I for one have seen a
lot of skin bashing. Cursing and whatnot for no good reason. So, for that reason, I was a little sensitive to such negative criticism. I recently made a comment about a skin being overly criticized based on my skinning experience. But, I didn't open the skin to see what it looked like. When, I did, I realized that the previous skin comment was accurate and appropriate. Since the skin in question was a port, maybe the author didn't take the time to see what the port looked like before he/she uploaded it. Or, maybe the author didn't know how to correct the problem. So, if this thread is in regards to my comment, thanks for posting it here and jumping down my throat. But, I will continue to defend the efforts of fellow skinners when I feel that they have been unjustly criticized.
So, when I saw the comment about scroll bar arrows, I remember that those arrows are not normally anti-aliased or vector based because they are so small and the angle doesn't normally require it. But, I didn't open the skin to see that they are not the normal size and that they are really skewed.
All I said, was that before someone is overly criticizes of a skin, they should see how time consuming it is to create a skin from scratch. I'm not talking about the skin that was thrown together to show how fast they could do it, I'm talking about skins, such as the ones Treetog makes, where he obviously puts his heart into the skin, and it takes 60 to 100 hours of "free work" to create. I don't yet have Treetog experience, and my next one looks like it is going to take at least 200 hours of "free work". I have to learn Bryce in order to do it right. So, it is going to take a lot of time.
Yes, it is done because it is fun and a challenge, at least for me. But, after you spend all this time, and put your heart into it, and you have someone jump down your throat or is unjustly and unfairly critical, it hurts. So, I felt the need to make the comment.
I didn't even realize that the skin was a port. I thought the author created it himself. But, again, my comment was well intentioned although it was wrong. If someone cares to remove my small comment, feel free to do so without any bad feelings on my part, because my
small comment was wrong. Here is a link to my small comment. Actually, I would appreciate if it were removed because it was inaccurate in this case.
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=4600
