Porting AikonXP to Vista WB
if someone has time to port a style to Vista
from 
WinCustomize Forums
WinCustomize Forums
Once upon a time there was StyleXP and there was a community
pack that had AikonXP Style for Windows XP. And there was uxtheme patcher and
life was good.
By the way I wondered what does Aikon actually stand for. And then I realized that the person who did the skin was a fan of Nokia and therefore if you read from right to left, you will get Aikon >> nokiA.
Anyways, this skin was the reason I purchased Window Blinds, thinking it would be a relatively easy task to port Windows XP style to Windows Blinds or there should be someone who liked Aikon as well as has ported it to WB already. However nothing like this exists and I tried to do it myself. Later on, I really lost my patience in figuring out how SkinStudio works and which software to use to make transparent tga files and how in a world does the skin know how to split the image into several images that would take different states of the button, for example. There are no video tutorials about that and I really do not have time going through the manual of the SkinStudio.
Let's say I do not have enough time for that and it is not as simple as I thought. I managed to import the skin into SkinStudio but it really requires some work to be done before it will look pretty in Vista. So, I am looking for someone who has some free time and could do some work and make this style pretty with transparency and Vista ready.
I did not manage to find the email aor/and contacts of the author of this skin to ask if he would allow to use his work or if he himself/herself is planning to do a Window Blinds theme. I know there is Aikon style for Trillian and some other applications but I haven't seen a normal port of Aikon into Vista/WB.
So, if anyone is ready to take over this skin, please send me an email tridy[dot]net[at]gmail[dot]com, I will send you the WB package with the skin that is waiting for some work to be done. Until then, here is a preview of the style:
Click here for a bigger image
tridy
By the way I wondered what does Aikon actually stand for. And then I realized that the person who did the skin was a fan of Nokia and therefore if you read from right to left, you will get Aikon >> nokiA.
Anyways, this skin was the reason I purchased Window Blinds, thinking it would be a relatively easy task to port Windows XP style to Windows Blinds or there should be someone who liked Aikon as well as has ported it to WB already. However nothing like this exists and I tried to do it myself. Later on, I really lost my patience in figuring out how SkinStudio works and which software to use to make transparent tga files and how in a world does the skin know how to split the image into several images that would take different states of the button, for example. There are no video tutorials about that and I really do not have time going through the manual of the SkinStudio.
Let's say I do not have enough time for that and it is not as simple as I thought. I managed to import the skin into SkinStudio but it really requires some work to be done before it will look pretty in Vista. So, I am looking for someone who has some free time and could do some work and make this style pretty with transparency and Vista ready.
I did not manage to find the email aor/and contacts of the author of this skin to ask if he would allow to use his work or if he himself/herself is planning to do a Window Blinds theme. I know there is Aikon style for Trillian and some other applications but I haven't seen a normal port of Aikon into Vista/WB.
So, if anyone is ready to take over this skin, please send me an email tridy[dot]net[at]gmail[dot]com, I will send you the WB package with the skin that is waiting for some work to be done. Until then, here is a preview of the style:
Click here for a bigger image
tridy
