Windows XP Themes, how do you make them? |
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 Mar 14 2009, 10:47 PM
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 kthxbai  Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203  |
I can't find any tutorials on youtube...
 How do you make them? Where can I find a tutorial? Do I need to download a program to edit themes? |
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Mar 14 2009, 10:56 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
QUOTE "The theme file formats are not public; Microsoft retains the design control for themes, to allow a consistent user interface and ensure design continuity. A theme developer's kit will not be available with Windows XP."
-- Microsoft Fortunately, the theme API has been flushed out and now anyone can make a full-blown theme. Themes can consist of many different components ("visual style" window settings, wallpapers, sounds, screensavers, icons, cursors, even Windows Media Player skins), but we currently focus on the visual styles and wallpapers. We also host XP login screens. The only tool specifically designed for developing visual styles is by TGT Soft and is released as a beta. Check out TGT Soft's download page. You will need both StyleBuilder and Style XP to develop themes. To create a skin manually download ResHacker and start off with an existing .msstyles file. To see how to make a boot screen, check out this page. Once you've made a visual style, login, or wallpaper, please submit it as a .zip file using our submission guidelines. We will add the submission to our site immediately after it has been approved. |
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Mar 14 2009, 10:59 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
oh i thought that was an error >.<
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Mar 28 2009, 03:39 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 254 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 682,007 |
i run vista, sorry.
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Mar 28 2009, 07:25 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,435 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 506,205 |
Moved to...Webmaster's Corner?
(I don't know what XP themes involve, but this doesn't belong here...move it if it's wrong). |
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Mar 28 2009, 07:42 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(schizo @ Mar 28 2009, 07:25 PM)  Moved to...Webmaster's Corner? (I don't know what XP themes involve, but this doesn't belong here...move it if it's wrong). Moved to technology? Webmasters corner wouldn't be right either. This is UI tweaking, not web design. |
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Mar 28 2009, 08:11 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I hate to bully a topic around, but this does fit better in Technology.
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Mar 29 2009, 02:40 PM
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 Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
wow, seems complicated? haha
well it does have a little tutorial in it which is a good thing if you ever get stuck on something.. but i will probably use this... |
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Mar 29 2009, 02:53 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
Making themes with Windows XP totally blows chunks. If it was straight forward using photoshop and making the theme all in .png (then later compress it into a whole theme) it would be awesome.
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Mar 29 2009, 02:55 PM
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Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
that would be pretty cool, compared to all these designers that use XP.
----------------------EDIT------------------- i mean, well all the designers that are good at well, Designing Stuff! |
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