Skin Building Documentation
Sunday, August 18, 2013 by boofus | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Looking for SkinStudio reference, UIS+ and UIS 2 reference, scripting reference, etc
Anything that is newer than about 2002..... Which is about all I've found so far.
Seeking to learn about animating skins and also scripting; for example what's in a .animation file??
My purpose here is to learn about the advanced features of skinning, like animation, plugins, etc.
I'm not (nor ever will be) a skinner, but thought I'd try to update a few I really liked 10-15 years ago to work with the current WindowBlinds.
Boo
Reply #3 Monday, August 19, 2013 9:23 AM
It doesn't appear that the wiki is up and running. I'm getting 404 errors from both the bottom of the page link and inside sks help links.
Reply #4 Monday, August 19, 2013 9:34 AM
The WC Wiki is no more. Between a major spam attack and hardware issues, it will no longer be available.
Reply #5 Monday, August 19, 2013 9:54 AM
I have used Vampothika tutorials to send to many people through the wiki link. They were a big help for new skinners. Wish I have a copy saved now so I could send it by mail if necessary to new people interested in Windowblind skinning. Oh well things change.
Reply #7 Monday, August 19, 2013 11:18 AM
Is it me being picky or is it sort of "strange" that a product as mature as WindowBlinds wouldn't have a comprehensive reference manual available?? I mean, it's been almost 15 years, right??
Boo
Reply #9 Monday, August 19, 2013 1:17 PM
I have the original files for this tutorial, I've emailed Kitty to see what she wants done with them.
Reply #10 Monday, August 19, 2013 1:37 PM
Is it me being picky or is it sort of "strange" that a product as mature as WindowBlinds wouldn't have a comprehensive reference manual available?? I mean, it's been almost 15 years, right??
Boo
This was designed for SkinStudio a couple of versions back, but the basics still apply.
https://www.stardock.com/products/skinstudio/help/toc.htm
Reply #11 Monday, August 19, 2013 1:44 PM
And I have some ideas about alternative tutorial references. Just need to figure out which would be best.
I'll keep you updated. 
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Reply #1 Monday, August 19, 2013 5:23 AM
Vampothika created an in-depth tutorial on how to make Windowblinds
https://forums.wincustomize.com/383174/page/3/#2954429