SKIN RIP ??

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 by Michael Brandt | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Where goes the fine line for a skin to be a rip??

The WB Skin "Pearlblue" is basically a recolored version of my own "M3 Blueglass" skin. 9 out of 10 elements i have made. And I am mentioned nowhere.

What do u think ???
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MadPyro
Reply #1 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:08 PM
drum roll........
Styl-X Design
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:19 PM
dont think so, his bar for the log off and shut down button is diffrend, his upper side of a window is diffrend, startbuttons etc.... Lookalike but not really
Stumpy
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:23 PM
A close runner, but defintely no rip.




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MadPyro
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:24 PM
i dunno, maybe you are right, looks like he at least designed it to look like the m3 bluegrass one.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #5 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:28 PM
aside from the start button, the systray and the coloring. the task bar is exactly the same the lil dots next to the tasks, the tasks buttons them selves and the smaller bar on the top the top are visually the same. without downloading them and actually digging in to them, id say theres a few parts that look borrowed....
Michael Brandt
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:28 PM
Yes, the titlebar is different, but the scrollarrows, scrollbars, menuitems, menubackground, taskbarbuttons, toolbarbuttons, systembuttons, log off buttons etc etc are mine ! He's just recolored those.
Styl-X Design
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:33 PM
You got some talent there michael and this other skin? Well, if it is a rip that it comes 2nd in my list of 'WORST RIPS EVER'.
(For those who wonders witch came first; dont know the url anymore but there was a site quite a long time ago that was hosting pixtudio's design, however they had colored into some weird greenish tint... )
MadPyro
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:34 PM
(suggestion: dont get tempermental, take it easy and people respect you more)

yeah, i would say so too HG
Stumpy
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:36 PM
BluePearl is such a bad skin - I would disasociate myself quickly



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MadPyro
Reply #10 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:38 PM
HG_Eliminator
Reply #11 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:39 PM
its a rip..... i just took windowframetooltop.bmp and expanded them they are exactly the same, the pearlblue shows reminants of the dots being erased...in the left section (the one seen in the screen shot). but the right or secondary top is the exact same just a different color..
Michael Brandt
Reply #12 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:41 PM


Thanks man !
HG_Eliminator
Reply #13 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:41 PM
its easy to see where a novice would leave unseen {to the naked eye} reminants of thigs being erased...but maginfy that baby and there ya are ...
MadPyro
Reply #14 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:43 PM
...drum roll ends

MadPyro moves aside as the skin is blown in to cyber space by jafo and his team of lean, mean, dis-moderating machines.
Michael Brandt
Reply #15 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:46 PM
Michael Brandt
Reply #16 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:49 PM
Sadly i cant post a comment to the "author" of pearlblue... I have had that problem for a while...

But thanks all for your comments and time to get in to the subject. Especially HG_Eleminator for his pro help!!
MadPyro
Reply #17 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:50 PM
same here Michael. i tried but no luck. i used to not be able to even post comments to my own work but then t-man came along to my lonely thread and fixed me up.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #18 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:52 PM
for those who rip a warning, skins have little thumb prints . and its not that hard to find out if you borrowed them ...all skins have little flaws that like a fine gem, make each unique.
MadPyro
Reply #19 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:54 PM
"wow, thats deep. did you get that off a bumper sticker?"

-an extremely goofy movie
HG_Eliminator
Reply #20 Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:56 PM
no its true.. i have been disecting and modding skins for years (for my own use) and i have seen the various flaws that "to the naked eye" cant be seen .. but magnify them abt 950 times and there ya go.......

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