submitting skins

hallway37 · 9th August 2001, 04:15

ok, heres the thing: Ive submitted 3 skins to winamp. Over about the last month, i added 4, but none of them are getting posted. Does anyone know what is going on? I have 7 skins total, and even though some of them suck, i still want them to get posted.

RanDom_ErrOr · 9th August 2001, 04:38

the skins are backlogged because winamp.com just selected new skin reviewers so it might take a while till you see your published.
just read the other threads in this forum and you'll see that i tell the truth

Wildrose-Wally · 9th August 2001, 04:49

Reviewers are now going through the skins submitted on July 7. Have patience and your day will come.

RanDom_ErrOr · 9th August 2001, 04:51

when do you expect that they will get to the 26th of july???

Wildrose-Wally · 9th August 2001, 04:55

What year?

RanDom_ErrOr · 9th August 2001, 04:56

2001 of course

Wildrose-Wally · 9th August 2001, 04:58

If they keep going at this pace, maybe within 2 weeks.

RanDom_ErrOr · 9th August 2001, 05:00

works for me... so when will they be all caught up (possibly) like 2 months?

Wildrose-Wally · 9th August 2001, 05:05

Hopefully about 1 month.

RanDom_ErrOr · 9th August 2001, 06:05

i bet it could go faster if you let me help

Mr Jones · 9th August 2001, 07:33

Quote:

Originally posted by RanDom_ErrOr
i bet it could go faster if you let me help

There are more than enougth reviewers at present

dullivan · 11th August 2001, 03:41

I have tried to submit it to 1001 skins page but I keep getting an error saying:
Error: Submitted skin has no minibrowser skin!
We do not accept skins without a skinned minibrowser. Please make sure your submission contains a skinned minibrowser and submit again.

So I downloaded a program that had a minibrowser, but that file had not one executable. I don't know how to incorporate it into the skin that I created so that I can submit it.

As you might be able to tell, I am new at this.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

dullivan

RanDom_ErrOr · 11th August 2001, 03:53

dood if you are a skinner.exe person then stop using your computer and go find something else to do.

Or you can stop using that program and any other skinner programs and make a skin by your self. (use paint shop pro or Photo shop or even *shudders* MS paint but can the skinner programs (except for a program like EZ buttons to get the placeholders right)) but thats IT.
personally i was a skinner.exe user but then i happened across this forum and i have stopped and now i am a better person for it.

Please if you do use skinner.exe or a skinner program, stop and do it the right way, the less of a hassle way when it does get on to winamp.

please take this as help and not hurt and please please please listen to me and you will be helped in the long run.

Please Please Please Please listen to me and you will go far.

Mr. Bojanglez · 11th August 2001, 07:01

make lots of skins with skinner.exe and live long and prosper, howver they won't be accepted to 1001 because they aren't stupid over there. About skins published over here, the skin team should be on it if they are not too slow.

Namelessv1 · 11th August 2001, 23:11

Ah, jeez, not more of that skinner.exe crap. 1001 is pretty damn elite. Ull get in here at winamp.com, but itll get shot down within 3 seconds at 1001. Follow Random-Error's advice, do the work by hand.

garetjax · 12th August 2001, 00:26

Hey...Hows it going...

as far as the skinner.exe skins...although winamp.com does allow you to submit them I want you to understand where your skins go as a result.

Typically, they are given 2 to 2.5 Stars and thrown at the bottom of the stack in terms of visibility. Custom skin get a lot more attention and are rated according to their true charactersistics...If you make a skinner.exe skin the best one in the world without customizing it your still only going to have a 2.0 Skin Overall. Its just the way it looks etc....

You should customize every component to capture the essence of what your trying to display. Recreating the same button or effect from skinner.exe type applications only puts in the same category as thousands of other skins.

Skin Review Squad - :: Jax ::

its not meant to be against you or the other skinners in the community. However we have a great deal of skins coming through the flood gates that are extremely similar in style and functionality to anything you create with this tool and it provides not style addition to the benefit of any skin. So, customization although hard and quite a lengthy process will rank you better overall. Even if it sux we can tell that you tried. All the reviewers are skinners themselves and know very well how hard it is to create and customize any skin.

