Show off your Impulse skin!
Take that, green!
Friday, March 21, 2008 by Bebi Bulma | Discussion: Skinning
Yes....that's right. Who thought it would be sooo easy to skin.
It's as simple as replacing the images in Program Files/Stardock/Impulse/Skins/Images* (3 folders) and editing font colors in the skin.xml. So easy even *I* could do it!
TIP: When Impulse updates, it WILL overwrite all the original images that you changed. Take a tip from Snowy and rename all your modified images (I just added [s] to the end to know they're mine) and then update the changed image names in the skin.xml and save a copy somewhere, so when Impulse updates, all you need to do is replace the skin.xml. I just tested it and worked great. (Impulse updated and it was green again, gah!)
So let's see your skinned Impulse.
Mine (just some basic recoloring and changed the back.jpg):
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Philly0381
Reply #83 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:24 PM
Reply #83 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:24 PM
Maybe it has something to do with the total amount of people using Impulse and amoung those how many who are interested in changing how Impulse looks. Just a thought. 
Snowman
Reply #84 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:05 PM
Reply #84 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:05 PM
Yep
WIP V2, almost done. Just a couple of tweaks left.
jeaniejames
Reply #85 Friday, April 11, 2008 12:10 AM
Reply #85 Friday, April 11, 2008 12:10 AM
going back to old school 
I about forgot about it -being spoiled by WB
some cool skins here!
mine...
I about forgot about it -being spoiled by WBsome cool skins here!
mine...
arne69
Reply #87 Friday, April 11, 2008 8:11 PM
Reply #87 Friday, April 11, 2008 8:11 PM
My first attempt ever at this..and it will probably never be another
Xiandi
Reply #90 Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:26 PM
Reply #90 Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:26 PM
Very serene, Noiram! I guess I should have a go at it too. 
Wizard1956
Reply #92 Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:37 PM
Reply #92 Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:37 PM
Nice work everyone but beyond my skills...for now. Oh well,back to the cornfield. 
Bebi Bulma
Reply #93 Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:04 PM
It shouldn't be, all you need to do is replace the back.jpg, and recoloring the current images is about as easy as it gets (ctrl + u in Photoshop).
Reply #93 Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:04 PM
Nice work everyone but beyond my skills...for now. Oh well,back to the cornfield.
It shouldn't be, all you need to do is replace the back.jpg, and recoloring the current images is about as easy as it gets (ctrl + u in Photoshop).
Wizard1956
Reply #94 Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:47 PM
Reply #94 Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:47 PM
Thanks for the encouragement,I'll give it a go ,can't learn if I don't try. 
MadDeez
Reply #95 Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:23 PM
Reply #95 Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:23 PM
here's mine. i'm digging vlad's newest walls. i'd change the green text in the control panel header if i knew where that setting is
Bebi Bulma
Reply #96 Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:56 PM
Reply #96 Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:56 PM
Pas, it's in the skin.xml in the main Skin folder. Should be in the contentheader area stuff, just look for the font color="blahblah" I can't remember the exact number to replace.
gardenerstouch
Reply #97 Monday, April 21, 2008 1:50 AM
Reply #97 Monday, April 21, 2008 1:50 AM
Has anyone checked to see if any of the other new releases can be skinned the same way?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #98 Monday, April 21, 2008 2:19 AM
Yep, I've just been replacing the skin.xml file with my own (with edited image names like I mentioned in the original post).
Reply #98 Monday, April 21, 2008 2:19 AM
Has anyone checked to see if any of the other new releases can be skinned the same way?
Yep, I've just been replacing the skin.xml file with my own (with edited image names like I mentioned in the original post).
MadDeez
Reply #99 Monday, April 21, 2008 11:42 AM
Reply #99 Monday, April 21, 2008 11:42 AM
thanks, bebi. i've changed things a bit. that green surely didn't match the res tof my blue and black rendition. the hues of blue instead of the green look much better.
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Reply #81 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:07 PM
Nothing new?