Can someone help please??

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I have only been using windowblinds and DesktopX for 3 days now...can someone e-mail me the how to's of making my own themes and trays??I need help with vertually anything.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This should get you started:

https://www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/skinprimer/skinprimer2002.html
http://www.windowblinds.net/skinning/
http://www.windowblinds.net/docs/
https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/docs/gettingstarted.html
https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/docs/
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I did read some of them but still at a loss....I am somewhat 'puter illiterate, but not really that bad, just working with new programs gets me confused since I do not understand the language but thank you I will read some more
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This stuff does take a bit of getting used to. Just play around with it and have fun.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bill? would you drop a few hints to a fine young lady?? I am beginning to render this a program to be sitting on the back burner.....been trying for 2 out of the 3 days I have owned is and so far I have only managed to save others themes, but have yet to put my creative talents to work
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you want to create a theme or skin you will need a couple of things:

1) Text Editor

Notepad will work, but it is short on bells and whistles. Object Edit included with OD is very nice. The skins and themes have text files that control how the bitmaps are applied.

2) Graphics Program

Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, etc.. Some are very expensive, some are cheap or even free. Search around and find one you like. Actually creating the bitmaps is the fun part.

3) Skinstudio

https://www.stardock.com/products/skinstudio/ This program makes creating a Windowblinds skin relatively easy. It is not necesary though it helps!

First thing you will want to do is open up some skins and themes youlike and take a look inside. They will have for example a .dxtheme or .wba extension. They are nothing more than a Zip file with a new extension. Open up Winzip and point to the skin file and unzip it. The stuff that is in there is what you will need to make.

The links in my first post should now be more useful for you. Good Luck!
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bill
Thank you for your help, as far as grafix programs I own jsut about all, I have photoshot, paintshop and coreldraw9. Is the language hard to learn?? can you give me and exaple text of an object?
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Be patient, it will fall into place. Start taking existing themes and skins apart...........study the images and what does what. Open .ini files with your text editor, and check them out. It may take a while before the light bulb comes on, but if you really want to be a skinner, it will happen.
And remember it's much easier to answer a specific question, than a general how do I make skins question. Good luck!