Thank You...

:: Garet Jax ::
Joe W. Garrett

dullivan · 12th August 2001, 01:24

Okay, I have made a few skins using Skinner.exe and it is limiting. I have Adobe Photoshop and know how to tool around but how do you make a skin using that? I know this sounds so very elementary and lame to you because you are all probably quite skilled at this. I am a newbie and trying to get the jist of this all, so PLEASE bare with me.

How do you incorporate the actual skin into whatever it is you are creating in Photoshop, i.e., the buttons, equalizer, etc... or does that just happen after you save it as a .wsz file?

Until now I thought you had to use a program such as Skinner.exe to obtain all those skin features that go over your work.

I am really confused as to how to do this otherwise.

If you could please grace me with a little "point me in the right direction" so to speak, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for all your advice. I will try to submit the skins I made to Winamp and see how that goes.

Thanks again.

Forevever · 12th August 2001, 01:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr. Bojanglez
make lots of skins with skinner.exe and live long and prosper, howver they won't be accepted to 1001 because they aren't stupid over there. About skins published over here, the skin team should be on it if they are not too slow.

They haven't accepted any of mine either. I like their system.

Dullivan, if you change the "wsz" file to a "zip" file you can extract the original bmp's used. Open the bmp's with PhotoShop and I think things will fall into place from there.

Good luck.

Namelessv1 · 12th August 2001, 02:04

Downloading a baseskin might also help. U can fiddle around with those files and see wut happens.

Mr. Bojanglez · 12th August 2001, 09:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Forevever

They haven't accepted any of mine either. I like their system.

huh?

R=They accept all of my submissions there. I just said that if you make a skinner.exe they probably won't.

RanDom_ErrOr · 13th August 2001, 07:02

dullivan go to NSDS and goto the skins section and read the tutorials on making a skin. it helped me alot.

oh and another thing i AM A :gasp: NEWBIE also so guess what your not alone. Ok heres the way to do things.

*1.First download baskeskin from:Base Skin.
*2.Unzip with winamp or other zipping utility into a directory (ex. C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\baseskin\ ).
*3.Delete the cursor files (.cur) [note]these just get in the way[/note]
*4.Open the main.bmp in your picture editor of choice and make the colors 16 million if they arent already.
*5.make your main window and then save in a different directory then the baseskin's (ex.C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\myskin\) as main.bmp using runlegnth encoding so that is really small.
*6. then use a program such as EZButtons to get the place holders for the various buttons and save them in a directory (ex.C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\myskin\buttons\)
*7.do this to all the other .bmps in the directory and try to use the same scheme for the skin or it looks really shitty. [note2]use the same name of the opened files as the saved files or your going to have a hell of a time getting that skin to work[/note2]
*8.then zip and rename to .wsz and open and voila you have the backgroung and hopefully buttons to the main window done

basically i have summed up the NSDS but you have to read it to really get it you know???
and dont hesitate to ask the nice folks in Skin love cuz the will help you.
Later i have to leave cuz my sister wants to sleep and the comp is in the room that shes staying in (tee hee)

Namelessv1 · 15th August 2001, 07:51

Well, that wuz certainly comprehensive. As for Photoshop, u may not realize it, but u have one of the most powerful skin tool available.

garetjax · 15th August 2001, 08:25

Let me see if I can give you some help.

1. Rename an existing skin on your system from [somename].wsz to [somename].zip

2. Extract [somename].zip to a local directory...lets call that directory [test].

3. Open the Main.bmp file within that folder from PhotoShop.

4. Draw on it.

5. Save

6. Open Cbuttons.bmp

7. Draw on them.

8. Launch Winamp.exe

9. From Winamp press Alt+S and Select Test from the list.

10. There you go...

Now, what skinner.exe has been doing for you is simple it cuts up the the image you give it and creates all these files.

Now, how does Winamp.exe read all those files and put them on each other?
a) each bmp in the skin folder is layered on top of the other like pancake but, only for specific areas.
b) The areas defined are a specific height & width.
c) If you extend the area of a bmp winamp will load only the area it has defined as the width & height. If it is smaller than the image it will load whatever it can into the space as long as the file is a valid bmp.
d) To create a 'real' winamp skin most of the skinners use skinner.exe to create all the base stuff. Then they go and edit each of the bmp's to creat a skin from what it had started (customizing each component to provide a stylish and complete look.

