SkinStudio 5.01 released
Make your own skins
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Stardock has released SkinStudio 5.01. SkinStudio is a program used by designers and skin authors to create their own visual styles / skins for Stardock WindowBlinds, Microsoft Media Player, and other programs.
SkinStudio is most popularly used in conjunction with WindowBlinds. Where WindowBlinds applies skins to change the look and feel of Windows, SkinStudio is what helps people create the skins in the first place. SkinStudio 5.01 supports all the native features of the new WindowBlinds 5 including per-pixel alpha blended title bars, animations, etc.
With SkinStudio, skinners can actually select different parts of the Windows GUI (title bars, push buttons, etc.) and then change how they look by selecting a different bitmap (or PNG). SkinStudio can also import skins create in .msstyles format to be used in WindowBlinds format seamlessly. SkinStudio also supports creating Boot Skins as well as skins for other programs.
Version 5.01 is a maintenance release over 5.0 which was released last November. It includes performance enhancements, further support for other languages, and better skin previewing.
Download at http://www.skinstudio.net
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Reply #2 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:05 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:49 PM
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Reply #4 Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:16 AM
I also noticed that particularly with old skins it is very slow to react. There's about a half-second delay on mouseovers which in practise is extremely frustrating. I'm on a high powered rig here (AMD 3500 & 6800GT) so this should not be happening.
I really like the RSS thing though and the way you can integrate widgets. We need more 'thin' widgets for top bars etc. Also more options to control the font size, colour and appearance within OB would be nice.
Reply #5 Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:52 PM
| There's about a half-second delay on mouseovers which in practise is extremely frustrating |
That could be the mouseover effect settings if they are enabled. The effect is a slow highlighting.
Reply #6 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 7:15 AM
I'm happy in general with it, but I just wish that the features for WB and SKS would be more in sync, given that they share version number (WB 5.01 & SKS 5.01). Instead, the features in SKS seem to lag about 1 release behind WB.
Anyway, griping over. I'm (mostly) happy!
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Reply #1 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:34 PM
Nice work though people!