Animation for WindowBlinds

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I... joe the blow.... call on the community of skinners, artists, webdesigners... wait that sounds to formal. Let me start over.

Is there a way to have animated skins? I noticed some skins are animated (Area51, Champagne) but for the most part they are not.

I was wondering if WindowBlind supports anaimation like clicking a button and a door on the windowblind opens and allows you to see other buttons. WB STEEL comes close, if not there.

Are there any plans by other users to make animated skins (that don't use allot of memory)??

Any thoughts???
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Animated skins generally suck up memory, although there are two different types of WB animation. (Kinda).

The first is the standard repetition of a set of pre-defined frames.

The 2nd is used when you use an attribute in WB called 'link-to', which allows you to toggle defined buttons on and off from a master button. Using this method, fade-in effects can be applied to the process.
'What is the Matrix' by Mercury, and the Seti skins by DavidK use this method.

As for having a door open to reveal buttons, I'm afraid that one isn't possible in WB.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
thanks... I guess I will use the fade approach.

as for the animation I will try to keep it small. like 4 frames or something.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hippy: Want to bet?

Check Docking Station. It has animation followed by showing buttons - just the sort of thing you want to do. With scripting you can do an awful lot . . .
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The "door" is even possible without scripting. My (now ancient) Secret Passage skin does exactly that using a combination of "Linked-To" and visibility settings.