SKS or Not
Monday, April 25, 2005 by Essencay | Discussion: Skinning
Quote from one of Essorant's threads.....
I already knew that Essorant didn't use SKS to make skins, so this makes me wonder who amongst y'all use SKS or not to make skins? Also while we're at it, which graphics proggie(s) do you use along side?
I use SKS and PSP7 and I am almost, not quite, completely rid of using MS Paint for quick cut-n-paste functioning with SKS....I still haven't used the template function in SKS to do this.
| You lot are all so SkinStudio centric... !! |
I already knew that Essorant didn't use SKS to make skins, so this makes me wonder who amongst y'all use SKS or not to make skins? Also while we're at it, which graphics proggie(s) do you use along side?
I use SKS and PSP7 and I am almost, not quite, completely rid of using MS Paint for quick cut-n-paste functioning with SKS....I still haven't used the template function in SKS to do this.
Snowman
Reply #2 Monday, April 25, 2005 4:34 PM
Reply #2 Monday, April 25, 2005 4:34 PM
| I use SKS and PSP7 |
Amen to that!
I 'hate' making the graphics but i love putting a WB together with SKS 
(I more or less know SKS back to front - and back again)
thomassen
Reply #3 Monday, April 25, 2005 7:05 PM
I'm the complete reverse. I love making the design, but find it too tedious to assemble the skin. Hence only one completet skin many years ago and alot of half done ones.
I use Photoshop (currently CS) and SKS. I wouldn't know of all the features availible when making WB skins if it wheren't for SKS. Is there any SDK out? All I've seen has been an incomplete one.
Reply #3 Monday, April 25, 2005 7:05 PM
| I 'hate' making the graphics but i love putting a WB together with SKS |
I'm the complete reverse. I love making the design, but find it too tedious to assemble the skin. Hence only one completet skin many years ago and alot of half done ones.
I use Photoshop (currently CS) and SKS. I wouldn't know of all the features availible when making WB skins if it wheren't for SKS. Is there any SDK out? All I've seen has been an incomplete one.
Hus
Reply #4 Monday, April 25, 2005 7:14 PM
Reply #4 Monday, April 25, 2005 7:14 PM
If it wasn't for SKS, I don't think I would've started making WB skins. Since using SKS, I've warmed up to the nitty-gritty .uis code a bit more, and often do adjustments in the code window of SKS. But still, it makes things much easier...with the image names and the like. By hand, you need to make sure each file name is correct...what a pain that must be. SKS is my 2nd favorite Stardock program now... 
Oh, and I use Photoshop7 for all my graphics...
Oh, and I use Photoshop7 for all my graphics...
Koasati
Reply #6 Monday, April 25, 2005 10:49 PM
Reply #6 Monday, April 25, 2005 10:49 PM
I made my first WindowBlinds skin using BuilderBlinds..... 
SkS and PSP 8.10. I use MS Paint for absolutely nothing.
SkS and PSP 8.10. I use MS Paint for absolutely nothing.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:18 AM
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:18 AM
Skinstudio, Photoshop cs, and PSP 7. Lots of coffee!
thomassen
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:30 AM
Yes same here. I was looking at my first skin over easter and noticed the Skin Info, "Made with BuilderBlinds" and the WB version was set to 200. (though I think it really was designed for version 3, cant remember right now.) My perception of time isn't very good...
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:30 AM
| I made my first WindowBlinds skin using BuilderBlinds |
Yes same here. I was looking at my first skin over easter and noticed the Skin Info, "Made with BuilderBlinds" and the WB version was set to 200. (though I think it really was designed for version 3, cant remember right now.) My perception of time isn't very good...
Essencay
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:22 PM
That was supposed to be PSP8 not PSP7....brain cramp
SKS did two things for me....made it so that learning how to make a skin was relatively easy and systematic and forced me to learn something about graphics. Which I am very much happy about.
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:22 PM
| PSP7 |
That was supposed to be PSP8 not PSP7....brain cramp
SKS did two things for me....made it so that learning how to make a skin was relatively easy and systematic and forced me to learn something about graphics. Which I am very much happy about.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:39 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:39 PM
i used crayolas to draw my stuff.. but every time i hit save and tried to open the file later it was just a white sheet... 
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Reply #1 Monday, April 25, 2005 3:51 PM
I was fortunate to find a reasonably priced Photoshop 6 and then bought the Photoshop 7 upgrade (saved a couple hundred there), and have CorelDRAW - so those are what I will use.
I also have painter for some additional "pizzazz" - is that a word?