I do hope this may help you in your quest to designing a good looking skin.

::GaretJax::

9th August 2001, 04:15	#1
hallway37 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: earth Posts: 1	submitting skins ok, heres the thing: Ive submitted 3 skins to winamp. Over about the last month, i added 4, but none of them are getting posted. Does anyone know what is going on? I have 7 skins total, and even though some of them suck, i still want them to get posted.

11th August 2001, 03:41	#12
dullivan Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 2	How do I submit my skin to Winamp? I have tried to submit it to 1001 skins page but I keep getting an error saying: Error: Submitted skin has no minibrowser skin! We do not accept skins without a skinned minibrowser. Please make sure your submission contains a skinned minibrowser and submit again. So I downloaded a program that had a minibrowser, but that file had not one executable. I don't know how to incorporate it into the skin that I created so that I can submit it. As you might be able to tell, I am new at this. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks dullivan

11th August 2001, 03:53	#13
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	since you are new i will spare the flames but.... dood if you are a skinner.exe person then stop using your computer and go find something else to do. Or you can stop using that program and any other skinner programs and make a skin by your self. *(use paint shop pro or Photo shop or even shudders* MS paint but can the skinner programs (except for a program like EZ buttons to get the placeholders right))** but thats IT. personally i was a skinner.exe user but then i happened across this forum and i have stopped and now i am a better person for it. Please if you do use skinner.exe or a skinner program, stop and do it the right way, the less of a hassle way when it does get on to winamp. please take this as help and not hurt and please please please listen to me and you will be helped in the long run. Please Please Please Please listen to me and you will go far.

11th August 2001, 07:01	#14
Mr. Bojanglez Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: behind binary hero Posts: 1,424	grrrrrrr make lots of skins with skinner.exe and live long and prosper, howver they won't be accepted to 1001 because they aren't stupid over there. About skins published over here, the skin team should be on it if they are not too slow. yea...I said it.

12th August 2001, 00:26	#16
garetjax Candyass (Major Dude) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 2,344	Hey...Hows it going... as far as the skinner.exe skins...although winamp.com does allow you to submit them I want you to understand where your skins go as a result. Typically, they are given 2 to 2.5 Stars and thrown at the bottom of the stack in terms of visibility. Custom skin get a lot more attention and are rated according to their true charactersistics...If you make a skinner.exe skin the best one in the world without customizing it your still only going to have a 2.0 Skin Overall. Its just the way it looks etc.... You should customize every component to capture the essence of what your trying to display. Recreating the same button or effect from skinner.exe type applications only puts in the same category as thousands of other skins. Skin Review Squad - :: Jax :: its not meant to be against you or the other skinners in the community. However we have a great deal of skins coming through the flood gates that are extremely similar in style and functionality to anything you create with this tool and it provides not style addition to the benefit of any skin. So, customization although hard and quite a lengthy process will rank you better overall. Even if it sux we can tell that you tried. All the reviewers are skinners themselves and know very well how hard it is to create and customize any skin. Thank You... :: Garet Jax :: Joe W. Garrett 1001skins.net \| That's not a skin, it's some god awful piece of skinner gunk.

9th August 2001, 04:38	#2
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	the skins are backlogged because winamp.com just selected new skin reviewers so it might take a while till you see your published. just read the other threads in this forum and you'll see that i tell the truth

9th August 2001, 04:49	#3
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	Reviewers are now going through the skins submitted on July 7. Have patience and your day will come.

9th August 2001, 04:51	#4
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	when do you expect that they will get to the 26th of july???

9th August 2001, 04:55	#5
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	What year?

9th August 2001, 04:56	#6
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	2001 of course

9th August 2001, 04:58	#7
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	If they keep going at this pace, maybe within 2 weeks.

9th August 2001, 05:00	#8
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	works for me... so when will they be all caught up (possibly) like 2 months?

9th August 2001, 05:05	#9
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	Hopefully about 1 month.

