Don't forget you can colorize your skins

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One of the best and most underused features of WindowBlinds 6 is the colorizing feature.

With WindowBlinds, you can color certain parts of the skin but not others in order to create multiple new styles that you can save for later.

Here are two screenshots to show what I mean:

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Above is Elegance but with a more golden hue to it. Note that the close button is still red. It's not just a brute force hue shift.

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Here is Aero Executive changed to be grassy.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Little tricky to get the hang of but once you have it down it really is invaluable.  :CONGRAT: 
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You mean you can colorize a skin and save it? As an additional skin?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You mean you can colorize a skin and save it? As an additional skin?
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Yep, it saves it as a sub for selected skin. When select colours tab and also trans and blur, click drop down where says Change settings for all skins, create new, create new again, name sub, create, close, then set to colour or trans and blur you want.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I see great things in your future Cavan1 :)
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i have always used that feature. i love it. :CONGRAT:  :CONGRAT:  :CONGRAT: 
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I made a topic about this...but colorizing doesn't work very well when that tiny preview doesn't contain any colored bits of the skin with which to work with when trying to recolor it.  :NOTSURE: Would be nice if the taskbar preview showed all the states of the taskbar buttons, so at least when a skin (like WTM) only has certain bits colored, taskbar buttons are a likely source of colorized sections. Also wish the advanced coloring was more user friendly (ctrl + click on a color on the preview, shift slider, done).
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good points Steph.. Rome wasn't built in a day, keep pushing and maybe in future releases we will see it flourish into a wonderful acompanying feature, for right now, works well and very handy. Good job on the wiki and promotion.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Caravan1. I'm in heaven now.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've been hoping for a little more detailed "how to" than what Brad did originally.

I have never been able to change only one item. Each time I try I end up with all the colors changing. There's gotta be something I'm missing, but since I've gone thru the instructions at least ten times I think maybe I misunderstand one of the steps.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I know what you mean Lantec, I could never get it working either (hence my "for dummies" suggestion).  :NOTSURE: 
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OT. I don't see the 'Use advanced HSL colouring' option in the latest version of WB6 (v 6.02.024). ?
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I dont understantd the HSL coloring what is the difference and how do you use it? If you know how you should make an article to help us DUMMIES who dont automiatically know how to do stuff? I just hate that I was born with this CURSE!
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Does anyone have a link to the tutorial on recoloring a skin in WB6?

I was able to get it to work correctly once, but can't remember how it was done vis a vis HSL coloring.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Everytime I try to use the eye dropper to grab a color it displays one thing unitl I let go and then selects something different . . . killing me.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I uninstaled and reinstalled the new WB6 via SDC and I still don't see the advanced HSL option. Whaddup? :NOTSURE:
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What happens when you follow the numbered steps below?




Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Zubaz! :) I didn't know that little thingy (#4) was an actual button so I never clicked it. Looked like a graphics bug on my end or something. All good now. Cheers, f
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I never even Noticed the eye dropper? But I still dont know what to do from there? After you select the color you want to change where do you go to change it? The hue slider?