Startmenu /taskbar skinning tuts
Thursday, March 27, 2008 by ablebodied | Discussion: SkinStudio
I have been trying to reskin my startmenu and taskbar using Skinstudio6 and Photoshop CS2. I have all of my skins drwn out to the exact sizes need for the various parts, but when I import them, the pieces dont fit evenly. Whats the deal? Are there ne step-by-step tutorials on doing so? Additionally, for the taskbar, I have created a taskbar with rounded corners, but that too doesnt seem to work. I wanna create skins with Minimal to no stretching. Any help is much appreciated.
Reply #2 Friday, March 28, 2008 12:40 PM
Reply #4 Friday, January 23, 2009 3:34 PM
thanks, but I need one for Skinstudio 6 and hopefully and explaination on Margins, extras tabs
Reply #5 Friday, January 23, 2009 3:46 PM
Margins are simple, just set the margins where you want the image to stretch.. done.
If Tiling.. same thing.. set where you want the image to tile\double.
Best way to learn margins.. is trial and error.. every theme, every part of each theme is going to have different margins.
There is no hard and fast rule as margins are determined by the image you have used for that section. I typically start at 4,4,4,4 and adjust as needed.
As a newer skinner I wouldn't stress too much on the extras tabs, keep it simple until you have a better understanding.. If you need help with something specific, just ask.
Finally..
Thats how most of us learn(ed) 
Reply #6 Friday, January 23, 2009 10:51 PM
I used just followed along with the official SkinStudio tutorial: https://forums.wincustomize.com/167059
Chapter 4 covers the start menu. It's extremely thorough with lots of pictures, and if you get stuck with anything, you just come here and post you need help.
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Reply #1 Friday, March 28, 2008 12:11 PM