Am I wasting my time skinning this image?

I see it.

Some skin it,I cheat and make them transparent...I think it makes the window look cleaner.  

It has nothing to do with me being lazy...  

It's up to the skinner if they want to skin it. I've done it with and w/o.   

cheat and make them transparent...I think it makes the window look cleaner

Even though I have been skinning those icons, I agree with I.R. The windows look cleaner without them. Can we all agree as skinners to lose the ugly things? LOL

heck,I dont even do the arrows any more(transparent too  )They are a pain and a waste of skinning...the little frame goes up and down whether they are there or not.It dosnt matter where you click on the header.  

I cheat and make them transparent

Great suggestion IRB - I really hate that image - never thought of doing that   

I have a skin for personal use that takes out ALOT of Windows redundencies and useless images. If I were to ever upload it , people would scream. Where's this? Where's that?
So much is not needed. Don't even get me started on the title bar buttons NEEDING glyphs. We all know by now which is which and you can do some pretty cool things if you don't have glyphs. They make everything skin look the same.
And then theres all the stuff I skin that I never ever ever ever see, and noone else ever sees it either.
It is sad that people skin for downloads. Skins can be much more usable for less people than more if they are skinned to be used a certain way.

Thanks for the replies.
The main point of this thread is to bring it to the attention of people that don't skin it.
Mainly when I "buy" a skin. (Hint-Hint-Hint).
They know who they are........

I'm at the point now, that all I have to do is look at the parts that aren't skinned and I know exactly who made it.   

HI Z

I didnt even know that you COULD skin that. okay how is it done?? and better yet, transparent sounds even better, majic pink I.R ?? And is it the Shellstyle.SpecialPaneIcon? I cant see how to change it, as no image comes up for it......

If I were to ever upload it , people would scream. Where's this? Where's that?

UPLOAD IT!

I wanna see it.

I wanna see them freak out. lol. I LOVE the drama!

You know you wanna....

peerpressurepeerpressurepeerpressure........

Yes Kitty,I think thats what its called.I think its around 32x32,but I just use magic pink on them and the arrows.The arrows graphic   size influences the size of the header too I think.

I.R.,
I concur.

If I were to ever upload it , people would scream. Where's this? Where's that? UPLOAD IT! I wanna see it. I wanna see them freak out. lol. I LOVE the drama! You know you wanna.... peerpressurepeerpressurepeerpressure........

LOL yes UPLOAD!!! Come on NT, let them freak out, heck, I might even freak out, but who cares... I wana see it!

What Po said, but in a MUCH larger font... and twice to boot!!

Yes...UPLOAD!!!! Can you use a totally transparent png for the special arrows and the toolbar icons or does it have to be magic pink (I am having issues with magic pink at the moment LOL)

Is the translucency checkbox available?If so,yeah you probably can.  
Something wierd about totally transparent .tga's...if they contain NO color info,sometimes the bork up.A fix was to not make them completely empty.Even a teeny smidge of near invisible pixels made them more stable.  

it looks fine, but i dont use icons i make my icons hidden so the wallpaper shines, thats what its all about not some stupid icons, now the quick launch and start menu is where its all at!!!

Something wierd about totally transparent .tga's...if they contain NO color info,sometimes the bork up.

This is true.
I've found an easy fix is to take the transparency down from 255% to 1%.
Still an image, but almost gone.

Yes,that would keep them stable.  

Thanks I,R, and Z71! now if we could only get those midi buttons skinned for WB5!! LOL

UPLOAD IT!

Maybe soon. I love drama myself but I don't think it's Oscar quality yet. What I really REALLY REALLLLLLLY need is to be able to skin the tabs and icons in Internet Explorer 7. Otherwise it totally fails. Please Stardock, for the love of all that is skinning. Enable us to skin our browsers. I will sell my sole to be able to skin the tabs. I will trade my first born for a beta version of skinstudio. I will sell my motorcyle even though my wife and mother have been nagging...ooooh the nagging. I will be your bestest friend... or lover.   

get those midi buttons skinned for WB5!! LOL

still can't skin those in Wb5, they should work in version 4.6 though.

I will sell my sole to be able to skin the tabs.

I went down to the crosroads
Fell down on my knees

I just wanna get through one windowblinds. lol