9th August 2001, 06:05	#10
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	i bet it could go faster if you let me help

11th August 2001, 23:11	#15
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,757	Ah, jeez, not more of that skinner.exe crap. 1001 is pretty damn elite. Ull get in here at winamp.com, but itll get shot down within 3 seconds at 1001. Follow Random-Error's advice, do the work by hand.

12th August 2001, 01:24	#17
dullivan Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 2	If not Skinner.exe than what? Okay, I have made a few skins using Skinner.exe and it is limiting. I have Adobe Photoshop and know how to tool around but how do you make a skin using that? I know this sounds so very elementary and lame to you because you are all probably quite skilled at this. I am a newbie and trying to get the jist of this all, so PLEASE bare with me. How do you incorporate the actual skin into whatever it is you are creating in Photoshop, i.e., the buttons, equalizer, etc... or does that just happen after you save it as a .wsz file? Until now I thought you had to use a program such as Skinner.exe to obtain all those skin features that go over your work. I am really confused as to how to do this otherwise. If you could please grace me with a little "point me in the right direction" so to speak, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for all your advice. I will try to submit the skins I made to Winamp and see how that goes. Thanks again.

12th August 2001, 02:04	#19
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,757	Downloading a baseskin might also help. U can fiddle around with those files and see wut happens.

13th August 2001, 07:02	#21
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	dullivan go to NSDS and goto the skins section and read the tutorials on making a skin. it helped me alot. oh and another thing i AM A :gasp: NEWBIE also so guess what your not alone. Ok heres the way to do things. 1.First download baskeskin from:Base Skin. 2.Unzip with winamp or other zipping utility into a directory (ex. C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\baseskin\ ). 3.Delete the cursor files (.cur) [note]these just get in the way[/note] 4.Open the main.bmp in your picture editor of choice and make the colors 16 million if they arent already. 5.make your main window and then save in a different directory then the baseskin's (ex.C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\myskin\) as main.bmp using runlegnth encoding so that is really small. 6. then use a program such as EZButtons to get the place holders for the various buttons and save them in a directory (ex.C:\windows\desktop\winamp skins\myskin\buttons\) 7.do this to all the other .bmps in the directory and try to use the same scheme for the skin or it looks really shitty. [note2]use the same name of the opened files as the saved files or your going to have a hell of a time getting that skin to work[/note2] 8.then zip and rename to .wsz and open and voila you have the backgroung and hopefully buttons to the main window done basically i have summed up the NSDS but you have to read it to really get it you know??? and dont hesitate to ask the nice folks in Skin love cuz the will help you. Later i have to leave cuz my sister wants to sleep and the comp is in the room that shes staying in (tee hee)

15th August 2001, 07:51	#22
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,757	Well, that wuz certainly comprehensive. As for Photoshop, u may not realize it, but u have one of the most powerful skin tool available.

15th August 2001, 08:25	#23
garetjax Candyass (Major Dude) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 2,344	Let me see if I can give you some help. 1. Rename an existing skin on your system from [somename].wsz to [somename].zip 2. Extract [somename].zip to a local directory...lets call that directory [test]. 3. Open the Main.bmp file within that folder from PhotoShop. 4. Draw on it. 5. Save 6. Open Cbuttons.bmp 7. Draw on them. 8. Launch Winamp.exe 9. From Winamp press Alt+S and Select Test from the list. 10. There you go... Now, what skinner.exe has been doing for you is simple it cuts up the the image you give it and creates all these files. Now, how does Winamp.exe read all those files and put them on each other? a) each bmp in the skin folder is layered on top of the other like pancake but, only for specific areas. b) The areas defined are a specific height & width. c) If you extend the area of a bmp winamp will load only the area it has defined as the width & height. If it is smaller than the image it will load whatever it can into the space as long as the file is a valid bmp. d) To create a 'real' winamp skin most of the skinners use skinner.exe to create all the base stuff. Then they go and edit each of the bmp's to creat a skin from what it had started (customizing each component to provide a stylish and complete look. I do hope this may help you in your quest to designing a good looking skin. ::GaretJax:: 1001skins.net \| That's not a skin, it's some god awful piece of skinner gunk.

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