[rel] VistaXP WindowBlinds

[KoL Veteran]

Maybe with the beta 2?

Per-Pixel frame and title bar animation support (skinners can create some really cool animated title bars and borders now).

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I mention the fade thing to Adam from Stardock, I hope the add that in future versions.

The fade is not animation, its part of the overlay image (the gloss) in the normal title bar buttons. The way the per pixel titlebar buttons are done is different.

Kol, will you ever create a small taskbar version?

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nop

Nice theme but I seem to get this problem when I run it in the "Glass mode". Does anyone else have this red border in the dropdown windows???

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what version of WB are you using??

[riceboy]

what version of WB are you using??

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WB5 beta2...

[Isakowski]

OK, if you wont make a small taskbar version, can someone create a startbutton for the small taskbar version. i mean resizing the original so that i can override windowblinds settings to small taskbar size without stretching the startbutton...

[Isakowski]

ok im playing now with skinstudio... but how to change taskbar size?

[ishiok]

OK, if you wont make a small taskbar version, can someone create a startbutton for the small taskbar version. i mean resizing the original so that i can override windowblinds settings to small taskbar size without stretching the startbutton...

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I guess Master KoL based on high resolution widescreen or dual display to come up with this skin experience. It fits my Dell 2405FPW nicely.

Edited November 8, 2005 by ishiok

[RevoDS]

About the task pane, could you change it to a Vista-like one, like seen in recent builds (5221.ux something, PDC Video "Windows Vista: Enabling parental controls in your app")?

Screenshots:

Your task pane

Vista's task pane

[Suicide]

first of all:

any chance to make a diffrent-look tray-popup notifications (for WB and VS, both)

http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/2144/ne...mapimage0ai.png

secondly, how can i change shell style for wb version?

i want to use top black shell by stefanka prolly

thirdly, wb version looks wat cooler then VS

great work once again Kol, i just cant belive u made this <3 <3 <3

[KoL Veteran]

About the task pane, could you change it to a Vista-like one, like seen in recent builds (5221.ux something, PDC Video "Windows Vista: Enabling parental controls in your app")?

Screenshots:

Your task pane

Vista's task pane

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Im not going to change the shellstyle but I think Im going to include a separate shellstyle. A top shellstyle that people can import with SkinStudio.

first of all:

any chance to make a diffrent-look tray-popup notifications (for WB and VS, both)

http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/2144/ne...mapimage0ai.png

secondly, how can i change shell style for wb version?

i want to use top black shell by stefanka prolly

thirdly, wb version looks wat cooler then VS

great work once again Kol, i just cant belive u made this <3 <3 <3

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1- I havent found a way to change that.

2- In SkinStudio open the theme and Tools -> WindowBlinds -> Import shell style file

3- Thanks :D

[mrbradleyt]

KOL,

Does the free version of SkinStudio support changing shell styles?

I know you can use a shell style from other WB skins in the User Overrides section, but how would I use a one from a file such as what you would provide?

By the way, a top shell style would awesome.

A top shell style is where the side (explorer) bar that has your tasks (such as Play all for music) right?

[grdh20]

In the latest build of WB5 beta2, the Glass Normal WB5 skin lost it's transparent title bar, but the compact still has a transparent title bar. very odd.

[Suicide]

Im not going to change the shellstyle but I think Im going to include a separate shellstyle. A top shellstyle that people can import with SkinStudio.

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dear Kol. is it possible to just include shellstyle into the theme?

top would look kool

the one u got in theme atm is "white or blackandwhite" it looks not really cool at all

so any other BLACK shellstyle will look way better

[KoL Veteran]

In the latest build of WB5 beta2, the Glass Normal WB5 skin lost it's transparent title bar, but the compact still has a transparent title bar. very odd.

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both versions are fine here,

dear Kol. is it possible to just include shellstyle into the theme?

top would look kool

the one u got in theme atm is "white or blackandwhite" it looks not really cool at all

so any other BLACK shellstyle will look way better

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No sorry, Im going to keep the current shellstyle.

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Kol, love the work so far :)

Just a quick question regarding the alternate shellstyle, will you be giving a tutorial/instructions how to import it with skinstudio?

[grdh20]

both versions are fine here,

Hmm, I tried it on a completely different box with the same results. Compact has a transparent title bar and Glass Normal doesn't. Oh well, I'll just leave it on Compact. Funny thing is that on 4.90 it worked fine on both boxes. Only thing changed was update to 4.95.

[Tweaker]

Kol, love the work so far :)

Just a quick question regarding the alternate shellstyle, will you be giving a tutorial/instructions how to import it with skinstudio?

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It's very easy to import a shellex using Skinstudio. Open Skinstudio, on the toolbar go to Tools /Windowblinds/Import shellstyle file.

Below is a screenie of my import of stefranka's shell with Kol VistaXP Glass

[pepo]

Well yout glass looks perfect! o_O :laugh:

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Thanks tweaker (Y) Will the original shellstyle still be available afterward though? Thanks for your reply thus far :)

[Tweaker]

Thanks tweaker (Y) Will the original shellstyle still be available afterward though? Thanks for your reply thus far :)

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When uou import a new shell the old is not available unless Kol were to put a seperate folder with shells in it so the the orignal could be re-imported. A work around would be to save the theme with the imported shell as a sub-style. That's what I did for the one in the screenie. You can do that by telling Skinstudio to 'save as' and give the new theme a name. In this case I saved is Vista Glass Normal. Hope that helps!

[Guest]

Well yout glass looks perfect! o_O :laugh:

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some image capturing apps dont pick up the glass and i assume thats what happened there.

[Tweaker]

some image capturing apps dont pick up the glass and i assume thats what happened there.

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Yeah, I'm using an old image capturing piece of software which does capture the glass effect. The Startmenu didn't show up in the screenie nor the frame of My Computer.

[KoL Veteran]

VistaXP v3 Preview

Here's a preview of the next version. I'm still workning with it, what you see on the screenshot is what I have done. The substyles will be renamed. Im not going to make changes to the old version substyles (v2) they will be renamed BETA 1 (Balck Normal BETA 1, Glass Compact BETA 1). The new version is the one that you see on the screenshot, BETA 2 (Glass BETA 2, Black BETA 2 etc.)

Things I have changed:

- New Start Button

- New Taskbar

- New Start Menu

- New Titlebar Buttons

- New Titlebar and Borders.

Things I'll change:

- New Silver color

- New Titlebar Buttons for Black and Silver

- New Start Button for Black and Silver

- New Taskbar for Black and Silver

- New Start Menu for Black and Silver

It will take a little but I'll released before December 16 :p

[Guest]

excelent, that start menu is a big improvement :yes:

hmmm... will this theme ever utilize reflection maps?

Edited November 11, 2005 by cacoe

[KoL Veteran]

excelent, that start menu is a big improvement  :yes:

hmmm... will this theme ever utilize reflection maps?

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I tried the reflection map but it doesnt look good because the titlebar and borders have shadows.

[NY1]

Can you make the start button bigger than the taskbar like in that concept shot.

[KoL Veteran]

Can you make the start button bigger than the taskbar like in that concept shot.

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No,

well it can be done using some tricks but it wont be usable.