This Week in Skinning-December 9th
Skin Roundup for 12-9-11
Friday, December 9, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
I wanted to give everyone a reminder that the WC Holiday contest ends next week, so be sure to get your submissions in before then. If you need more info, head over to the contest forum thread. As we get towards the end of the year, I’d like to hear about your favorite skins from the past year and what you’d like to see in 2012.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Handy by amtlib This is a fun and creative theme for CursorFX. Be sure to give this one a try. |
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Snakatana by ChaNinja If you are looking for a real cool animated wallpaper, look no further! |
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Sapphire Blue Winter by k10w3 This is a matching Tiles skin for the Sapphire Blue Winter WindowBlinds skin. |
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Christmas 2011 by LightStar A fabulous addition to the WindowBlinds gallery, and just in time for the holiday season. Great job! |
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Menace by TomRichter This is a much darker skin, but still a fantastic design that just looks great. |
This Week in Skinning-November 18th
Skin Roundup for 11-18-11
Friday, November 18, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
This has been an exciting and busy week! We have the public beta of Tiles out now, and of course we can’t forget the WC Holiday contest going on. This opens up lots of opportunities for skinners as we expect a big increase in usage of Tiles and for people looking to use different skins. Now would be a good time to learn how to skin it.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Lethal Industry FX by neone6 A cool, nicely detailed theme for CursorFX. |
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Nocturne by amitsaran This is a matching .dream for the Nocturne WB, and it’s very subtle and looks great. |
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Mymetrostyle by Roloccolor I really liked the variety and minimal-type style of these wallpapers. Nice job! |
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iPLAYER by TomRichter This is a really awesome WindowBlinds skin. Perfect detail! |
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Jaded by Xiandi Again, this is another WindowBlinds masterpiece. I don’t need to describe it, just check it out and you’ll see why it’s a winner. |
Dynamic Dreams: Changing the Settings
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
I’m sure you saw the news of DeskScapes 3.5 and the four new Dynamic animated wallpapers that were released not too long ago. These four .dreams are pretty awesome, and they have been very popular since release. However, I wanted to point out that these .dreams have settings that let you adjust various parts of the .dreams for some customization of how they look.
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| Colored Lights | Desktop Colors |
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| Drips | Moving Wallpaper |
For instance, for the Moving Wallpaper .dream just click the Dynamic Dream Setting tab in DeskScapes and you have a small window come up with several options for this .dream. Moving Wallpapers is a .dream that takes your wallpapers and applies cool zoom and pan effects on your desktop. In the settings you can change the speed of the picture change, load different images per monitor, control pan/zoom settings, and add/remove directories for the pictures.
Other .dreams like Colored Lights has similar settings. For these .dreams you can prevent certain colors from appearing, change the speed of the effects, and control content on all your monitors.
You can find these new premium .dreams in the WinCustomize gallery, and make sure you grab a copy of DeskScapes!
This Week in Skinning-November 4th
Skin Roundup for 11-4-11
Friday, November 4, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Hey everyone, hope you had a great week and have some fun things planned for the weekend! This was a busy week with updates coming for both DeskScapes and CursorFX. Lots more good stuff is coming up so now is a great time to tell your friends and family about things like Object Desktop and WinCustomize. Spread the skinning word!
Now for this weeks picks!
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Raum by Libardo This CursorFX has some beautiful details and solid animations. Fantastic! |
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Zubaz ZeveN DX by RedneckDude A really cool DesktopX Theme matching the WB skin from 2of3. |
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Moving Wallpaper by Stardock Design One of the four new Master Dreams from SD Design. This is my personal favorite as it takes your favorite wallpapers and applies cool pan/zoom effects. |
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Santa Magic by Sosiosh Is it too early for Christmas wallpapers? I say no, lets see more! |
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Techno Mi by Vampothika A new WindowBlinds skin with a fun and unique design, which I expect no less from Vamp. Great job! |
This Week in Skinning-October 7th
Skin Roundup for 10-7-2011
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Skinning, the web’s best and only weekly guide to skins, themes, and any other desktop customization skins you can find. Being it’s October, we are seeing some more Halloween skins roll in, but lets try to get that number even higher over the next week or so!
Now for this weeks picks!
