Xion skin help
Help?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 by RobJK | Discussion: Skinning
I am trying to make a xion skin and everything is going well except for one thing? You know when you right click the interface and that menu comes up well that doesnt happen with mine. I have it saved as .psd and it recognises it but what do I have to do to make that menu pop up. The one that pops up if you click the tray icon with the options to configure xion or choose skin or exit and a bunch of other stuff? It is only showing a menu that says stuff about stop?
RobJK
Reply #3 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:17 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:17 AM
Well all my layers are the same size is each layer suposed to be the exact size of the acual image?
zakai1369
Reply #4 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:50 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:50 AM
You want to have a defined space for each button with the rest of that layer being transparent.
zakai1369
Reply #5 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:52 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:52 AM
Easiest way to learn how Xion skinning works is to download a skin and open it up in your graphics program and check out the individual layers also check out the layer reference chart on the Xion site help page. 
Xiandi
Reply #6 Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:01 AM
Nope. You want the button layers to be just the size of the button.
Yep!
Rob, just so you know....in GIMP, you cant do animations on Xion. Animations need 'layer sets' and GIMP cant do those. Also, if you open a skin that has layer sets in it, GIMP will pull the layer set apart into regular layers.
If ya get stuck, you know where to find me!
Reply #6 Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:01 AM
Well all my layers are the same size is each layer suposed to be the exact size of the acual image?
Nope. You want the button layers to be just the size of the button.
Easiest way to learn how Xion skinning works is to download a skin and open it up in your graphics program and check out the individual layers also check out the layer reference chart on the Xion site help page.
Yep!
Rob, just so you know....in GIMP, you cant do animations on Xion. Animations need 'layer sets' and GIMP cant do those. Also, if you open a skin that has layer sets in it, GIMP will pull the layer set apart into regular layers.
If ya get stuck, you know where to find me!
RobJK
Reply #7 Friday, May 30, 2008 2:02 AM
Reply #7 Friday, May 30, 2008 2:02 AM
Ok thanks peeps. I have opened a skin in gimp and looked through but it was a very complex one with constant animation and many many layers? so I will try to find a simpler one and work off that? Thanks much.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:23 PM
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