SkinStudio 6 Tutorial: Table of Contents
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The SkinStudio 6 tutorial has many sections, most with plenty of screenshots to help show the process of creatin
g your own WindowBlinds skin. We tried our best to create a thorough Table of Contents which will make it easy for you to find the specific section you might want to reference. Obviously, I would recommend reading through the whole tutorial first, especially if you are setting out to create your first skin.
I posted the links below, for reference, but you can find the full TOC here.
1. An Introduction to SkinStudio
What are Skins?
What is WindowBlinds?
What is SkinStudio?
The Elements of a Graphical User Interface
2. A Brief Overview of SkinStudio
Choosing What Kind of Skin to Make
The SkinStudio Categories
The Elements of the Start Bar
The Elements of Start Menu
Making a New Start Button
Importing the Image into SkinStudio
4. Creating Images for the Start Bar
Horizontal Taskbar
System Tray
Taskbar Group Menu
Vertical Taskbar
Creating a Start Menu
Start Menu Logoff Images
Start Menu Popup Windows
7. Changing the TitleBars and Borders
The Elements of the Title Bar and Windows Borders
Understanding per-pixel frames vs. UIS1 vs. UIS2
Making a New Title Bar
Creating and Importing Buttons
UIS1 and UIS2 TitleBars/Buttons
Minimized and ToolWindows Window
Creating Borders
9. Skinning Windows Buttons and Other Controls
Buttons and Controls
Combobox Controls
HeaderBar Controls
Menus and Menu Bars
ProgressBar Controls
Scrollbars
Spin Controls
Statusbar Controls
Tab Controls
Toolbar Controls
Trackbar Controls
Treeview +/- Controls
10. Windows XP Specific Elements
Windows XP Shell
Logoff and Shutdown Screens
Toolbar Icons in Explorer and Internet Explorer 6
Control Panel Shell Styles
Shell Style Icons and Pictures
XP File Animations
Vista Specific Elements
Explorer/IE Shell Parts
Internet Explorer 7
Task Dialog Controls
Vista Explorer Parts
Additional Vista Parts
Changing Skin Fonts
Changing Skin Colors
Creating and Managing Sub-Styles
Backgrounds
Re-Coloring Skins
Theme Part Details
Start Menu Animation Builder
Animation Compression
Misc. Tips & Tricks