WOW!!! That's one classy skin! Can't wait to try it out!

as good as anything else out there!

I bet I get docks done for it before you finish!

Awesome work Heigar, I'd definitely use it

Cool when your ready jist PM me and I will send my e-mail to you

can't wait

Amazing first work--absolutely phenomenal. I hope it is as functional as it is pleasing to the eye.  

WOW. Want to use this when it is finished.

If you feel up to making some docks for it by all means go for it! I still have enough work on the blind to keep me busy for a little while yet.

 Again thanks everyone!

Wow, this is fantastic work for a first timer!  I'm excited to try this bad boy out when it's done....

extremely well done.. 

Hi Heigar.... judging by your user number you've been around a while! Why haven't you shared your talents with us before now? That is a beautiful skin and I'm sure many people will want to use it, I know I will......

My only advice is this: you've waited a long time to show your skills, don't rush it now and spoil it. Make it the best that you can..... BoXXi.

Thanks BoXXi..

I have been here awhile, but I thought it was time to try my hand at making my own blind ( by the way is not as easy as it may seem) and contribute more to the awesome community here. I have made a few skins and wallpapers for QMP (formally QCD media player) but looking back at the ones I have completed they really weren't that good and I have done a few personal icons. So this is all a new challenge for me and I'm loving it just for that reason (a challenge)...

Some icons

QMP skinshots

The QMP skins in those shots were never finished due to the developer pretty much gave up on the project and the website in which turned into spam heaven, so I switched media players!

I am certainly not going to rush this blind ( or any other ones that I do) I have spent quite a bit of time on it already, no sense in ruining it now!

I am getting frustrated ( but I am not going to give up I'll just have to remake some buttons which defeats the look I'm going for), don't know if it's just that I can't figure it out or it's a limitation :

The regular command module buttons (left arrow is pointing to) I want to look like tabs, and the splitbutton (right arrow) should be seperate buttons from each other and the regular dropdown as they are in the Aero.msstyle ( image #893 and #894 if interested)....

Or am I just confused?

I doesn't look like you can move those buttons down, Heigar. I tried.

There are no seperate controls for the split buttons on the command bar (makes me wonder why it can be done with msstyles and not WB).

In order to get rid of the overlaping margins on the split buttons, you'll have to move your painting margins to just where they start to curve on the top. That will probably end up looking bad in the end, and you'll have to compromise and change your design.  *Sigh* Welcome to the wonderful world of WB skinning!

WB has many areas that are damned if you do, damned if don't.... welcome to the world of compromise and re-design

Thanks for the info 2of3 and vStyler, I am kind of disappointed, seeing that the whole purpose of skinning is to make something unique. It's kind of hard to when you are limited in areas in which will throw the whole design off!

If images aren't included in the blind does it draw the images from the msstyle? ( just curious as I would consider for myself changing those images in the msstyle ( using Ave's Windows Style Builder), but then I would still have to create images for the blind seeing that I am going to share it and not everyone is going to want to change there .msstyle and shellstyle.dll).

Ok I just changed the command module button image to not included may be optional and it is drawing the buttons from somewhere and the way they are suppose to be ( at least the splitbutton are seperate buttons).

I love how those buttons on the left look like tabs... I hope you get this worked out so that you're able to use them...

Can't imagine your frustration since I've never made a WindowBlind yet...but just imagine if this software never came along....Luna!...makes you wanna hurl!