Show off your Impulse skin!

Take that, green!

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Yes....that's right. Who thought it would be sooo easy to skin.

It's as simple as replacing the images in Program Files/Stardock/Impulse/Skins/Images* (3 folders) and editing font colors in the skin.xml. So easy even *I* could do it! :LOL:

TIP: When Impulse updates, it WILL overwrite all the original images that you changed. Take a tip from Snowy and rename all your modified images (I just added [s] to the end to know they're mine) and then update the changed image names in the skin.xml and save a copy somewhere, so when Impulse updates, all you need to do is replace the skin.xml. I just tested it and worked great. (Impulse updated and it was green again, gah!)

So let's see your skinned Impulse. ;)

Mine (just some basic recoloring and changed the back.jpg):

It's so purdy....
skinning
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah... and you know I'm right behind her with my own version. ;P

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not quite finished yet, but I believe the first real Impulse skin...

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
:CONGRAT: :HOT:
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
/me just goes in there and greyscales everything....yay...;)
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I love Chet's impulse!  What image is that?

Great idea bebi!
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry, if it is so easy then when isn't the function available without haveing to go into program files? Not everyone wants to do that. :NOTSURE: 

Why can't it just be skinned by the WB you are using? Have selections available in one of the windows/screens of Impulse?  :NOTSURE: 

I'm sure there are alot more like myself that are really LAZY. :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 

Damn, and I was forceing myself to like Green and Black!!! :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Links to zipped folders?   ;)
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ZubaZ: The wallpaper is X-Caliber Blue, by sreeejith at DevArt.

Philly0381: I don't think Stardock necessarily set out to make the interface skinnable as such, so it's totally conceivable that it wasn't meant to be a single-click process here and there, but being customizers, we like to pick and prod at places we're not always meant to go.
Have a go at it. It's easier than it looks. Really. ;)
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Before I could get a screenshot it updated and replaced my images X-(
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Before I could get a screenshot it updated and replaced my images
LMAO!!

 :LOL:

Score 1 for Brad and company.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We are skinners. We'll skin anything ;)
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Before I could get a screenshot it updated and replaced my images 

Should have made a copy  ;) 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Blue Xtasy...

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry, if it is so easy then when isn't the function available without haveing to go into program files? Not everyone wants to do that.



This basically how skinning got started......... :CONGRAT:
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This basically how skinning got started.........

Exactly. New skinners have it soft  ;) Us 'old timers' know how to put together a skin from a few images and an .ini file... Seat of the pants stuff...

That's the problem with new programs like SkinStudio 6. People may be able to put a skin together, but they are not learning the art of skinning.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry, if it is so easy then when isn't the function available without haveing to go into program files? Not everyone wants to do that.  Why can't it just be skinned by the WB you are using? Have selections available in one of the windows/screens of Impulse?   I'm sure there are alot more like myself that are really LAZY.        Damn, and I was forceing myself to like Green and Black!!!        

That kills the fun in skinning. I had much more fun using Notepad than SKS.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Seemsd like it would have been easier to have WB skin it and have a one click background image replacement button.

Who said skinning was easy tho..  :p 
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Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is there a way to insert a local CSS to change the background on the web pages?

{How friggin' wierd!  I'm googling groups for "inject custom CSS" and find a post from codemonkey DrNick.  Small world.  :)}
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't suppose you could walk the blind through how to recolor all the elements, bebi, could you?
I managed to change the background.(found out that works real nice.) but can't seem to make the colors change on the buttons and panels. Finally gave up and just changed the back to one that matched the green.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wulfin . . many of the images seem to be grouped together like InfoButtonSecondaryD.png.

If you open a few of those and then, in your paint program of choice (I use the free paint.net) shift the hue the same amount you can get some well matched colors.  Same with saturation and lightness.

If you want totally different images, just take the ones in the directories and "paint" over them.

Make sure to save a backup of the original and the ones you create.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We are skinners. We'll skin anything


You got that right my man..