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Blue Wing WIP

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Blue Wing WIP

Time for a bit of color

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As some of you may know, I work on a passenger ferry and am out at sea for 2 weeks at a time. This relative isolation give me plenty of time to sit in my cabin and doodle.

Sometimes inspiration comes to me in funny ways. Take for instance my razor. I was shaving before work and I started to admire the colors of my Gillette Fusion

I thought, "those colors would make a nice blind"

This is what came out of that thought

I don't know why I called it Blue Wing......it's just the name that popped into my head

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for taking the trouble to do an XP version.

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top

5* 5* 5* 5* 5* , Cyndie!

Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:-"

Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Very sharp
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Damn! Wiz beat Me to it! XD ........sorry I missed this one Tim, Looking really cool!  :thumbsup:

Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top

nice rainy Xiandi will go great with the blind. :wc: :thumbsup:

Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Getting real close now. I'm working on the windows 7 stuff

Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:drool:  

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey Giz......how goes it with the docks?

Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:beer:

Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Looks good from the screeny :thumbsup:

 

I was kinda hoping for more than just a screeny, Steve. Like perhaps you send me the docks to try em out? XD

Reply #63 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

:beer:

 

Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Blue Wing Dock Set........Redneck Style!

Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:beer:

Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

Ok...since RND did another set I'm just gonna pull mine...no point in having 2 sets that look pretty much the same.
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Jim's zoomer is totally different from yours and you haven't done any tiles that I know of. I feel that all the docks look different enough to be upload as well as yours. The more choices people have, the better.....don't you agree?

Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 67
The skin is finished!
However I may have a corrupt skin here and may have to rebuild it
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Unless it's intended as a Master skin, then.... fuck it and just upload ;-)

Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm still using it even with the Outlook issue.......... :)

I do have a request/suggestion....could you slightly dim the bright white window backgrounds......

Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Unless it's intended as a Master skin, then.... fuck it and just upload
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it is so it's.....fuck it and rebuild XD

I do have a request/suggestion....could you slightly dim the bright white window backgrounds......
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I'd love to. But Protector was initially rejected as a master skin for just that reason ( the window background color was light gray). I even asked for clarification about the issue and was informed that nothing other than default (white) would be accepted. But hey while I'm already rebuilding the skin, I may offer a substyle with muted windows background.....no promises though.

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Protector was initially rejected as a master skin for just that reason
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didn't know that....leave it white, I'll change it on my end :)

Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top

But Protector was initially rejected as a master skin for just that reason ( the window background color was light gray). I even asked for clarification about the issue and was informed that nothing other than default (white) would be accepted.
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This from the principle/premier Customization website? Sounds pretty odd.

Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This from the principle/premier Customization website? Sounds pretty odd.
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I think it's an issue of usability Doc, for some people it might be to hard for them to see, and being that they are buying it, if they end up with something they can't use......it will just cause too many problems. The Skinner can include substyles, but they must have the white.

 

Tim, instead of having to do a substyle, couldn't You just include a TGA swatch of the color You wanted it to be?  people could just drop it in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Textures........ then they could select it from Explorer Backgrounds in WindowBlinds just like You would for a texture. Of course this may cause some usability issues depending on the text color, but if You can find a color that looks good with the blind and use a font color that works well with it and the white........just another one of those ideas that pop into My head..... ;)

Reply #74 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Fred: The Skinner can include substyles, but they must have the white.
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Tim: informed that nothing other than default (white) would be accepted.
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Fred, I would agree with you, except that Tim wrote what I put in bold type. Your way makes sense, but he didn't say that. That's why I'm questioning why such a posture would be adopted by WC.

Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Fred, I would agree with you, except that Tim wrote what I put in bold type. Your way makes sense, but he didn't say that. That's why I'm questioning why such a posture would be adopted by WC.
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Oops, guess I read through to fast........Thanks Doc! :)