Skinning question

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by Phearx | Discussion: Skinning

I've been trying to work on a skin for awhile just learning as i go and need some help. For buttons and the mouse over background on the start menu are there sizes that have to be used on them? for the mouse over background I have a black boarder around it, but when i apply it the left side doesn't have the black line going down. Then for the buttons (Save, Cancel etc..) there isn't a boarder on the right side. Any ideas on why this would be? I have a screen shot of the start menu with mouse over below.
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vStyler
Reply #1 Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:17 PM
You probably have part of the image in an adjascent state.. try bumping it over a pixel.. best way is always to use a button that you know works and use its states as a template.

Here's one...

[URL=http://imageshack.us][/URL]

Phearx
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:16 PM
Thanks for the reply vStyler. I tried that template but the button was just transparent. I own your skin 'Harmony" and wanted to ask if i could use some of the images from that as templates and to learn from. If not thats fine I totally respect the rights to your work.

vStyler
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:22 PM
well, the idea is to put that image UNDER your button and use it to shape your button "around".. meaning.. if you placed ur button exactly over it.. it wouldnt be cutoff in ur theme.
I don't mind if you use my images as templates for shape \size.


Phearx
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:39 PM
I dont get much of SkinStudio yet I'm just sort of trying things out and see how it work and everything. I get pretty confused on the whole 5 images per image and that changes all the different things (Hover, clicking etc...)Other then the importing of the image are there other adjustments that need to be done to align everything? if there are any tutorials for the basics thank would be great. Thanks for letting me use some of your work to get me on my feet.

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