hi just want to know

RonMcDougall · 16th July 2006, 19:23

ya im too noob i have no idea of making skins i try over and over. So....just want to know if some that likes makeing them can make me one? plz

Mr Jones · 16th July 2006, 19:48

What are you offering?, people are not likely to give up their free time for nothing.

Ned Decca · 16th July 2006, 19:54

we were all n00bs once,keep at it, the easiest way to see how things work is open one up and rip it apart,
you could also get the skinners atlas template,a valuble tool for n00bs such as yourself and maybe do a search on this forum on how to skin winamp classic,
all the answers are here, allthough i cant provide links cause that would mean effort on my part but the answers are there

you can also try GOOGLE!!

later

garetjax · 17th July 2006, 07:09

What kind of skin are you looking for? I may have someone that can help you.

Axlar · 17th July 2006, 13:36

ned.. speak for urself.. i for one.. i never been a n00b! RAH!

ok.. back to my corner :P hehehe

El-ArGeNtO · 22nd July 2006, 06:49

LOL :P it seems that i'm the same n00b but a bit more "pro"...i never learned to use photoshop :P and after about,mmm let me think, 3 years i'm still making my skins with ms paint :P that's to be n00b :P
wanna get some help...let's see...
the basic things to use are(in my opinion)
MS Paint, photoshop, GIMP (that's a free one and pretty good, i use it)or any other image program that alows BMP files...
then, there are some programes
here that are pretty useful...

they will make your work easyer...
one of them is the button extractor, this works just for the main window. You draw your main window(the MAIN.BMP file of your skin) and this program, using the bmp file,generates the "base" bmp for the buttons, titlebar,volume, balance, and all the other buttons.
another program helps you to change the visualisation colors generating the numbers (EX:99,50,99) of the viscolor.TXT file...it also helps you to generate the number you can use in the pledit.TXT file. This file changes the Playlist and video window font's color and background
finaly, the last tool i personally use is the exellent region TXT generator. what is the Region.txt file? well...it's a file that can make some parts of your skin transparent...transparencies only work for the main and EQ windows (and it's windowshade modes)...it's easy to use too and it saves you a lot of work.you have to open the file that you wanna add trasparencies (EX: main.bmp, eqmain.bmp or a little preview of the windowshade modes) with an image editor and then paint the areas that you want to be invisible of the same color. Once done that you open the file with the Region TXT generator program, configurate everything (make sure to choose the right window option), click on the colour and then press the "generate" button...save the file and reload the skin

You can find the Skinners Atlas at the same page...just search for it... there is only one skinners atlas...and it's pretty new, but there have been some little changes...i don't remember which ones...nothing of great importence...
anyway, read a lot :P
ther are also lot's of tricks...I learned a lot checking skins and "opening" them to investigate...those tips were writen on a website...but it seem to have dissapeared...anyway if you are making a skin and wanna share it, we all do it at the forums...so we can give you some tips during the "creative" process...and also some "constructive" critics :P
sorry for my awfull english...hope you understand everything...i think i talk like tarzan :P jajaja
see ya

16th July 2006, 19:23	#1
RonMcDougall Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	hi just want to know ya im too noob i have no idea of making skins i try over and over. So....just want to know if some that likes makeing them can make me one? plz

16th July 2006, 19:54	#3
Ned Decca Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 428	we were all n00bs once,keep at it, the easiest way to see how things work is open one up and rip it apart, you could also get the skinners atlas template,a valuble tool for n00bs such as yourself and maybe do a search on this forum on how to skin winamp classic, all the answers are here, allthough i cant provide links cause that would mean effort on my part but the answers are there you can also try GOOGLE!! later That's not a skin, it's some god awful piece of skinner gunk. Fail. - Mr Jones

17th July 2006, 07:09	#4
garetjax Candyass (Major Dude) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 2,344	What kind of skin are you looking for? I may have someone that can help you. 1001skins.net \| That's not a skin, it's some god awful piece of skinner gunk.

17th July 2006, 13:36	#5
Axlar Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: NL-EHV Posts: 351	ned.. speak for urself.. i for one.. i never been a n00b! RAH! ok.. back to my corner :P hehehe axlar.com - axlar.dA - axlar.MySpace

22nd July 2006, 06:49	#6
El-ArGeNtO Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Argentina, A Deep Hole In The World Posts: 587	LOL :P it seems that i'm the same n00b but a bit more "pro"...i never learned to use photoshop :P and after about,mmm let me think, 3 years i'm still making my skins with ms paint :P that's to be n00b :P wanna get some help...let's see... the basic things to use are(in my opinion) MS Paint, photoshop, GIMP (that's a free one and pretty good, i use it)or any other image program that alows BMP files... then, there are some programes here that are pretty useful... they will make your work easyer... one of them is the button extractor, this works just for the main window. You draw your main window(the MAIN.BMP file of your skin) and this program, using the bmp file,generates the "base" bmp for the buttons, titlebar,volume, balance, and all the other buttons. another program helps you to change the visualisation colors generating the numbers (EX:99,50,99) of the viscolor.TXT file...it also helps you to generate the number you can use in the pledit.TXT file. This file changes the Playlist and video window font's color and background finaly, the last tool i personally use is the exellent region TXT generator. what is the Region.txt file? well...it's a file that can make some parts of your skin transparent...transparencies only work for the main and EQ windows (and it's windowshade modes)...it's easy to use too and it saves you a lot of work.you have to open the file that you wanna add trasparencies (EX: main.bmp, eqmain.bmp or a little preview of the windowshade modes) with an image editor and then paint the areas that you want to be invisible of the same color. Once done that you open the file with the Region TXT generator program, configurate everything (make sure to choose the right window option), click on the colour and then press the "generate" button...save the file and reload the skin You can find the Skinners Atlas at the same page...just search for it... there is only one skinners atlas...and it's pretty new, but there have been some little changes...i don't remember which ones...nothing of great importence... anyway, read a lot :P ther are also lot's of tricks...I learned a lot checking skins and "opening" them to investigate...those tips were writen on a website...but it seem to have dissapeared...anyway if you are making a skin and wanna share it, we all do it at the forums...so we can give you some tips during the "creative" process...and also some "constructive" critics :P sorry for my awfull english...hope you understand everything...i think i talk like tarzan :P jajaja see ya my skins email me my deviantart join us at the deviantart winamp-skinners community

16th July 2006, 19:48	#2
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	What are you offering?, people are not likely to give up their free time for nothing.

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