Is the windows enhancement community ready for heavy graphic skins?

Published on September 9, 2004 By Styl-X Design In WinCustomize Talk

Very often I find myself wondering what the big diffrence is between things like windowblinds and windows media player.

Its not hard to see that a lot of WMP skins use a lot heavier graphics then WB skins.
(note, with heavy graphic I mean 3d style).

I think its the custom shape of WMP that makes it more suitable for heavy graphic skins but wouldn't it be awesome to have a little of that 3d feeling being put in a wb skin?
I know there is some 3d in WB skins, but it never really get past an 'innershadow' filter

Whats the deal with this?

Styl-X Design fingers are starting to tintel as he has this 3d wb skin idea in his head for nearly a week now... Time to dust of skinstudio

Comments (Page 1)

I.R. Brainiac

on Sep 09, 2004

I tend to go heavy on the 3d...some people love it,some dont.

Styl-X Design

on Sep 09, 2004

I love it. Atleast its out of the box. It gets a bit anoying to see the same startbutton at the same place under the same menu... sure they have a new 'skin' but I think I want mine to have a new frame

I.R. Brainiac

on Sep 09, 2004

some users feel that a skin too heavy on the graphics takes over their pc...thats what I WANT a skin to do.

Watson

on Sep 09, 2004

I like skins that copmletely immerse my computer in a graphic overload. The closest thing I've seen to the 3d effect was Pixel8, but it wasn't very heavily graphic, more minimal actually. I've been waiting for a truly graphic heavy skin for quite some time.

I.R. Brainiac

on Sep 09, 2004

Tiggs has several really intense skins...Hippy too,Mike(his partner at Skinplant)also.Pixtudio of course.

NightTrainthedark

on Sep 09, 2004

Its pretty tough to get a good 3d effect out of a WB. I.R. has done one of the best jobs I have seen. I am pretty proud of my ashininewb skin as well. It was as 3d as it gets I think. Only animation can really bring out a 3d efeect.

I.R. Brainiac

on Sep 09, 2004

somebody once said my skins were 'puffy'

Styl-X Design

on Sep 09, 2004

I feel a bit that the skins from pixtudio and skinplant have a bit too much of a 'photoshop feeling'. No offence, its just the style. If you compare them to some skins of TSF you can clearly see the diffrence between the 2d and 3d style. (again, no offence)

I will be putting something togheter this weekend I think. Just need to finish some jobs and then I will have (finaly) some time again

Alternate Setting

on Sep 09, 2004

Believe it or not 75 days ago there was a thread headed 'whatever happened to 2d design?'

https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=287330#287340

Go figure

MarkMcQ

on Sep 09, 2004

"I feel a bit that the skins from pixtudio and skinplant have a bit too much of a 'photoshop feeling'. No offence, its just the style. If you compare them to some skins of TSF you can clearly see the diffrence between the 2d and 3d style. (again, no offence)"

Likely comes from us both using Photoshop, and TSF using 3D.

BoXXi

on Sep 09, 2004

I feel a bit that the skins from pixtudio and skinplant have a bit too much of a 'photoshop feeling'

hmmm...maybe they were made in Photoshop?

I feel a bit that the skins from pixtudio and skinplant are wonderful.... who cares how they made them?

Jafo

on Sep 09, 2004

Styl skinner.....punctuating criticism with 'no offence' has the opposite effect of bringing 'offence'.

Is all this just a pre-emptive announcement of something new of yours or what?....

BoXXi

on Sep 09, 2004

BoXXi wonders if StylSkinner used Photoshop to copy TSF's website?

Watson

on Sep 09, 2004

Watson used Flash for his website

That had nothing to do with anything.
Styl, something 3d coming? That would be suite!
(Pun Intended)

MikeB314

on Sep 09, 2004

Personally, I'm more interested in originality than what app was used to make the skin. Some people just seem caught up in trying to reproduce what others have done.

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