What makes a skin 'good'?
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 by Stupendous Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I'm about to attempt my first skin, but before starting, I wanted to find out what makes a good skin.
Try to be objective about your answers. Thank ya'll!
Try to be objective about your answers. Thank ya'll!
Lecrayon
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:48 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:48 PM
Make sure everything is readable, non visibility of text in dropdownmenu's or taskbar is a big no 
TasT
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:25 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:25 PM
Complete
Attention to detail
But most of all you must like it.
Attention to detail
But most of all you must like it.
WOM
Reply #8 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:19 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:19 PM
Everyone will give you a different answer. Roleup is something I don't use but someone else will want it.Everything skinned that can be skinned for one thing. Then it goes to color and that is an individual choice.
Styl-X Design
Reply #9 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:22 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:22 PM
stick to white,gray,black you can't do anything wrong with those.
Stupendous Man
Reply #10 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:44 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:44 PM
Many thanks for the adivce. I have an idea for a skin that seems simple enough to execute, but from what I've seen on the help boards it's a case of easier said than done. 
Again, thanks to all.
Again, thanks to all.
XX
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:13 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:13 PM
Sometimes a decal or text ruins a skin.
I like skins that can be used in more than one theme, such as yellowgreen lemon, which can be either used in nature, green colored theme, or halloween theme.
Make sure you test all of the skin's aspects for errors or misalign or whatever, I saw a amazing skin, but with miscolored text and some misaligns, making it look cheaply done. Who wants a amazing car that has a missing starter, and gas tube thats not connected properly, and a doors that won't close properly due to misaligns?
I like skins that can be used in more than one theme, such as yellowgreen lemon, which can be either used in nature, green colored theme, or halloween theme.
Make sure you test all of the skin's aspects for errors or misalign or whatever, I saw a amazing skin, but with miscolored text and some misaligns, making it look cheaply done. Who wants a amazing car that has a missing starter, and gas tube thats not connected properly, and a doors that won't close properly due to misaligns?
BoXXi
Reply #12 Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:13 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:13 AM
it's easy to tell a good skin..........it usually says Pixtudio or Skinplant next to it.
Styl-X Design
Reply #13 Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:27 AM
BoXXi, what about the other great artists, I have seen some work around here that beats the old skins of pixtudio with ease.
Reply #13 Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:27 AM
BoXXi, what about the other great artists, I have seen some work around here that beats the old skins of pixtudio with ease.
EventHorizon
Reply #15 Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:36 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:36 AM
I agree with Jafo...I cant stand it when I d/load a skin and it has a bunch of things that dont match cause the creator said "Well, this is kinda messy, but no one will notice."
MikeB314
Reply #16 Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:34 AM
Reply #16 Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:34 AM
GreenReaper wrote a great article on what makes a good skin.
themorphium
Reply #17 Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:58 AM
Reply #17 Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:58 AM
Skin is good when You like it. Everything should be positioned perfect, color harmony, precise shapes. If You make a button and it goes somehow wrong, make it from the beginning, but in different way.
BX
Reply #18 Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:23 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:23 PM
nice advices....one from me....use Adobe Photoshop for layers and a GIF Animation software for anim fx....you can also use Macromedia(R) Fireworks (R) for font fx and other great hover FX
Stupendous Man
Reply #19 Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:34 PM
Reply #19 Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:34 PM
I'm beginning to see there's more to this than just putting together some graphic files and calling it a skin. There needs to be some forethought and planning.
This may take longer than i expected.
O.k., from start to finish, how long does it take to build a skin?
And before I forget, MikeB, thanks for the link.
This may take longer than i expected.
O.k., from start to finish, how long does it take to build a skin?
And before I forget, MikeB, thanks for the link.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:13 PM
Complete is the magic worth, also you don't want text and buttons on the wrong place.
For example when you have a glassbackground for the username and then the text is half off it.
and ofcourse, graphics