making window blind skins

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I would like to know if its hard to get started making skins, and what programs will I need. I have a lot of spare time and want to try something new. Thanks for all the help and have a Great Holiday Season
tattoo113
windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You'll need a graphics program (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp etc), SkinStudio to build the skins and plenty of time (which you claim to have ) If you load existing skins in SkinStudio and see how they're built it is not that difficult to then build your own.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can create a full-featured skin using just MSPaint, too, except for the per-pixel "glass" effects. I agree with Scarebear - a good way to get started (what I did) is to load up a skin in SkinStudio (I actually started with Notepad before SKS was published, but that's another story) & start looking at all the graphics & attribute parameters, playing around with them & reloading the skin to see the effects of changes (SKS Preview is good for most things but doesn't preview a number of features).

And DO budget a lot of time for it - it's both challenging & addictive.

Cheers,
Daiwa
WindowBlinds - Free yourself of the default settings, customize your desktop.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That could start a debate.

You want free? Here's a nice one to try out: The GIMPShop http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 this will get you some reading and links to download. Hope you don't have dial-up. Happy Hunting.