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Crud, now I need help...Whenever I try to put the close/minimize/maximize/help buttons back where they belong at the top right corner...they always throw them selves all over the preview image. (In skinstudio) And as a result, I cant get those buttons to show up im my 'blind when I load it...(Through the Windowblinds prog)...Does anybody know whats going on?

I think I do..... go to "alignment" for your button....make sure the setting is for "relative to the TOP RIGHT of the window", or wherever you want it to be. If this isn't it, let me know and I will think of something else.

First... click on your button in the preview. Then in the right hand panel you will see "alignment" in the list. Then click on the little "+" sign next to it to expand it. you should then see "button alignment" and you can change it in the drop down box below the preview window.

Remember....some buttons have more than one image. check in the left hand pane to see how many images are used for your button. For instance there may be two or three instances of a minimize button. Check each one individually, to make sure they all have the same alignment.

You are welcome... I just hope it helped....was that the problem?

Hmmm.... not as easy as it might sound Lee. It can be done, but once you start stretching and tiling the various parts it could look a bit odd. Much better to just take your color pallette from your wall, and make graphics that will perform correctly in WB's.

For example: I am going to make a WB skin to match my "Loves dying embers" wallpaper, but if I just cut out a panel from the wall to make into a titlebar, it will get screwed up when tiled and just look messy. So I will make graphics that match the colors in the wall instead.

If you send me a screenshot of the wall you are considering using as a base, I will take a look and tell you if you can use any of it in your blind. Worth a shot eh?

Yea BoXXi, the alignment settings were way off...So I manually redid them and all is well...Thanks again.

Sound like you both are doing real good
Dark, If you want to use part of a wall design for a WB, its hard to do in all aspects of the skin as Boxxi mentioned.
But you can use 'cut-out' parts from the wall to create the logof window and the frame of the Start Menu window, just remember to make the 'cut-out' parts of the wall the same size as the template for the Start Menu window.

Quote: "Where do i select it though, every time i try it only MS Paint appears"
Skinstudio has a hint there

Please note that the first editor on the list is going to be the default editor invoked on image double click.

DM, what wallpaper are you basing your WB off of? (Mine is based off the colors in Sailors' Delight)

Thats would be my first choice if I was gonna do one off of your walls too.

Im not sure if SkinStudio converts .png to .tga
When I need to use a file as a .tga I save it as .tga and then import it.