Don't forget you can colorize your skins
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 by Draginol | Discussion: OS Customization
One of the best and most underused features of WindowBlinds 6 is the colorizing feature.
With WindowBlinds, you can color certain parts of the skin but not others in order to create multiple new styles that you can save for later.
Here are two screenshots to show what I mean:
Above is Elegance but with a more golden hue to it. Note that the close button is still red. It's not just a brute force hue shift.
Here is Aero Executive changed to be grassy.
S J N
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:42 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:42 PM
You mean you can colorize a skin and save it? As an additional skin?
Cavan1
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:49 PM
Yep, it saves it as a sub for selected skin. When select colours tab and also trans and blur, click drop down where says Change settings for all skins, create new, create new again, name sub, create, close, then set to colour or trans and blur you want.
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:49 PM
You mean you can colorize a skin and save it? As an additional skin?
Yep, it saves it as a sub for selected skin. When select colours tab and also trans and blur, click drop down where says Change settings for all skins, create new, create new again, name sub, create, close, then set to colour or trans and blur you want.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:29 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:29 PM
I made a topic about this...but colorizing doesn't work very well when that tiny preview doesn't contain any colored bits of the skin with which to work with when trying to recolor it. 
Would be nice if the taskbar preview showed all the states of the taskbar buttons, so at least when a skin (like WTM) only has certain bits colored, taskbar buttons are a likely source of colorized sections. Also wish the advanced coloring was more user friendly (ctrl + click on a color on the preview, shift slider, done).
Would be nice if the taskbar preview showed all the states of the taskbar buttons, so at least when a skin (like WTM) only has certain bits colored, taskbar buttons are a likely source of colorized sections. Also wish the advanced coloring was more user friendly (ctrl + click on a color on the preview, shift slider, done).
vStyler
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:37 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:37 PM
Good points Steph.. Rome wasn't built in a day, keep pushing and maybe in future releases we will see it flourish into a wonderful acompanying feature, for right now, works well and very handy. Good job on the wiki and promotion.
Lantec
Reply #9 Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:43 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:43 PM
I've been hoping for a little more detailed "how to" than what Brad did originally.
I have never been able to change only one item. Each time I try I end up with all the colors changing. There's gotta be something I'm missing, but since I've gone thru the instructions at least ten times I think maybe I misunderstand one of the steps.
I have never been able to change only one item. Each time I try I end up with all the colors changing. There's gotta be something I'm missing, but since I've gone thru the instructions at least ten times I think maybe I misunderstand one of the steps.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #10 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:47 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:47 PM
I know what you mean Lantec, I could never get it working either (hence my "for dummies" suggestion).
fontinalis
Reply #11 Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:12 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:12 PM
OT. I don't see the 'Use advanced HSL colouring' option in the latest version of WB6 (v 6.02.024). ?
RobJK
Reply #12 Friday, January 18, 2008 2:57 AM
Reply #12 Friday, January 18, 2008 2:57 AM
I dont understantd the HSL coloring what is the difference and how do you use it? If you know how you should make an article to help us DUMMIES who dont automiatically know how to do stuff? I just hate that I was born with this CURSE!
eieio
Reply #13 Friday, January 18, 2008 8:39 AM
Reply #13 Friday, January 18, 2008 8:39 AM
Does anyone have a link to the tutorial on recoloring a skin in WB6?
I was able to get it to work correctly once, but can't remember how it was done vis a vis HSL coloring.
I was able to get it to work correctly once, but can't remember how it was done vis a vis HSL coloring.
ZubaZ
Reply #14 Friday, January 18, 2008 8:48 AM
Reply #14 Friday, January 18, 2008 8:48 AM
Everytime I try to use the eye dropper to grab a color it displays one thing unitl I let go and then selects something different . . . killing me.
fontinalis
Reply #15 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:16 PM
Reply #15 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:16 PM
I uninstaled and reinstalled the new WB6 via SDC and I still don't see the advanced HSL option. Whaddup?
ZubaZ
Reply #16 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:28 PM
Reply #16 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:28 PM
What happens when you follow the numbered steps below?
fontinalis
Reply #17 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:38 PM
Reply #17 Friday, January 18, 2008 3:38 PM
Thanks Zubaz! 
I didn't know that little thingy (#4) was an actual button so I never clicked it. Looked like a graphics bug on my end or something. All good now. Cheers, f
I didn't know that little thingy (#4) was an actual button so I never clicked it. Looked like a graphics bug on my end or something. All good now. Cheers, f
RobJK
Reply #18 Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:36 AM
Reply #18 Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:36 AM
I never even Noticed the eye dropper? But I still dont know what to do from there? After you select the color you want to change where do you go to change it? The hue slider?
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:57 PM