Skinning Question

carnekid · 23rd June 2000, 21:39

This is probably a stupid question and I am really mad at myself for not being able to figure it out but here goes:
Whenever I change one of the skin bitmaps in Photoshop and save it, and compress it and finally change the file format, it seems like I didnt do anything. The skin still looks exactly the same. What am I doing wrong?
I tryed to find it in the FAQ and the other pages but i couldnt.
Any help will be greatly appriciated.
Thanks,

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[TiC-G]Carnekid

Ice · 23rd June 2000, 22:26

Try restarting winamp. Atleast you looked through the faq, and I thank you much for not writing a braindead question like: how do i make skins?

carnekid · 23rd June 2000, 23:01

OK, i tried that, it didnt seem to have any effect, even when i used the skin browser, no visible change was noted. It almost seems like it is not recognizing the changes made in photoshop, even though the files are changed when i reopen them.
It seems very strange to me.

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[TiC-G]Carnekid

old and quite mad · 24th June 2000, 00:23

are you actually refreshing the skin you are working on or are you hitting a copy of the file you are working on that is still in your skins directory?
I ask this because it happened to me the first few times I started working on skins.

carnekid · 24th June 2000, 00:45

I dont quite understand what you are trying to get at in that last message, it is probably my fault, if you would please elaborate I would appriciate it, I would really like to solve this problem.
Thanks

old and quite mad · 24th June 2000, 01:53

sorry.
Sometimes there is more than one copy of the same skin on your HDD. I was thinking that possibly you has accessed a copy of a skin that WAS NOT in your winamp\skins directory and were working with it as opposed to a skin file in the skins directory. Even if you save changes and refresh the skin, if the skin file you are working on is NOT in c:\program files\winamp\skins, then you won't see any changes.
If the skin IS in the winamp\skins directory, saved changes OUGHT to show when you re-select the skin.
Does that make any more sense?

[This message has been edited by old and quite mad (edited June 23, 2000).]

carnekid · 24th June 2000, 03:44

OH, i see what you are saying now, but im sorry to say that that is not it. I am sure it is the same one i was working on, because I tryed it 5 times. I think it has something to do with the way Photoshop saves the files, But i dont know how to fix it. Any help would be nice.
Thanks for the other tip, i wish it was that easy

Xerxes · 24th June 2000, 15:50

I don't know if this could possibly be it, but when i first started using photoshop,
this confused me-

Make sure you "Save a copy" and not just "Save" if you have made layers because
then you will save it as a .PSD and not
a BMP.

Xerxes

bwentink · 24th July 2000, 09:30

After saving your changes and recompressing everything your skin does not change on WinAmp because WinAmp still has the old skin in your computer's memory. If you want to see the changes switch to the base skin (or any other) and then switch back to your own skin.

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23rd June 2000, 21:39	#1
carnekid Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 7	This is probably a stupid question and I am really mad at myself for not being able to figure it out but here goes: Whenever I change one of the skin bitmaps in Photoshop and save it, and compress it and finally change the file format, it seems like I didnt do anything. The skin still looks exactly the same. What am I doing wrong? I tryed to find it in the FAQ and the other pages but i couldnt. Any help will be greatly appriciated. Thanks, ------------------ [TiC-G]Carnekid

23rd June 2000, 22:26	#2
Ice Moderator Alumni Americas Favorite Smut Peddler Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Sun Prarie, WI Posts: 3,304	Try restarting winamp. Atleast you looked through the faq, and I thank you much for not writing a braindead question like: how do i make skins?

23rd June 2000, 23:01	#3
carnekid Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 7	OK, i tried that, it didnt seem to have any effect, even when i used the skin browser, no visible change was noted. It almost seems like it is not recognizing the changes made in photoshop, even though the files are changed when i reopen them. It seems very strange to me. ------------------ [TiC-G]Carnekid

24th June 2000, 00:23	#4
old and quite mad Major Dude Join Date: May 2000 Location: The PLANET Pluto Posts: 666	are you actually refreshing the skin you are working on or are you hitting a copy of the file you are working on that is still in your skins directory? I ask this because it happened to me the first few times I started working on skins.

24th June 2000, 00:45	#5
carnekid Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 7	I dont quite understand what you are trying to get at in that last message, it is probably my fault, if you would please elaborate I would appriciate it, I would really like to solve this problem. Thanks

24th June 2000, 01:53	#6
old and quite mad Major Dude Join Date: May 2000 Location: The PLANET Pluto Posts: 666	sorry. Sometimes there is more than one copy of the same skin on your HDD. I was thinking that possibly you has accessed a copy of a skin that WAS NOT in your winamp\skins directory and were working with it as opposed to a skin file in the skins directory. Even if you save changes and refresh the skin, if the skin file you are working on is NOT in c:\program files\winamp\skins, then you won't see any changes. If the skin IS in the winamp\skins directory, saved changes OUGHT to show when you re-select the skin. Does that make any more sense? [This message has been edited by old and quite mad (edited June 23, 2000).]

24th June 2000, 03:44	#7
carnekid Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 7	OH, i see what you are saying now, but im sorry to say that that is not it. I am sure it is the same one i was working on, because I tryed it 5 times. I think it has something to do with the way Photoshop saves the files, But i dont know how to fix it. Any help would be nice. Thanks for the other tip, i wish it was that easy

24th June 2000, 15:50	#8
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,687	I don't know if this could possibly be it, but when i first started using photoshop, this confused me- Make sure you "Save a copy" and not just "Save" if you have made layers because then you will save it as a .PSD and not a BMP. Xerxes

24th July 2000, 09:30	#9
bwentink Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 168	After saving your changes and recompressing everything your skin does not change on WinAmp because WinAmp still has the old skin in your computer's memory. If you want to see the changes switch to the base skin (or any other) and then switch back to your own skin. ------------------ ...