Xion Gallery Launched at WinCustomize!

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Today, in response to popular demand from the skinning community here at WinCustomize, we have launched a gallery dedicated to skinning the media player application, Xion!

Xion is a growing favorite in the customization world because of its incredibly simple skinning system.  Here's a bit from the Xion homepage about how skinning works:

Xion features a new standard in skin support. Baffled by script syntax? Pulling your hair out over slicing up skin elements? Crying over spilt milk?

Xion's approach to skinning will remove all scripting and slicing requirements that other skin systems have placed on users. Xion will directly read a .PSD file and using layer names, instantly create your skin.

Xion also supports direct loading from Zip files which allow you to package several .PSD files in the one package. This has the added benefit of being compressed and therefore consumes less disk space.

If you want to see samples of some of the work that is going to soon be added to this new gallery, check out this thread on our forums:
https://forums.wincustomize.com/?aid=154135

Special thanks to vStyler for the gallery icon set used on WinCustomize and applications like Stardock Central and the WinCustomize Browser.  And, while Xion accepts .PSD files straight as skins, here at WinCustomize you'll need to zip them up first before submitting them.

I'm looking forward to seeing what cool looking skins the community puts together for this!

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hehehehehe,right place at the right time...first skin in the new section.  Some cool stuff coming quick from a talented bunch.

But first is first...  
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yay....
DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
  I'd dance in celebratory fashion.. If i wasn't so fat and lazy   

Super job , everyone coming together to make this happen, sure to be a popular new category on WC.

Nice Icon too   
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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Cool!
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
SWEET!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
wohooo... I've upload mine... awaiting moderation.. same as my sonix07 windowblinds theme..hmmmm maybe another day of wait
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great!
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Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'z got minez up in there   

A special thanks to everyone for the quick response and support to getting this new category up and running. Just Amazing, Great Job Everyone!!!!!
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A quick question, does Xion support skinning of the playlist, if not I think it'll end up a dead duck like Coolplayer.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WooHoo! I'll probably start working on a skin sometime in the next two years.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A quick question, does Xion support skinning of the playlist, if not I think it'll end up a dead duck like Coolplayer.


Don't think it does, but if your skinning it to match your WB \ suite the playlist is already natively skinned so it doesn't really matter. Also Coolplayer didn't skin by dropping a .psd in a folder did it? I don't know, never checked it out.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Also Coolplayer didn't skin by dropping a .psd in a folder did it? I don't know, never checked it out

No....

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And, while Xion accepts .PSD files straight as skins, here at WinCustomize you'll need to zip them up first before submitting them.


Xion actually supports .PSD, .ZIP, and its own format, .XSF.

It would be preferable if you could upload as .XSF as that way when you launch the .XSF and its not in the Xion directory, it will ask you if you want to install it.

.XSF is simply a .ZIP file, which has its extension changed to .XSF

Cliff
Xion Author
http://xion.r2.com.au/
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good to see you here Cliff   
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yey...cliff show ups.. nice to see you here cliff
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Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have tried using Xion but just seems to be using too much CPU, I cannot do anything else while I have it running. It shows 95-97% as opposed to winamp 12-15% and foobar 6-10%. Oh well, I'll just stick with winamp and foobar.

Id rather my music player be useable than skinnable.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

.XSF is simply a .ZIP file, which has its extension changed to .XSF

Aren't they all...

That goes for all skinnables .... each has a renamed zip format ....

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dont know whats wrong with your pc buzz...I'm using Xion right now and I'm seeing less than 10% cpu usage.(and that includes some background processes)  
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
*crawls out from under a rock*

Wow! This is a very impressive player from a skinner's standpoint. I just went through the tuts in a breeze and I'm having a blast making my own player skins. I'm not much of a skinner by nature but I gotta say this really does put the art (and fun) back into skinning.   

I have tried using Xion but just seems to be using too much CPU


My CPU froze up momentarily when I clicked 'choose skin' for the first time but it hasn't done that since. Everything's working fine for now.