A very complete Skeletons2.psd

[StillWater]

If you use Photoshop or any program which uses layers and accepts .PSD files, and you don't have a good system for starting skins in place yet, this layered template might be useful to you.



This is basically a .PSD version of Jellby's Skeletons2.bmp (from Skinner's Atlas), but in layered PSD form, and with the following additions:

--GEN window skeleton (with buttons and sliders inside it)

--The GEN window also shows where exactly the title text will be shown.

--A separate layer showing the PL stacks, just as they will appear in the skin when you press them (makes skinning the stacks much easier!)

--A separate layer with just the Volume, Balance, Posbar, and EQ sliders. Not just their dimensions, but how they will be positioned on their bars.

--A translucent layer of all MAIN/EQ components. It's often useful to keep this layer translucent, and on top of everything else, so that you can always quickly tell just where all the components' borders are.*

-A separate layer showing the complete skeletons (not just the components) for all of the windows, which is also useful when kept on top of your graphics, so that you can make it visible whenever you need to refer to it.

--Two layers which hide all of the extra crap on the sides of the atlas so that you don't need to be distracted by it and can focus on just the windows. You'll probably want to change the colour of these to a more neutral one, depending on what colour scheme your skin has.

--MB window replaced by Video window


* I snaked this layer from a PSD that skinme! once gave me, and included it without any permission whatsoever. But skinme!'s a nice bloke, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind


I find that loading this up is a very good, time-saving, way to start making a skin. Everyone has their own system, but this is probably a good starting point from which to create your own system if you don't already have one.