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Reply to "IPS" Monitor technology, "Color Profiles", and "Windows 7" "Color Management" in "Control Panel" in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi DrJBHL, Sorry for not posting the site I got my color profile from, I spent so much time just trying to find software that would make this monitor even work I am now completely exhausted and need some sleep, I can't even work on my current WIP until I get at least 8 good hours worth. This is the site I got my profile from and t

Reply to "IPS" Monitor technology, "Color Profiles", and "Windows 7" "Color Management" in "Control Panel" in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi LightStar, Thanks for reading my post after my being so excited about my new monitor. I hate to say it but I bought mine from tha Absolute WRONG Company! I purchased an ASUS VS229 IPS monitor and it came with no software whatsoever, no manual to give directions on the onscreen programs

"IPS" Monitor technology, "Color Profiles", and "Windows 7" "Color Management" in "Control Panel" in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I had a terrible and wonderful thing happen to me 2 weeks ago now! What I thought was my Monitor dying turned out to be a dying graphics card. I bought one of the "New Technology" monitors with "IPS" technology included. My monitor came from "Asus" and to be honest, I wouldn't buy from them again because they provided No driver for their monitor and No "Color Profile" software.

Reply to The Default Windows 7 Glass Shine... in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I got some great information from Xiandi (Cyndie) the other week or so. The standard text color of black text can actually be changed in the sub-section of coloring in SKS that gives you the Windows "Default colors". Because I'm still getting used to Photoshop again after over a 10 year absence, I haven't tried changing that standard text color of black yet because All of the non-skinn

Reply to WindowBlinds 8 Feature Request in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I agree with "RND" and "Doortech1", being able to see ratings and names in the old version of Windowblinds was a real bonus. I installed it and was a bit disappointed with the new interface. The problem I had though wasn't with the interface at all.... I actually had to uninstall the new version because they advanced the programs abilities to where parts of certain skins features were now being applied to the non-skinned app Photoshop. I had my menu bar taken over by gradients and transpa

Reply to A request for all those skinners out there in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I finally just took my favorite skins and did some windowblind color, texture and font changes. That will allow me to keep my favorite dewsigns on the screen for linger periods. Eventually, I'll take the skins into SKS to make more specific changes. I've looked all over and still havn't found a tutorial on making windowblind textures. I guess when all else

Reply to A request for all those skinners out there in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for the input Jafo, I do know how hard it can be when trying to get wider contraswt between fonts and backgrounds. I downloaded Neone6's latest skin yesterday and because I liked it so much, I took it into SKS and adjusted font color in sections and transparency settings in a few other places just so I can keep his wonderful design on my machine without getting eye strain. <span style="fon

A request for all those skinners out there in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I've been downloading skins here since 2007 and Love all the wonderful artistic talent I've seen with all of the skins. I've only had one occaisional problem and it may be the contrast level of my monitor. In a few of the skins I've downloaded, the contrast difference between type color and element background has been a bit close so it makes it hard to read some of the type. I know how hard it is to

Reply to I need a good screen capture program for making my skin post preview in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Ok my friends, Snagit did all that I needed to make a better preview image so this issue is now closed. Thanks for the suggestions, it just took me a while getting used to using Snagit properly.

Reply to I need a good screen capture program for making my skin post preview in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi Jim, Thanks for the response but prntscrn won't capture things like the preview image that comes up when you mouseover a taskbar button, I'd like to show that also. I downloaded Snagit for a 30day trial to see if it would do that and i can't do that yet. Update: I finally got Snagit to capture the aero peek

I need a good screen capture program for making my skin post preview in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I've noticed that a lot of you have many windows in your preview pics of new skins. I only have Alt + prntscrn here. I've seen the aero peek being displayed as well as active programs in the taskbar and would like to make a preview that includes these things also. If you skiners have a method to do this, please let me know. <span style="font-size