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Cybergoth FX by neone6 A dark and animated CursorFX set, that is truly a unique style. |
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K R O M E by theAVMAN Matching the KROME Master WindowBlinds skin, this desktop gadget has a bunch of features for your desktop. |
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WC Halloween 2011 by PoSmedley Do I really need to say anything about this? Just grab it. |
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Blue Jade by DaveBax Nice and smooth blue colors make this a definite pick this week. Nice job! |
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MaGmA by windoe A dark theme with nice color accents. Great work! |
This Week in Skinning-September 30th
Skin Roundup for 9-30-11
Friday, September 30, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
The end of September…..oh my! We are winding down this year awfully quickly and I hope to see some cool Halloween desktops this month. WinCustomize got a slight update this week just adding some social networking buttons and moving the upload button to a more prominent position in the navigation bar.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Mask Icons by ernie leo With Halloween approaching, I can see some fun uses for these. |
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Time Bender by Vampothika This is really just an awesome design for a Tiles skin. Great detail! |
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Inverted Day by DEVJIT A great wallpaper that fits perfectly in a Autumn-like desktop setting. |
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Peridot by Lightstar The latest WindowBlinds skin from Lightstar has a bright and bold color, with slick highlights. Great job! |
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Krome xtreme by WebGizmos WG updated this Winstep skin based off the Krome Master skin. Winstep users should definitely grab this. |
This Week in Skinning-September 16th
Skin Roundup for 9-16-11
Friday, September 16, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
At long last it is the weekend and as usual we end it with a roundup of the hottest skins and themes submitted to WinCustomize.com.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Techno Mi FX by H4RDSTYLER A real nice CursorFX theme with great animation. |
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Mist by Discovod This is a very subtle animated wallpaper, but even with a small amount of animation makes it go a long way. |
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Shroom by Richard Mohler Not quite sure about what it is with this wallpaper, but it really caught my eye. |
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DTX7 by Noiram If you are looking for a new, dark colored WindowBlinds skin than look no further. |
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Cachet by gmc2 This WindowBlinds skin has a perfect mix of color and texture. Looks great! |
This Week in Skinning-September 9th
Skin Roundup for 9-9-11
Friday, September 9, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Hey everyone! So much going on behind the scenes that it is getting crazy again. Along with the actual skins themselves, we have had some interesting posts on WC along with great community involvement. Check out the Object Desktop: Status Report 2011 here!
Now for this weeks picks!
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Lollie Pop Swirls by ahabkaba If you are looking for a colorful and fun set of dock background for ObjectDock, look no further. |
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Coming Soon by k10w3 This is a really cool Rainmeter skin which shows your images as a “coming attraction”. |
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Theater of the Mind (TM Suite) by Philly0381 This is a fabulous Theme Manager suite comprised of many skins based off the Theater of the Mind skin. |
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Paradise Gone by Richard Mohler Just a beautiful wallpaper. Great job! |
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Autumn’s Arrival 7 by jazzymjr Perfect timing as we roll into another season! |
This Week in Skinning-August 19th
Skin Roundup for 8-19-11
Friday, August 19, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
We are just grinding our way through August with another strong week on WinCustomize! A nice variety of skins were rolled in this week, and we also had some lively discussion on the WC forums.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Parallax by BoXXi A great looking CursorFX set to match an upcoming WindowBlinds skin. Can’t wait for it! |
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Birth – Blue and Greens by DEVJIT The wallpaper alone was excellent, and making it into an animated wallpaper takes it up another notch! |
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Mail Icons by MichelTanguy Spice up your ObjectDock mail icons with some French actresses! |
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Cobolt 2.1 by Osric_Wuscfrea Rainmeter fans will enjoy this big set of meters, with a smooth look to them. Great job! |
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Theater Of The Mind by k10w3 This is a creative and fun design for WindowBlinds. Thanks for sharing with the community! |
This Week in Skinning-August 12th
Skin Roundup for 8-12-11
Friday, August 12, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
And another week down, and another week of WinCustomize being filled with skins!
Now for this weeks picks!
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Blacklight Rebel FX by neone6 This is a great dark design that works well with the matching WB skin, or any other dark skin. |
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Learning Key Pad by theAVMAN This is very, very cool. This gadget made with Desktop X will help kids learn the alphabet. Fantastic! |
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Bangkok Thailand by ernie leo This is just a beautiful skyline capture. Nice work! |
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Digital Glow by Themerboy He’s been gone for a while, but makes a great entrance back with this beautiful WB skin. |
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Neos Xtreme by WebGizmos Another fantastic Winstep port from another slick WindowBlinds skin. |
