SkinStudio 7 Released
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
SkinStudio 7 has been released today. SkinStudio is an application that allows users to create and modify visual styles, also known as skins, for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. These skins can then be applied using WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds 7 was also recently released, and SkinStudio 7 now supports the new features that were included in WB7.
Some of these include:
- Support for new WindowBlinds 7 features
- Overhaul of the user interface
- Easier access to layers, improved code editor in Pro version
- Ability to create UIS0 skins
- Various fixes and updates
SkinStudio is a free download which can be found here. The Pro version has several advanced features and is part of the Object Desktop suite, or available for $19.95.
More info can be found at www.skinstudio.net.
Reply #2 Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:39 AM
gmc2 .... why did you decline the Impulse update?
Reply #3 Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:27 AM
Can I upgrade from sks6 for less than $19.95?
Reply #4 Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:09 PM
Indeed. In fact the upgrade from SKS 6 Professional is a mere $0.00
If SkinStudio 7 Professional is not showing up in Impulse you may need to add a registration for it and use your SKS6 serial.
Reply #5 Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:30 PM
Perhaps I should write the 19.95 off as a loss and use the free version, as all I want to do is fix the taskbar bits in old skins for Win7.
Reply #6 Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:29 PM
my thought, right or wrong, is that every time I open impulse there is an update and so, I figure the update is probably more for content than anything else.
since I don't give access to my computer without proper reason and usually unless there is information as to why the update is required, I generally shy away from automatic updates.
Reply #7 Friday, December 18, 2009 4:23 PM
I am afraid that we are not offering an upgrade path from SkinStudio 6 to SkinStudio 7.
Reply #8 Friday, December 18, 2009 5:17 PM
I am afraid that we are not offering an upgrade path from SkinStudio 6 to SkinStudio 7.
guess that means we have to purchase regardless of time since 6 was purchased. feel sorry for anyone that purchased recently. thanks for looking into it.
Reply #9 Friday, December 18, 2009 8:36 PM
I am afraid that we are not offering an upgrade path from SkinStudio 6 to SkinStudio 7.
Customer support are clearly confused.
They cannot offer an upgrade path because there is no paid upgrade as it is a free update.
I will find out what is going on as it should be showing up in Impulse for SKS6 Pro owners as far as I know.
Reply #11 Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:33 AM
Quoting ThoriumKnight,
reply 3
Can I upgrade from sks6 for less than $19.95?
Indeed. In fact the upgrade from SKS 6 Professional is a mere $0.00
If SkinStudio 7 Professional is not showing up in Impulse you may need to add a registration for it and use your SKS6 serial.
Impulse wouldn't let me add a registration 
Thanks for your help though 
Reply #12 Saturday, December 19, 2009 12:26 PM
SkinStudio 6 -> SkinStudio 7 upgrades will be free. Slipped through the cracks at the end of the year, hopefully we can get that sorted next week. Though we're on holiday. If you have a registration for 6, email kwilas at stardock dot com and I'll sort it in the meantime.
Kris
Reply #13 Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:53 AM
Sounds great but i just reinstalled Impluse and all my stuff (ObjectDesktop) and well SkinStudio has a ( ! ) icon on it and i cant get it to go away, no update showing or anything. What's the issue and how can i fix this ??? As i tried to click re-activate also and it tells me it can not and i have to remove a file then try again. i dont want to do that yet if not needed but.. Think it was a file named extension of .bin
??
Thxs
Reply #14 Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:43 AM
! usually means there is an update for this product.
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:47 AM
so I was wondering if I was entitled to a free upgrade (purchased about 9 months ago?). went to Impulse and saw it listed until after I was notified that there was an impulse upgrade (which I declined to update) and then with the refresh, the program was gone from the listing. so, please a little more info on upgrading and whom is elegible.