Beta testers need for a semi-transparant skin
Monday, October 20, 2003 by Styl-X Design | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I need some beta testers to test a skin with a semi-transparant startmenu for me.
A fast computer is required, my pentium 3 is having some trouble with it.
The startmenu works with evry wallpaper, so not just an image in the startmenu and it shows 50% the startmenu color and 50% the wallpaper.
I would like not to tell how I did it and also don't want people posting screenshots of it.
Due to this I prefer people who are longer around here, but evryone is welcome.
Post your e-mail addres below if you want to beta-test and I will send you the skin file.
A fast computer is required, my pentium 3 is having some trouble with it.
The startmenu works with evry wallpaper, so not just an image in the startmenu and it shows 50% the startmenu color and 50% the wallpaper.
I would like not to tell how I did it and also don't want people posting screenshots of it.
Due to this I prefer people who are longer around here, but evryone is welcome.
Post your e-mail addres below if you want to beta-test and I will send you the skin file.
Styl-X Design
Reply #2 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:00 AM
Reply #2 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:00 AM
thanks, will send the beta version in about an hour.
BX
Reply #3 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:43 AM
Reply #3 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:43 AM
sounds great....my Athelone XP 2500+ will be very happy 2 have [email protected]
Styl-X Design
Reply #4 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:44 AM
Reply #4 Monday, October 20, 2003 10:44 AM
Òk, I only have done the left half of the startmenu and its not perfect yet. In case your pc might crash (mine did after opening the startmenu 
) You can change back to other themes by rightmouse cick etc.
) You can change back to other themes by rightmouse cick etc.
Styl-X Design
Reply #6 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:09 AM
Reply #6 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:09 AM
is it working correctly, fast enough and the semitransparant thing works?
grayhaze
Reply #7 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:48 AM
Reply #7 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:48 AM
Did you just use a 50% magic pink dither on the background image? If so, I'm not sure why it would have a performance hit... I'm intrigued.
BX
Reply #8 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:55 AM
Reply #8 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:55 AM
yep...some probs....needed 2 restart and magic pinky is here.....
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Styl-X Design
Reply #9 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:56 AM More or the less, you want me to send you the wba file GH?
Reply #9 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:56 AM
More or the less, you want me to send you the wba file GH?
Styl-X Design
Reply #10 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:59 AM
Reply #10 Monday, October 20, 2003 11:59 AM
Cool, can you be more specific? When you open the startmenu, the left side of it, das it show semitransparant and can you continue working or das it crash?
and then there are some idiots that say win XP can't crash
and then there are some idiots that say win XP can't crash
grayhaze
Reply #11 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:04 PM
Reply #11 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:04 PM
Sure Styl, send it over to me. I'll try and sort out any bugs you've got. 
grayhaze
Reply #12 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:33 PM
Reply #12 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:33 PM
I'm getting a real performance hit here too Styl. I'm on an Athlon 2400 XP with a Radeon 9700 Pro, so I was surprised just how much of a hit I take! It seems that when using magic pink in single pixels the painting engine has a lot of trouble, whereas when it's used in blocks or areas it has less of a problem. Have you tried using a TGA for the background? I haven't tried it here yet, because I'm stuck with Fireworks for the moment, so I'm not sure if you even can use one for that image.
Styl-X Design
Reply #13 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:47 PM
Reply #13 Monday, October 20, 2003 12:47 PM
no, SS dasn't support tga files.
Instead of the losepixels I have tried to work with lines however that didn't look like it was 1 color or background.
Instead of the losepixels I have tried to work with lines however that didn't look like it was 1 color or background.
grayhaze
Reply #14 Monday, October 20, 2003 1:19 PM
Reply #14 Monday, October 20, 2003 1:19 PM
Don't always accept what SkinStudio allows as the same thing as what WindowBlinds allows. Try going into the code and editing it by hand to use a TGA. It might not work, but using magic pink clearly isn't an option.
Styl-X Design
Reply #15 Monday, October 20, 2003 1:29 PM
Reply #15 Monday, October 20, 2003 1:29 PM
GH, I did that, when doing so it shows or the other 50% or it shows black.
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Reply #1 Monday, October 20, 2003 9:47 AM
My email: [email protected]