I don't get it - added something

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I was looking at a blind to see how something was created and came across a a question and something I'm not getting on how it was accomplished.

the bmp for the horizontal taskbar was not anything like the presentation (sublime). the main portion of the bmp is a shade of gray, where is the rest of it?

not getting: where's the rest of the graphic. there was line of code, "NextLayerName=L". please explain, much appreciated.

Question: if a value, under "extra settings", is not changed, can that line of code be deleted in our section? I have a lot more lines than this one, if they're coded into the program as certain default values and would be necessary only if the value was changed, well???

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Each layer had it's own settings, so there will be more stuff in the code section too.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

thanks Cyndie, I guess there is some advantage to doing this, I will definiately look into it more in depth.

your latest skin looks really great, damn good job.

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

after looking at that function and the one next to it, I feel like such a nob. which brings up my one big gripe with SKS, lack of documentation to understand what all of that is exactly about. it appears to be a layer function similiar to that encountered when making a graphic but...

if anyone chooses to take the time to break the layering process down and provide definitions of the layering modes I'd be happy to convert into a wiki page. any takers?

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

it appears to be a layer function similiar to that encountered when making a graphic but...
That's pretty much it. They are similar to the blending of layers in Photoshop.

The advantage of using layers is that you can stretch one layer and tile the other, and also get some nice results with the blending of them too. The best way to see how it works is to try it. ;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's pretty much it. They are similar to the blending of layers in Photoshop.

I can see some interesting uses for this but am not quite certain what all of the blend modes actually mean. Are all of these terms from Photoshop? Is there somewhere to find the geek translations? thanks Cyndie.

ANYONE: if anyone is willing to provide the definitions of those blend modes (what is SCR ATOP and it does what) I'll put them on the wiki.