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Xiandi
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Reply #26 August 16, 2011 4:36:22 PM
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Quoting Xiandi,
reply 25
How can anyone improve if their work is not critiqued?

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Reply #27 August 16, 2011 5:31:27 PM
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Start panel and taskbar are in

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Reply #28 August 16, 2011 5:34:04 PM
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hmmm, everything looks so much darker in the shot than it does on my screen....

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Reply #29 August 16, 2011 5:34:46 PM
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Try a brighter background.

Just adding my professional opinion.....

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Reply #30 August 16, 2011 6:01:17 PM
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If the background is going to be the wallpaper then you might want to choose to include at least one or two lighter versions. 

It doesn't take away from the fact that this is going to one very nice theme.

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Reply #31 August 16, 2011 6:09:06 PM
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You were promoted on your work not other peoples.  You do your thing.

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Reply #32 August 16, 2011 6:28:35 PM
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I'm definitely going to have to lighten everything a bit...and maybe calibrate my monitor again. I sent it to someone to test out, and the darkness causes some loss of detail on their screen. Lighter backgrounds didn't help either.

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Reply #33 August 16, 2011 7:08:49 PM
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i like this a lot. Another uniquely original work.

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Reply #34 August 16, 2011 8:12:40 PM
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OK, so I set my monitor back to factory default settings, which actually made it brighter, not darker. I ran through a couple monitor calibration sites, and everything seems ok. I even set the brightness on my monitor to ZERO to see if I could match the brightness (or lack thereof) in that shot and could not. So...why is that shot so dark?

I'm still going to brighten the blind a little,  but this is bugging me. If that shot is too dark, then my shot when I upload it will be too, and it wont show what it really looks like when installed.

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Reply #35 August 16, 2011 8:23:54 PM
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It looks really good to me as is....you'll get less fade-in with a contrasting wallpaper.

 

Quoting Xiandi,
reply 34
why is that shot so dark?

probably the software used

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Reply #36 August 16, 2011 9:08:17 PM
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Quoting Xiandi,
reply 34
OK, so I set my monitor back to factory default settings, which actually made it brighter, not darker. I ran through a couple monitor calibration sites, and everything seems ok. I even set the brightness on my monitor to ZERO to see if I could match the brightness (or lack thereof) in that shot and could not. So...why is that shot so dark?

I'm still going to brighten the blind a little,  but this is bugging me. If that shot is too dark, then my shot when I upload it will be too, and it wont show what it really looks like when installed.

I'm using an old CRT monitor, which is a bit dark, and I'm not able to see any borders in the screenshot. A lighter wallpaper might help.

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Reply #37 August 17, 2011 1:42:08 PM
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Brightened the blind, tried a different screenshot method, lets see how it looks this time.....

Edit: Muuuuch better.

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Reply #38 August 17, 2011 1:43:48 PM
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Not sure if you already named it, Dominion is good, but I really would like Inferno, Suspiria or Revenge on this one.

The skin looks like a gem (a jewel from Hell, of course) with a lovely devilish touch...Just excellent, Lady X.           

 

btw, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ( big sorry for delay) !!!

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Reply #39 August 17, 2011 1:47:07 PM
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Quoting Xiandi,
reply 37
Brightened the blind, tried a different screenshot method, lets see how it looks this time.....

Reduced 41%Original 1440 x 900

I using a new Samsun 46in LED TV as a monitor, looks good here.

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Reply #40 August 17, 2011 1:52:00 PM
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Quoting Xiandi,
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Edit: Muuuuch better.

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Reply #41 August 17, 2011 3:23:14 PM
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I think it looks great...I love dark skins.

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Reply #42 August 18, 2011 12:12:31 AM
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Now I can see everything. You might be interested in this free program: Screenshot Captor; It's extremeley simple to use, but highly capable at the same time, and always faithful to the original. A desktop screenshot is as simple as pressing Prt Scr on your keyboard.    

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Screenshot-Captor_program_14603.html

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Reply #43 August 23, 2011 8:25:15 PM
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Windows 7 is done, on to Vista and XP! Won't be long now.

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Reply #44 August 23, 2011 9:43:26 PM
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Don't forget the light version 

(unless its a freebie, of course)

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Reply #45 August 23, 2011 10:06:33 PM
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Quoting vStyler,
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Don't forget the light version
Yeah, yeah....lol. There will be a light version too. 

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Reply #46 August 23, 2011 10:42:57 PM
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Yeah, it sucks... but... ya 

 

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Reply #47 August 23, 2011 11:45:55 PM
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looking good

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Reply #48 August 24, 2011 5:09:31 PM
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Thanks skibadee!

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Reply #49 August 24, 2011 9:55:43 PM
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Lady...this is stunning...there isnt a skinner alive that can do what you do! im constantly impressed...stay big.

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Reply #50 August 24, 2011 10:34:57 PM
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I couldn't make the buttons let alone the rest of it. Amazing.

PS: I sort of like plain in walls and the SS in your Reply 37 looks great to me and shows off the colors of the WB just fine.

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