SkinStudio Tutorial by Vampothika

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This is a detailed tutorial for SkinStudio which shows you step-by-step with images on how to create a WindowBlinds skin.  It was created by Master Skinner Vampothika and we give her a big thanks for helping out the community with this.  Also, another big thanks to gmc2 for getting the resources for this so we could share it with the community.

There’s a lot of images with this tutorial, and it’s broken up into 3 directories.  I wanted to make it easy to view, so I created an html image gallery that will allow you to browse and view the images on your PC.

Download: SkinStudio Tutorial

Unzip the folder and double-click the Index shortcut and the gallery will open with your browser.  Now, get to creating a WindowBlinds skin!

8-29-2013 10-35-58 AM

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup:

WindowBlinds - Free yourself of the default settings, customize your desktop.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll use this on my WB I'm working on now!!

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

RnD's doin' a WB!............

Cool.

Sneak peek?

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4

I'll use this on my WB I'm working on now!!

Thank goodness. We may now end up with a WB we can use.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:O

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveBax, reply 6


Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4
I'll use this on my WB I'm working on now!!

Thank goodness. We may now end up with a WB we can use.

 

Oh no you didn't say that,to funny.

 

 

Very cool , thanks Kitty and GMC for his part also.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Uvah .,

 

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 RND ,Already previewed some when he made SWITCH. Although a full screeny  would be cool also.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Switch......Switch......what Switch?

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting doortech1, reply 9

Uvah .,

 

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 RND ,Already previewed some when he made SWITCH. Although a full screeny  would be cool also.

 

Brian, the WB isn't connected to the Start8 button. Switch.

BlackOro is the WB I'm working on. I posted a screen of the matching Winstep in the Desktop thread.   

I did post a Start8 button for it though. 

 

https://forums.wincustomize.com/447285/page/2

 

 

 

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Great work! Congrats!  :thumbsup: 5*

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Make it as part of the start menu graphic.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting groovestorm, reply 13

What if you want a picture inside the start menu?

You can also add any .png graphic you wish another way. Open your WB in SkinStudio. On the top menu click on Tools. Gp down to Start menu Animation builder and click on it to open. Click on Import and find you graphic. 

Set it to the location you wish by adjusting the "Animation Canvas Margins" and or "Layer Position Margins". You will see the graphic move when you do this so just line it up wherever you want. To see what things do mess around with graphic sizes. Make a smaller graphic say 400x400 px just to see what it looks like. You can than make your graphic to the size you want. Play around and if you want to get rid of the graphic the fastest way it to just click on the down arrow next to the graphic and scroll up to the top and click on no image defined. Have fun

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting groovestorm, reply 13
What if you want a picture inside the start menu?

I assume you have sks and photoshop (or something similar). try it. all you can do is learn something from it.

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

I just downloaded your tutorial, however, when I click on the link file the browser states that the webpage cannot be found.

Was it moved from that webpage to another?

Thanks for your help.

 

NV

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Click on the index.html file in the album folder from inside the .zip xNexusVerx, evidently it wasn't packaged correctly.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 19

evidently it wasn't packaged correctly.

I was going to take a little umbrage to this comment since I uploaded the original zip files. However, having looked at the package referenced, I got to agree with you.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting gmc2, reply 20


Quoting LightStar,
reply 19

evidently it wasn't packaged correctly.



I was going to take a little umbrage to this comment since I uploaded the original zip files. However, having looked at the package referenced, I got to agree with you.

 

Simple fix gmc.  :)

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It should be fixed now.

 

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Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And another fix and update.  Thanks to LightStar for fixing it.

 

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Updated with new link. :)

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