"Spin Box"? Whats that?

It is also a good idea to put a check in the box to change tga files back to png files with Skin Studio before you edit them with you're paint program. You can find that checkbox in tools/preferences/image/editors in Skin Studio. After I finish a skin I just delete all the PNG files that Skin studio created.

Someone please do this to see my problem. Start SkinStudio, then click file-new-skin.
When it opens click on the Horizontal tray button to open it in paint to edit. Then just click save. It then gets distorted. Why is that?

So then how do I edit it?

After editing and saving in PSP as Shameless explained, use SKS to import your new png file. SKS will automatically convert it back to a tga file

Im trying to use the soame image thats already there. Once I move it it wont work properly. Just disappears.

what image as in thisimage.ext? How are you trying to move it? Where won't it work properly? Nothing disappears unless you move it to your recycle bin

1. In SKS click the edit button for the HorizontalTray.tga. This will create a png and open it in MS Paint. Close MSPaint, don't save.
2. Open PSP and browse to the skin's folder and open the HorizontalTray.png file. Edit it. Save it like Shameless explained.
3. In SKS...in the section tree, on the right, where all the attributes are listed for this image, right-click on the first attribute Horizontal Tray Image and Select Import => Browse for File. Get the new png file you made in PSP and SKS wil convert it to a tga.

make sure translucent and transparent are checked for tgas

In SKS, when you are at your Horizontal Tray image, in the center box at the bottom, below the Show Frame ComboBox and PaintMode ComboBox are two checkboxes, one for tanslucent and one for transparent, both of these need to be checked for tga images, or black will show where the image is supposed to be transparent. Also remember to set your margins for your images. Not setting margins or using the default settings may distort your image.

Okay, here is what you want to do.

Open Skin Studio, click tools at the top bar, and then preferences. Then click editing and image editors. You will see the add button, click it and then locate your PSP8 executable file. Once you have PSP added move it to the top. Then, put a check box in "convert TGA files to png before editing."

Now, whenever you double click a image it will open in PSP8. If it is a tga file, it will be converted to PNG automatically. Once you finish editing it, just click save in your PSP. Then, you need to save your WB skin and the modified PNG will automatically update back to TGA in SKin Studio with the modifications.

Oh great. Please have patience with me. Ok I started to do what you described ChaUGC One problem How do I know what is the excutable file for PSP 8 please help me. WIll it matter if I click the wronfg file trying to find it. Is there a path you can give me. I assume it's in the PSP directory somewhere. Dont give up on me ChasUGC. I will be rolling once these few things are worked out. Heck I already have good designs waiting to be applied.
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Ok, It still didnt work. Here is what I did. I opened a new theme in Skin Studio. I clicked tools/preferences/image editing/add/browse/ I made PSP 8 my default editing program. That worked fine. Now for the problem I have. I start with a new WindowBlind Theme. UIS 2. As soon as it opens it looks like XP theme. I click on the HORIZONTAL TRAY BUTTON to and it opens in the SkinStudio window. I double click it to edit it and it opens in PSP 8. Then without even editing I click file save.(Just to put it back just like it was) I go over to SkinStudio and save. Then I apply the theme to my windows and the button and taskbar look grey and sometimes the HORIZONTAL TRAY button is gone. I wonder about these things-> Sometimes in SKS when I ask to edit or save the horizontal tray button. It tells me it's going to be deleted. Also, It is wierd that the horizontal tray button is square in its edit image, but appears round when in action (before I edit it anyway...lol)I look at the button image in edit and its first button has blue borders and the rest is white borders. I see no MAGIC PINK as I have heard about, Yet it appears to work the same by appearing round. "Untill I click to edit it and then save it again." (I also have the free version of SKS 4.3 so maybe I cant import images.) but the way I am doing editing my images now with PSP opening the Imageby default. Im really not importing, or am I.""Stressing"" If true then let me know. I know I must be doing something wrong. Please try what I said above yourself to a new theme to figure out my mistake. Hope I have added enough details.
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