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Saturday, July 23, 2022 by grumpy_ole_man | Discussion: Skinning
I am making a theme for the computer I bought but have forgotten how to cut out the margin,
like the user pain, program list place list all program and the bottom bar, and I also need to know what size the total picture needs to before the start menu
Reply #2 Sunday, July 24, 2022 10:57 AM
That from a tutorial what I need to know is the numbers to put each margin on and the size of the picture it needs to be I am rookie also.
Reply #3 Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:02 AM
The way you have it gridded out looks fine. just cut the pieces out of that grid. Just remember to use the same image padding on outside. The programs list and all programs should be equal in to the places list height. Do you have photoshop?
Reply #5 Thursday, July 28, 2022 5:29 PM
I generally draw my SP at true size just for the sake of simplicity. The margins won't effect how wide or tall each image is. They only effect how the images stretch/tile.
The sizing is in the extra settings tab for each part. Top part width will determine how wide the entire panel will be. The top part height determines how high the top part only will be. The next important setting is the left hand side width setting. This determines how wide the entire left side (including the all programs section) will be. Ignore the height setting here because that is determined by how many items you have in your menu. Next is the bottom part. You only have to look at the height setting here because as I stated before, the width is already defined by the top part.
Ignore the all program height and width settings. The width is already set from the left side and the height is hard coded at 30 pixels (keep the 30 px when you design your SP in mind).
You can totally ignore the settings for the right hand side. The width is determined by how wide the top part is, minus how wide the left part is. Height is also "user defined" by how many items are displayed on the SP.
Hope this helps
Reply #6 Friday, August 26, 2022 9:25 AM
I also draw as my colleague wrote above and it comes out very well too, so start doing I recommend you
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 13, 2022 6:47 PM
I generally draw my SP at true size just for the sake of simplicity. The margins won't effect how wide or tall each image is. They only effect how the images stretch/tile.
The sizing is in the extra settings tab for each part. Top part width will determine how wide the entire panel will be. The top part height determines how high the top part only will be. The next important setting is the left hand side width setting. This determines how wide the entire left side (including the all programs section) will be. Ignore the height setting here because that is determined by how many items you have in your menu. Next is the bottom part. You only have to look at the height setting here because as I stated before, the width is already defined by the top part.
Ignore the all program height and width settings. The width is already set from the left side and the height is hard coded at 30 pixels (keep the 30 px when you design your SP in mind).
You can totally ignore the settings for the right hand side. The width is determined by how wide the top part is, minus how wide the left part is. Height is also "user defined" by how many items are displayed on the SP.
Hope this helps
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Reply #1 Sunday, July 24, 2022 10:53 AM
All you need are 5 parts. You look like it is laid out correct. Just cut the pieces out at the guides you you have. I am a rookie at skinning windowblinds but know you need 5 images. There are some other windowblind skinners that i am sure can be of some assistance.