Help with skin creation

[nihilistcotf]

Ok, i just have one question, why is it that whenever i open up a bmp file from the winamp base thing that i downloaded, i can only use the colours that are already in the picture, it wont let me use anything else, i have tried it in paint shope pro, and in ms paint. I have tried other files and they work fine, but even when i extract bmp files from other skins that i have, the same thing happens, i can only use the colours that are on that skin.

If anyone knows how to fix this please tell me, i am dieing here.

[e-blackadder]

They are 16 color bitmaps. (Some of the ones in the baseskin are anyways.) Use one of your graphics programs to convert them.

[nihilistcotf]

and i do that how?

lets say, using paint shop pro, do you have any idea?

[nihilistcotf]

you know what, never mind, i figured it out, i just switch it to jpg, then finish it, then switch it back to bmp, kinda stupid, but it works, thanks

[e-blackadder]

Even easier, search the skins database for "template" and dl any one of them. I am reasonably sure that all the bmp files therein are in the correct format.

(just me, but I use the one by Mischa Klement. It's easier to work on light grey and white.)

[The Only Lynx]

if you use paint shop pro..
open the image
click on:
colors > increase color depth > 24 bit

that should allow you to use more colors

[Wildrose-Wally]

Here is what you really need to create a good skin. :D

[Mr Jones]

hey i have one of those at work :)

[Mr. Bojanglez]

Originally posted by wildrose-wally
Here is what you really need to create a good skin. :D

coffee sucks unless I made it...


well I had a two hour delay because it was foggy so I guess its off to school now

[The Only Lynx]

you dont go to school when its foggy?!?!?

hmmm.. so thats why my skins arent all that, i dont drink coffee :eek:

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by Mr. Bojanglez


I guess its off to school now

Buh bye, play nice with the other children now ya hear :D:p :D

[Mr. Bojanglez]

no when its foggy we stay inside, fog is scary.....

I just hope my spanish teacher doesn't fart on me again...

[Namelessv1]

Say wuh? Scared of fog and a Spanish teacher farting on you?

[Mr. Bojanglez]

or did the fart cause the fog?

[skinme!]

Coffee... bad. Here's why:

-Coffee contains at least 1,000 seperate chemicals
-Only 26 of these have been tested on animals (good or bad depending on your viewpoint)
-Half of those tested caused cancer in the test animals

[Mr Jones]

Well if it's that bad for you, all I can say is good, least I'll die with my eyes open :eek:

[Wildrose-Wally]

Originally posted by skinme!
Coffee... bad. Here's why:

-Coffee contains at least 1,000 seperate chemicals
-Only 26 of these have been tested on animals (good or bad depending on your viewpoint)
-Half of those tested caused cancer in the test animals

Did they have it black, or with cream and sugar?:p

[Mr. Bojanglez]

sweeeet chemiclezz

[e-blackadder]

Originally posted by skinme!
Coffee... bad. Here's why:

-Coffee contains at least 1,000 seperate chemicals
-Only 26 of these have been tested on animals (good or bad depending on your viewpoint)
-Half of those tested caused cancer in the test animals

Air... bad. Here's why:

Air, (depending on where you live), contains 1000 - 14,000,000 seperate chemicals.
Only about 5 of these have been tested on animals.
Every g-damn one of them will turn your skin grey, make your hair fall out, cause blood to shoot from your orifices, and make your reproductive organs demand voting rights.

(guess who drinks a pot a day and smokes on top of it? hehehehehe)

[Wildrose-Wally]

I gonna keep smoking and drinking coffee, but I might give up breating. :D

[Assja]

Amen to that, WW. ;)

[Scarface2k1]

what i cant seem to figure out it that i can find a skinner that lets me open a region.txt!

[Mr Jones]

notepad.exe will open every region.txt file you can ever create.

[Scarface2k1]

Originally posted by Mr Jones
notepad.exe will open every region.txt file you can ever create. NO!!! to place region text into a skin!!!

[BullGawD]

to place it in the skin, just put the text file in your skin archive.

To actually make transparency, search for skinmaster or a little too called transtrace.