I´m almost finished wiyh my new skin "SHARP" B U T...

Background on Pop-up menues...

Published on January 5, 2011 By neone6 In Skinning

Backgrounds on Pop-up menues...

Almost finished when I discover that when I try 2 change the background on Pop-up menues and favourites it shows in skinstudio as if it will be applied, but then when I launch the skin......Just white background-nothing changed... Did this procedure as with the rest of how you change backgrounds on shellparts, but here with the pop-up menues...Shows in skinstudio but when launched, Nothing, no change. PLEASE HELP ME, I´m almost finished with the rest of the skin.../Andrew/neone6. (The guy who got the bag 4 "LAB" )

Comments (Page 2)

navigatsio

on Jan 05, 2011

My best advice would be to download a good quality skin 4+ stars and then open it in SKS (you can have more than one instance of SKS open at one time) this way you can click a part in your skinn and click the same part in another skin and see how they did it !

I looked at his last WB attempt and advised him to do the same, Harley. Best tip for any potential WB skinner...IMHO.

theAVMAN

on Jan 05, 2011

I looked at his last WB attempt and advised him to do the same, Harley. Best tip for any potential WB skinner...IMHO.

Yep ,Rick you are 110% correct!

Here are 3 good one to use as guides....

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/6152/

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/6378/

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/6473/

All 3 are for XP only (what I thought I read some where you were using)which should help reduce some confusion any of these or all of these would make good template skins.

I saw the other skin and some of the confusion , Let me try to help here........

IDEAL SCENARIO

Download of these skin rename it then REMAKE EVERY SINGLE IMAGE DO NOT MISS ONE ( you can do this by setting PS(I assume)as your default editor then just hit the edit button) then draw your new image directly on top of the old one ( Paying close attention to placement and keeping the original on a separate bottom layer)then hide or delete the bottom (old image) this way none of the original graphics are left.

So if you change the names and use NO Original images It is pretty much yours.

Why not start from scratch? Well just like with the menu item earlier some images get changed as well as alot of those settings like disabling those flat menus earlier will already be done you just have to create your images!

Hope it helps:)

gmc2

on Jan 05, 2011

damn good advice Harley

theAVMAN

on Jan 05, 2011

gmc2. . .

Glad I could help on the menu too

Uvah

on Jan 05, 2011

Sounds like a up and coming skinner is on the loose. At least he's in good hands. Enter yrag.

vStyler

on Jan 05, 2011

One more bit of advice, try to calm yourself a bit laddie, I'm a bit concerned the top of your head may explode.

WebGizmos

on Jan 05, 2011

At least he's in good hands. Enter yrag.

Your cruisin for a bruisin now!

One more bit of advice, try to calm yourself a bit laddie, I'm a bit concerned the top of your head may explode.

And yeah I sensed that as well. Plus looking forward to the screenshot of this skin.

Uvah

on Jan 05, 2011

Just sayin'.

k10w3

on Jan 05, 2011

theAVMAN

reply 17

IDEAL SCENARIO

Download of these skin rename it then REMAKE EVERY SINGLE IMAGE DO NOT MISS ONE ( you can do this by setting PS(I assume)as your default editor then just hit the edit button) then draw your new image directly on top of the old one ( Paying close attention to placement and keeping the original on a separate bottom layer)then hide or delete the bottom (old image) this way none of the original graphics are left.

So if you change the names and use NO Original images It is pretty much yours.

Why not start from scratch? Well just like with the menu item earlier some images get changed as well as alot of those settings like disabling those flat menus earlier will already be done you just have to create your images!

Hope it helps:)

Great advice -- I have only one thing to add -- After every change you make, or when you're done with a skinning session -- save your changes by making .wba file! That way if you mess something up on the next change/session, you have a good saved copy of the skin to revert back to.

navigatsio

on Jan 05, 2011

Enter yrag.

The duck'll give him a skinnin' lesson alright. Oh, you mean that "skinning"..

Great advice -- I have only one thing to add -- After every change you make, or when you're done with a skinning session -- save your changes by making .wba file! That way if you mess something up on the next change/session, you have a good saved copy of the skin to revert back to.

Karen!

WebGizmos

on Jan 06, 2011

Just sayin'.

Me too.

neone6

on Jan 06, 2011

Gotta say..... (4 reasons unknown) I´m very hooked about the whole thing, as an artist I see sooo much possibillities.... Of course I still have about a thousand questions that needs 2 be answered, but "trial and error" is the best teacher...That´s when U guyz (and girls) come in, when I get stuck, you´re there/here... So Thanx again 4 all magnificent support.

SUPERKARMA (worth saying again)

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