I do my WB design on an old Adobe application name Adobe Firework. If you are using the same application you can try search for tutorial application on how to cut/slices.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Yeah, but what exactly do you mean? You create the whole menu image, as one image and slice the parts for Top Part, Search mode top, Programs list...etc.?

That I can take a whack at. I use Paint Shop Pro from 2001. 24 years, there's nothing I can't do, I know it so well. Sometimes I gotta stare at the menu until I can break through this dementia bull chit, but eventually I remember.

Doc says to challenge the grey matter. Well, lemme tell, 'ya... THIS is a challenge! I LOVE graphics! Took a photo of my oldest boy whilst at a Luau in Hawaii. He got sucked up on stage and sat next to a Hula gal with those coconut "Over the shoulder boulder holders".

Cloned the nuts onto my kid. MAN he had a nice waist. NICE boulders, too. She wound up as a real cute hottie with a flat chest. Perfect, too. Looked totally real.

Yes, that is what I mean. Once you have slices them up, replace all those part and save and apply the skin. You might need to do a little adjustment here and there. But, that is, for me, the correct way.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Awesome! 8:02 pm. here, spending time with the wife, so I'll give it a shot in the VERY late am. I thing 10:00 am. is too early to be alive.

Staying up late. How do I know HOW to slice the image up? How do I know what size the top menu should be. Or the search mode top, or programs list should be?

I "think", the original image should be 424 x 424, but how do I know? Doesn't seem big enough to me. Seems like it should be at least 500 x 500?

Please use this tutorial to help you with your question: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1326186552/How+do+I+make+skins+for+WindowBlinds%3F.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Anybody wanna make an updated tutorial, please? I appreciate the efforts put into that, but a lot of it just doesn't fit the latest version.

Notice the thin "rope" above the search bar. I'll attach all the images I have. I simply do not see it.

Also, how do I get rid of that separator above "All Programs"?

Lastly, why is the icon for Image for Windows cut off?

PaulyWalnuts

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Brilliant. Freddy Mercury! I'm torn between Bohemian Rapsidy <SP?> and I want to ride my bicycle. Grew up on the rat pack, but my early 20's introduced me to Rock and Roll.

So is it safe to assume this is the place to ask my inane questions?

Is there a place to introduce myself?

Grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I know where Livonia is. Last 20 years in central California. 90 miles south of Sacramento.

On and on, I ask. Is there a place to just bull shit around? Tell moderately dirty jokes? I've heard a few in my years.

Well, I was born in Detroit and grew up in Livonia and Westland. Living in Indiana now.   

Ah, yes. The bankrupt arm pit. Been there many a time to see the Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum and  the Ford Rouge Factory. Mighta' gotten smaller since I was a kid, but that big ass steam engine got me hooked.

War of 1812. We were getting our butts kicked until we built the USS Niagara. Hind, sight, we shoulda let the Brits have the place.

California now. Miss the people, not the climate.

I stumbled on this thread while poking around—had to say, seeing your progress from those first screenshots to now is really impressive. I’ve never made a skin myself, but watching you take this on (and with Paint Shop Pro no less!) makes me think maybe I should give it a try.

I don’t have an answer on the “exact slice sizes” but your approach of building the full image first sounds spot on. It might also help to look at a few other skins in SkinStudio to see how they sized their parts—sometimes seeing examples sparks ideas or gives you the answer.

Curious—has anyone here found a more updated tutorial or tips for SkinStudio with the current version? And Pauly, if you figure out the separator above "All Programs," I hope you’ll post what worked. I’d love to follow along.

Well, thank you, young man! 

Haven't gone any deeper than the start menu, yet, helping a friend build a forum/blog/store. Using that 24 year old paint shop pro:)

How did I get rid of that separator? At 81, I don't remember if I cleaned my ass after that dump I took a bit ago. Sniff, sniff... Seems okay.

Here's the current version:

Still missing the rope below the "Shutdown button". Snot perfect, but I like it. Can ya tell I like tall wooden ships?

Here's one I built. Only took 3 years!