Reply to New work in progress, Abstract skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi Vampothika, I finished Asian Red and it's with Xiandi for evaulation, I did have to make some changes to it though, I couldn't change the text font or color in the vertical taskbar "Activate" button so I made a new image and lightened up the active button so it could be read. Funny thing though, the same thing happened with this Abstract skin.... I'm wondering if it's an SKS flaw or just my scre

New work in progress, Abstract skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Here is my current work in progress. "Abstract" is still in it's creation stage but the more I learn about Photoshops 3D section, the more I like it. It's been 7 months now since I started skinning and re-learning Photoshop CS6 Extended and although I've learned a lot about the 3D section, it will be at least another year before I get through the basic sections of the program enough to feel competent. <

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi gmc2, Thanks for chiming in. I tried changing all the font styles back to OS Default and applied, then I changed over to 125% fonts but the same problem with miss-match was there. I did notice something else however. I tried applying all of the skins I've downloaded and all of them line up perfect, it's just th

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="neone6" reply="38" id="3326002"] -It won´t ! The 125% setting is making all sorts of Resizing & stretching so you " Can read " text etc better and takes no pardon to "Skinning apps" such as Windowblinds or Skinstudio"[/quote] Well, I tried it and stil the same problem so it's back to 100% for me, my old eyes will just have to squint more.

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Everything lined up fine after I took windows down to 100% font size. I'd changed that years ago and never thought about it. A very strange problem indeed! Next thing I'll try is going back to 125% to see if it still lines up now that the skinning is done.

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hey Doortech, I just posted the above comment and didn't even see that you'd written again. I thank you very much for pointing out the start button images that wern't positioned right. I did take it down right away and corrected the problem. I'm quite embarrased that I overlooked that placement when making the skin. My only defense is that those darn inner shape layers were giving me fits because I

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Just to let you all know.... my Win7 font display size had been set to 125% for my old eyes. I changed it back to 100% and re-made the start menu for my WIP (Asian Red). I did make a few changes by dropping down the "All Programs " insert so I would have some painting room at the bottom of my programs menu, that also helped a lot and finally things lined up on the start menu. Even my sub-style applied without mis-m

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Doortech fror the information, all this time I thought the height for the all programs section was 30 pixels and have been sizing accordingly. I know I used to keep my desktop fonts at 125% so I willl recheck t5hat too. At least this gives me a starting point for re-cutting my current Start menu. Please never take offense when providing possibilities as you never know what will turn on that lightbulb in my head. Now I have some guides to re-set in Photos

Reply to Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for the info Lightstar and Dave. I do have aa habit of adding about 20-30 pixels to the bottom of the places list after I upload a skin, That way, it aligns fine when applied to my machine. I've tried reducing the number of recent programs being displayed and reducing the amount of programs showing in the places section also but to no avail. You'll notice that each of my first two skins use seperate

Start menu not aligned after proper painting and applying to my computer in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi All you skinners out there. I have been having this problem ever since I started skinning. I make my start menu properly and it applies fine on other people's computers but on mine, the lower left ande right sides don't match up. I know it's partly due to having to paint the bottom of the right side more to get it to align in SKS. Someone must have gone

Reply to 2012 Master Promotions in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

My Heartiest congratulations for being promoted to the highest level here in this wonderful comunity. All the best to you TomRitchter, WebGizmos and K10w3. [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]:D[/e]

Reply to January 2013 Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hi All, I just finished up my 3rd skin and decided to post it on the page. By the way, just Love "Fuzzy Logic's" latest pin-up girl. I'm new here and still have a lot of learning

new Skin Studio version and finding the new features in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Hi All, I installed the new version of Skin Studio last night and went to Sardock's info page on the program. Apparently this new version has many advances like being able to skin Windows Media player plus many other features. I read both the intro section and the tutorial section but when I opened the new version... I

Reply to Getting correct preview images after creating skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="gmc2" reply="17" id="3298561"]I have installed the new version with no hic-cups but I'm wondering if there is a revision update notification that describes what changes have been made??? It would also be nice to be able to copy/paste the S/N instead of transcribing it over to the registration label. I also picked up the update info here, did I miss an official notification of the revision update or...[/quote]