SkinStudio6 - What is 'Colouring masks'?

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There is an option in SkinStudio6 - 'Colouring masks'



Could somebody put this option into context for me please, how is intended that it is used?

Is there a WB that is known to make use of this option - if so, which?

Thanks for any help.
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
BUMP.....I would like to know the answer to this too!
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm...It seems like nobody can answer this.  :NOTSURE: 
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Try it out and see what happens...... come on I dare ya! ;)
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is from an old guide, but it explains masks:

WindowBlinds 2.0 allows users to change the color of skins. A skin author, however, may not want the entire skin's color changed. Instead, they may only want certain aspects of a skin changed. For instance, you might want your blue title bar to be able to be colored but not have your tray border. So how do you do this?

The answer is you create a mask image. A mask image is typically a grayscale image in which white areas are areas you want the colors changed and black areas being ones you don't want changed (with intermediate colors being in between). If you are an expert on colors, you can get fancier and supply a 24bit mask image and come up with some really strange blendings (for instance, if you want only the the reds blended into your skins of a chosen color, you would supply an image with a color mask of 255,0,0
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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Isn't it a mask u wear when coloring something? I could be wrong  :NOTSURE: 
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank you, Pic.  :D  Now that I know what it is...maybe I can make something to use it on!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Cheers pictoratus.