I cant speak for 10c and jier as they have always been tards in my book but i stand by my statements before. As far as i know we're allowed to say how we feel. Or should we only shower people with a

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

It is the simple variant color changes that bother me, without any change to texture or anything but a color change. But these are my opinions only. Hell i could be the only one who feels this way. Should i not say how i feel? or should i participate in the community and express my views? I think being part of a community, people should be free to express dislikes and likes. If i like something i will certainly say i do. And if i dont, then i will also say something. But if i'm wrong an

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

yes i agree totally. People obviously appreciate them. My argument was the fact that theres a thread basically saying look how great she is for all these downloads when i think they arnte very original. This isnt about her talent overall as i think she is talented. This is about the subject of the thread not anything else.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I dont need to create a skin on my own to be able to criticize like i dont need to be a politician to criticize politicians. You put your work in an open forum for review and downloading and i have every right to say how i feel. welcome to free speech at its finest. As far as my qualifications to judge, i think with all the skins i've had a hand in pertaining to the design aspect, i've earned that right hands down.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

what i'm saying alex is this... add textures, add something. great you moved the gradient. whats the difference? I dont have time to skin on my own. I do it with the artists i work with everyday. We must be doing something right as we're busy as hell right now. But if you want i'll be happy to make a titlebar for you that looks like the denim one then tell how hard that is.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

This is not to say she hasnt put out some outstanding work either cuz she has. The MediaStep for LiteStep theme is beautiful and clean, as is alot of her work. Its the recoloring of win xp that aggravate me. And thne to see "oh look how great she is" becuase she made a color change. That is my gripe, not her original work which i think should be applauded.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

ok i'm not saying there isnt work involved at all. Because i know there is. But while there may be work to do on them, where's the creativity? Theres not even a texture! I dont think a gradient recoloring is worthy of praise in the slighest bit. I think works of art like waht treetog produces are. Those are creative works that should be praised over and over again for originality and design. But you will never sell me on someone recoloring another artwork. Not when we sit here and spend hours up

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

It takes me back to aqua days when a simple port of apple's look was heralded as the next coming. Sure it was cool as hell. But it wasnt original. Some artists at apple created it. I think theres too much emphasis on non-originality and less for originality. I'll take the greats like pordey, misery, everyone i work with on a daily basis over ports any day. They are the true artists here.

Reply to Alexandrie, the legenfary girl in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Pretend i dont own another design studio for a minute and i'm just a simple member of the community, which i have been for over 2 years now. While i have no doubt Alexandrie has skillz and puts in ALOT of time skinning. I think its total BS that theres so much celebration about numerous color changes to an existing look (XP) that isnt even her own design. I mean please anyone can make a color change and a gradient change and name it what they want and right now it will be downloaded bec

Reply to The state of the community in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Okay i dont totally agree Shoggot with the comparison between Brad and 545. If i get your post correctly (and i may be wrong in how i'm interpreting this)theres animosity becuase Stardock charges and 545 Studios doesnt. Well... I think that's totally offbase. And i can tell you why. Becuase i remember more than a year or so ago 545 was trying to charge for some of their apps (Can't remember which one) but i remember jier complianing that it wasnt selling. So if theres animosit

Reply to Brad Wardell is a nazi and deleted my news post after I gave good reason! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well i'm surprised to see so much chaos in what's been a fairly mellow community since the demise of skinz.org and deskmod. Funny thing is i'm not surprised at who is causing much of the chaos. Feels like i'm back in #skinnerz. Where i had the same problems with the same people. Thought you guys were over this kind of stuff. Its way more than a year later and i'd like to think we've all grown a bit and got over this petty shit. As far as deleting a post, whoever pays the bill f

Reply to WinCustomize on the Move! in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

damn! i wanted free coffee and donuts while i waited and it all ready moved?? Good Job guys on the move.

Reply to Website demographics in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well when the topics here turn to "my depends are bunching up", "has anyone tried Gas-X" or "Christ my dentures are irritating my gums" i'm gone.

Reply to Bye bye WinCustomize in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

and yes they dont pay if you're getting a penny per thousand but then you wouldnt have to deal with the middle man (ad co) so the profits would be much much higher. Also software companies would be a good target for that kinda of niche marketing.