Well what do you want to start skinning?

Different folks will go about the same project in different ways, and different skinnables, may be approached differently. Listen to elvee and tell us what you want to skin.

Yes, i forgot, i am thinking mainly about windowblinds skins..... for WinXP

BH

Well Aleksyandr has a excellent Windowblinds tutorial http://www.aleksyandr.com/

And you can also try here at WindowBlinds.net http://www.windowblinds.net/skinning/

SkinStudio https://www.stardock.com/products/skinstudio/ is a tool for making WindowBlind Skins

I found another tutorial at Spoono.com http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/skins/window_blinds/

Yes, thanx, I have been there already, but i am asking you skinners what "you" do when "you" start skinning WB SKinz ......
Can I make a big picture etc. to use with startbar and cut and paste those pic where they belong, I know about that stretch and tile func. in Skinstudio and that I cant use the whole pic....

Object Desktop Owner!!!

Ahh! Clarification Well sorry friend i can't help you there as i have never skinned WindowBlinds, but asking that question to ten different Blinds Skinners and you will probably get ten different answers. I have heard some skinners say that they would take an exsisting skin, open it up and take a look at how it is put together. That way you can get a rough idea of what you can and cannot do.

Ok ;o)
Thanx Sir Elvee... for your time and effort to try help me

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

for skinning a windoblindskin, i use skinstudio...

And a Merry Christmas to you too

Hey Styl SKinner...
Yes i will use SkinStudio too , but what technics do u use, on the startbar, do u make a big picture and copy and paste the parts in smaller pics : like "task-leftpannel.bmp" .......

BH

How about sizing the graphics to the size you want and work from there.

I start with the main things, like the frames, backgrounds, and then work gradually to the more detailed things like treeview and buttons, fonts and font colours.

I am a bit backwards, hehe
The first thing I "must" skin is that big "startmenubar" menu with "all programs" and userpic and name.
But I understand what you guys are saying...
I have making graphics for years , for homepages,3D and stuff..... so its just time before I start doing this skinning stuff... looking forward to serve you my first skinn.
But the negative part is that I am a "perfectionist" kind of dude,hehe
I must make the perfect skin before i publish the skin

wish me luck....
Thanks Dudes!!!

Happy 1day of Christmas

BH

Well, I wish you luck bholmsen. Remember whats perfect for you might not be perfect for someone else. So just do it until your happy with it and upload it.