Visual Style skins that really need to be ported over to WindowsBlinds
Thursday, February 19, 2004 by DreamFasting | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Here are a few skins I found online that really need to be ported over WindowBlinds !
Black Aqua Pro by MrCnoteX ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=42564&type=vs&view=date&page=7&cat=&name=Black%20Aqua%20Pro
chrome4[XP] 2nd Generation by sz1_521 ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=12253&type=vs&view=date&page=1&name=chrome4[XP]%202nd%20Generation
Maxell Update 3 by eddiezone ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=15745&type=vs&view=date&page=17&cat=&name=Maxell%20Update%203
Black Aqua Pro by MrCnoteX ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=42564&type=vs&view=date&page=7&cat=&name=Black%20Aqua%20Pro
chrome4[XP] 2nd Generation by sz1_521 ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=12253&type=vs&view=date&page=1&name=chrome4[XP]%202nd%20Generation
Maxell Update 3 by eddiezone ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=15745&type=vs&view=date&page=17&cat=&name=Maxell%20Update%203
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Stumpy
Reply #2 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:32 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:32 AM
Nothing Needs to be ported, as Sig101 said, try doing them yourself, it is easy 
DreamFasting
Reply #3 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:34 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:34 AM
Yes thank you ..Am well aware of that ...however if I could do it myself perfectly I would have never posted this ....it is because of the fact that I really have no skinning skills what so ever that I posted this in hopes that someone with great skills would port one or all of the skins
Stumpy
Reply #4 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:44 AM
Neither do I, but I've done one, check through my profile
Reply #4 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:44 AM
| it is because of the fact that I really have no skinning skills what so ever |
Neither do I, but I've done one, check through my profile
Stumpy
Reply #5 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:46 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:46 AM
It really is easy with SkinStudio:-
Run Skinstudio
File Menu - Open - Visual Styles - Select Skin
Wait until it is all loaded and converted
File Menu - Save As
Erm, not too difficult
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Run Skinstudio
File Menu - Open - Visual Styles - Select Skin
Wait until it is all loaded and converted
File Menu - Save As
Erm, not too difficult
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DreamFasting
Reply #6 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:51 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:51 AM
ahhhh but what about the shellstyles and backgrounds in certain windows?
am sorry but am really want the it to be fully ported over just not one of my half-ass trys ..i tired it once and there was stuff wrong with it like the please wait screen and such where not skinned right
am sorry but am really want the it to be fully ported over just not one of my half-ass trys ..i tired it once and there was stuff wrong with it like the please wait screen and such where not skinned right
Stumpy
Reply #7 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:59 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:59 AM
Can still be done with No Talent:-
Art Package
Load different Graphics - Cut/Copy - Paste
Simple
But worry about those when you have learned mor
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Art Package
Load different Graphics - Cut/Copy - Paste
Simple
But worry about those when you have learned mor
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Stumpy
Reply #8 Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:00 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:00 AM
And I definitely have no talent, I can't draw a stick man properly 
DreamFasting
Reply #11 Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:06 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:06 AM
Thank very much for tryying to help me but this is all beyond me
Kevin_C
Reply #12 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:50 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:50 AM
Of course, if someone else does the port for you and then they can't get permission from the Authors to distribute it you'll be no better off than you are now. It's not just a matter of someone doing this, they would also need the original authors permission to give it to you. So, you see the problem with having someone just do it for you? I've been looking for a reason to play with SkinStudio so I may give it a whirl but I wouldn't hold your breath as I rarely feel like messing around on my computer once I get home from work.. However, if I get it done and it looks as good as the MSStyle and the author approves of the port and of me distributing it then I'll post it.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
wombat_1
Reply #13 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:10 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:10 PM
Frogboy has ported the only decent VS in my opinion, TallyHawk. 
The rest are pretty average.
The rest are pretty average.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #14 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:30 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:30 PM
SkinStudio is a program I can't do without but this feature for converting MSStyles has turned skinning into a joke. Why bother spending 60 hrs creating a WB skin when you can spend 10 mins importing a MSStyle? Zero skills but the same end credit when uploaded - farcical 
kona0197
Reply #16 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:54 PM
Maybe some people enjoy using WB skins that have been ported due to the fact they dislike Style XP?
Reply #16 Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:54 PM
| Why bother spending 60 hrs creating a WB skin when you can spend 10 mins importing a MSStyle? |
Maybe some people enjoy using WB skins that have been ported due to the fact they dislike Style XP?
wombat_1
Reply #17 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:23 PM
Very few of the Style XP skins have been imaginative or innovative kona .... 99% retain that 'Leggo' style.
But if some people like them then I guess that's OK.
Reply #17 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:23 PM
| Maybe some people enjoy using WB skins that have been ported due to the fact they dislike Style XP? |
Very few of the Style XP skins have been imaginative or innovative kona .... 99% retain that 'Leggo' style.
But if some people like them then I guess that's OK.
DreamFasting
Reply #18 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:36 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:36 PM
Well I'd have to say your right in a way ...but alot of the same few imaginative or innovative skins from Style XP have been ported over to WindowBlinds ...and very few of the great ones have been ported or updated (take the Chaninja's skins ....they are great hands down!)
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kona0197
Reply #19 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:45 PM
Intersting statement.
Reply #19 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:45 PM
| Very few of the Style XP skins have been imaginative or innovative kona .... 99% retain that 'Leggo' style. But if some people like them then I guess that's OK. |
Intersting statement.
voo
Reply #20 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:52 PM
This is more of a request thread, Give it to me now damnit and everyone will just drop and do it for you then mail them once completed yes
You do realize there are sticky's and many stuff going about internet how to skin and so on, surely it isn't that hard for you to spend several hours finding information on skinning? is it that hard to read Tutorials or FAQ's here or several other places?
Yes and no, but say you just happened to see a really nice msstyle created and wanted to run it on WB (for personal use) it'll be fun and games breaking out reghacker or whatever the utilities are to get the bitmaps out.
I guess it's always the same when the pulic gets a new toy lets go wild with it! Lets milk it till everbody gets sick of it.
The converter is a handy feature no complaints about that, but people will overuse it don't matter what it is.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when GUI Olympics starts up, you can bet people will fire ports in
Reply #20 Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:52 PM
| by DreamFasting - 2/19/2004 3:35:52 AM Here are a few skins I found online that really need to be ported over WindowBlinds ! |
This is more of a request thread, Give it to me now damnit and everyone will just drop and do it for you then mail them once completed yes
You do realize there are sticky's and many stuff going about internet how to skin and so on, surely it isn't that hard for you to spend several hours finding information on skinning? is it that hard to read Tutorials or FAQ's here or several other places?
| #14 by Scribe Fuzzy Logic - 2/19/2004 7:30:08 PM SkinStudio is a program I can't do without but this feature for converting MSStyles has turned skinning into a joke. Why bother spending 60 hrs creating a WB skin when you can spend 10 mins importing a MSStyle? Zero skills but the same end credit when uploaded - farcical |
Yes and no, but say you just happened to see a really nice msstyle created and wanted to run it on WB (for personal use) it'll be fun and games breaking out reghacker or whatever the utilities are to get the bitmaps out.
I guess it's always the same when the pulic gets a new toy lets go wild with it! Lets milk it till everbody gets sick of it.
The converter is a handy feature no complaints about that, but people will overuse it don't matter what it is.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when GUI Olympics starts up, you can bet people will fire ports in
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:25 AM
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