WindowBlinds 7: Apply Textures to Themes

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A brand new feature in WindowBlinds 7 , and one of the coolest is the ability to add textures to a WindowBlinds theme.  This opens up a whole new area of desktop customization as it can easily bring a new look to old or new themes.  WindowBlinds current has 20 textures available, and you can easily add your own for even more advanced customization.

Texture files can be found in: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Textures

A tip for creating textures:

For those of you who want to make .texture files, you should make a copy of an existing .texture file and open it in notepad.  You will then see there are three sections.  One for the taskbar, one for the startmenu and one for the frames.  The images do not have to be the same for all three.

Edit the file pointing to new images (saved as .TGA in the same folder) and you have a new texture.

For skin authors, you can also put .texture files in your skin folder and they will only show for that skin.

The screenshots below show an example of a theme without and with a texture applied. 

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Here is a video example.

 

For more information about WindowBlinds, please visit the sites below.

www.windowblinds.net

www.objectdesktop.com

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Another great reason to renew my Object Desktop subscription ;)

Nice work, assuming it integrates well with most older skins this will indeed bring new life and possibilities to every windowblinds skin.

This feature would work across all operating systems I assume? Not just Vista or Win7?

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Windowblinds 7 wurde nicht freigegeben.

Die Beta-Version zur Verfügung steht ObjectDesktop Ultimate Teilnehmer mit "Impulse

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ja wo kann man WindowBlinds 7 downloading?!
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Impulse :)

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Love the the new texture feature!  Everything working great on my XP pro sp3! :grin:

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanx, Island Dog, the texture feature is so cool and easy to make. I´m a nonskinner, but it was no problem for me to create my first own textures. Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us

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Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

COOL!  Now we can make textures to match skins/wallpapers!

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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Can you add your own explorer backgrounds also?

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can you add your own explorer backgrounds also?
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I´ve found no way to add own explorer backgrounds, so i´ve given my textures the same name like a WB expl.background and then i´ve changed the WB texture with my own.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting ablev1, reply 10
Can you add your own explorer backgrounds also?
I´ve found no way to add own explorer backgrounds, so i´ve given my textures the same name like a WB expl.background and then i´ve changed the WB texture with my own.
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Exactly, how did you do this?

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You can add new explorer backgrounds from the create texture button on the explorer backgrounds page.  No need to rename files etc.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

I use skinstudio to add my own explorer backgrounds, just make sure it's a .bmp file. Just edit the skin in skinstudio in the backgrounds section.