Master skinners are masters for a reason. your theory is the same as walking into a local dojo as a white belt and saying 'i could be black too if someone payed for the belt"

........ya right.

I'm not even gonna waste my time typing the reasons behind master skinners, because you obviously dont even 'get it'

tapeworm,

Have you even looked at any of the Master Skinner galleries?

Why not start by uploading one skin to the gallery or a link to some of your past work. Without seeing any of your work, no one is going to take you seriously.

I have bought a Computer, DX pro, OD, paid ADSL,....., a hightech mice (oh wait it's a gift), the puppies for my daughter (hum not sure about that one) eh at less i might be...

Citizen

what are u talking about Quentin94?

and why are people mad i made this post to figure out why al this cost soooooooooooo much

here want me to edit it

as far as you are here you have a computer and internet so you are be able to learn how use softwares, you can use free soft like the GIMP, Paint,.... SKS and WB free, Cursor XP free, well i need to continue over the full page no i guess
Check out the Stardock products page and see how much free version there are. for the graphics the GIMP is equal in both way as Photoshop and there are also free 3D Softwares on the net.
As remind (i could be wrong) but i guess JJ Ying (who is a Master) use the free version of SKS and WB

you can have 1'000'000'000'000 $ on your bank account you will not to be a Master here as i said before "To be a Master, not only must the user be a significant contributor to the community, but instrumental to the day to day life of WinCustomize." that not means only make skins tapeman2 so far that means you need to become a master to be helpful in both way to the community (not mean Stardock but people)

And to finish NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE try everyday to improve yourself and your skills and you'll not become a master but a Man that you could respect

For those who didn't notice tapeman2 change the dollor amount in the original post from $100 to $150. What's up with that? Maybe he thinks we're all part of the upperclass and don't have to work for a living.   

tapeman2, the tone of your post makes you sound like a child. You were just in here the other day asking how you could post a skin for sale. Now this post. What did you intend to make your skin with if you weren't going to pay the money for a graphics program? The Master skinners aren't Masters because they paid the most money, they are Masters because they put in TONS of time making FREE skins for the community. They are rightfully promoted to Master after all of this work and are "allowed" to sell some stuff. Do some work, post it here, get better and better, post more stuff...maybe one day you could attain Master status also. But to answer your question about why does it cost so much...maybe you should ask Adobe why they put a $600 dollar price tag on their Photoshop Software, or ask the makers of PaintShop Pro why it costs so much. They drive the prices of the software, not the Skinners.



This sentence is utterly ridiculous.

People, I do believe we are being had here. He threw out a fishing line with a little bait on it and it's turned into a feeding frenzy. It's time to swim upstream.   

Damn, with all the money I've spent buying paint programs and stardock programs I should have been a master many years ago.  Probably would have if I could have used them.    Hehe, never could figure them out.