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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin modification help
wonderpoof
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:52 am
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Hello wonderpoof. ... Hello Juniper! Thanks for the help. The main cause I'm looking for the secret recipe is because I like and use the auto color feature of the taskbar. Currently I use a grey background a bit darker then You advised (#444444), 185 alpha, and #700000 mask, and it's quite good. Du...
Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin modification help
wonderpoof
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:36 am
Replies: 4 Views: 23003
Here is what I've got so far http://i61.tinypic.com/2yl198m.png I could only get this close to the taskbar color, with lots of trial and error. But I still believe that with a specific background color (and transparency on the alpha chanel), combined with the proper glass color blending amount, and ...
Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin modification help
wonderpoof
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:15 am
Replies: 4 Views: 23003
I'm using a 3x3px black bmp as background, and "Main_opacity=fullalpha". As far as i undestand, i have to find the right amount of alpha for the background, and the right amount of blending with the glass colour using "Main_bitmap_mask=#000000". So far, i've tried various alpha l...
Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin modification help
wonderpoof
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:33 am
Replies: 4 Views: 23003
Hello everybody! I'm trying to create a basic minimalistic skin for Classic Shell, but stuck mangling the background. What I'm trying to achive is a taskbar-like start menu, which has exactly the same glass color and transparency as the task bar, fading out in the top edge. See attached "goal.p...
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