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PaulyWalnuts

Join Date 04/2025

Where to start

I know I'm OLD, so I hope I'm asking in the right category

First of all the most recent tutorial for Skin Studio I can find is for Windows XP! Did we lose more recent tutorials due to the melt down or am I just not seeing it?

Lemme warn 'ya. In my early 80's so keep it simple for the stupid. You young whipper snappers, have heard of KISS, right?

Trying my fist skin. First question. Is this the right place to ask for help, or is there another category I should be using?

2nd question. Can someone point me to a recent tutorial for Skin Studio 11? I think I came across StartXXX menu within 24 hours of upgrading to Windows 8. Don't remember what year that was, but I've owned Object Desktop for as long as I can remember. Which is about a minute these days.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Please use this tutorial to help you with your question: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1326186552/How+do+I+make+skins+for+WindowBlinds%3F.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Anybody wanna make an updated tutorial, please? I appreciate the efforts put into that, but a lot of it just doesn't fit the latest version.

This is my current start menu.

Notice the thin "rope" above the search bar. I'll attach all the images I have. I simply do not see it.

Also, how do I get rid of that separator above "All Programs"?

Lastly, why is the icon for Image for Windows cut off?

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LightStar

Join Date 12/2002

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Brilliant. Freddy Mercury! I'm torn between Bohemian Rapsidy <SP?> and I want to ride my bicycle. Grew up on the rat pack, but my early 20's introduced me to Rock and Roll.

So is it safe to assume this is the place to ask my inane questions?

Is there a place to introduce myself?

Grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I know where Livonia is. Last 20 years in central California. 90 miles south of Sacramento.

On and on, I ask. Is there a place to just bull shit around? Tell moderately dirty jokes? I've heard a few in my years.

Well, I was born in Detroit and grew up in Livonia and Westland. Living in Indiana now.

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Ah, yes. The bankrupt arm pit. Been there many a time to see the Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum and the Ford Rouge Factory. Mighta' gotten smaller since I was a kid, but that big ass steam engine got me hooked.

War of 1812. We were getting our butts kicked until we built the USS Niagara. Hind, sight, we shoulda let the Brits have the place.

California now. Miss the people, not the climate.

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I stumbled on this thread while poking around—had to say, seeing your progress from those first screenshots to now is really impressive. I’ve never made a skin myself, but watching you take this on (and with Paint Shop Pro no less!) makes me think maybe I should give it a try.

I don’t have an answer on the “exact slice sizes” but your approach of building the full image first sounds spot on. It might also help to look at a few other skins in SkinStudio to see how they sized their parts—sometimes seeing examples sparks ideas or gives you the answer.

Curious—has anyone here found a more updated tutorial or tips for SkinStudio with the current version? And Pauly, if you figure out the separator above "All Programs," I hope you’ll post what worked. I’d love to follow along.

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Well, thank you, young man!

Haven't gone any deeper than the start menu, yet, helping a friend build a forum/blog/store. Using that 24 year old paint shop pro:)

How did I get rid of that separator? At 81, I don't remember if I cleaned my ass after that dump I took a bit ago. Sniff, sniff... Seems okay.

Here's the current version:

Still missing the rope below the "Shutdown button". Snot perfect, but I like it. Can ya tell I like tall wooden ships?

Here's one I built. Only took 3 years!

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