And thank you Skinned Alive I was using paint shop, but I downloaded that free program to try it out too!

If you want to use the radioactive symbol in your start menu,move it to the lower portion of the places section and set your margins above the top edge of the symbol...that way it wont get distorted.  

Anytime Alicia  



Ah heck TA, it's finally getting to the point of having to use reference numbers.
Next we'll be using articles, sections, and paragraphs.
Uhh look at Reply 1215, Article 7, Section 2, 3rd paragraph, and you'll see herein...  

Ok now I'm gonna sound real stupid, but how do I cut it up??

Copy the image as a whole to a new image.(no extra layers,just the entire menu as a single image)(select all,copy merged)
On your new image Use the selection tool and select the part of the image you want to use for the User Pane and right click ans goto new layer via cut.
Repeat with all the pieces you need and you have each section on a separate layer

Open SS and hit edit for the piece you want to change...place the appropriate layer from your cut document into the section you are working on and delete the original image layer.That leaves only your new layer.
You will have to resize the image you are replacing to the new images size first.
Save it,but leave it open in case you want to change it.

Go back to SS and set your margins for tiling or stretching.

Do all the others and you will be ready to do the More programs arrow,Item mouseover and logoff buttons.  

git 'r' done   

I forgot to say,while setting the margins also set the size parameters to match your graphic size...or the size you need it to be.Margins really come into play then.  

me waves back a tawoods...hehe   

  

Ok I realized that I needed to make it biger so I had room to cut for the shut off log off...

you two get a room   


JK..its great to see more female skinners

Well thanks

do I have to save it as .skin or something to be able to open it in ss?

save the individual pieces somewhere as separate images and open whatever skin you are working on and import your graphics for each section by browsing to them.

Rounded corners have to be magic pink for regular windows and translucent .tga's or .png.s for per pixel.(your pieces have to be on a transparent background...not white.  

You should always start any graphic on a transparent background...a layer by itself on the bottom...if you dont have one...add a new blank layer and drag it to the bottom of the layer list.