<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » WindowBlinds Tutorials Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/157</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In WindowBlinds Tutorials</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:17:32 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:17:32 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/419436</comments><description><![CDATA[   This thread will be dealing with the vertical and horizontal taskbar and all of it&#39;s components. I&#39;ve had to do several redesigns to make the texture work and to&nbsp;accommodate&nbsp;the buttons. As far as the taskbars and buttons go, this should be the last (fingers crossed) redesign.  If you&#39;re looking for  Part I, II ,  III, IV   you can find them here:       One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part I        Design : Start Menu and Taskbar    &nbsp;     One Piece ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/419436</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/419436</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 9:44:40 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-09-07T09:44:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>One Piece At A Time: Windowblind Tutorial Part V</title></item><item><author>voidcore</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/361485</comments><description><![CDATA[ As I was reading Mirsguys great tutorial on making an animated startbutton i thought i would elaborate on it and show you another way of doing and importing animations into skinstudio with Photshop CS4 and Skinstudio 6's built in sub frame builder.  Both methods have their pro's and con's but the more options on how to make something the better right?  Also i suggest you read Mirsguys tutorial* first as its better for small animations imo and start with that and this tutorial will build on Mirs...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/361485</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/361485</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 6:09:18 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-12-17T06:09:18-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>How to Create an Animated Start Button Alternative</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/416236</comments><description><![CDATA[   &nbsp;   Welcome to Part III of the &#39;One Piece At A Time&#39; tutorial.  This thread will be concentrating on the  design  of the   &#39;Edit Controls&#39;   for the Roan Windowblind. Several skinners are helping me through these threads in an effort to understand and learn how to build Windowblinds. (And they would be     Vampothika    ,     neone6    , and     2of3    ) Along with a lot of other talented skinners, artists, etc, who have participated with this so far, we&#39;re hopin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/416236</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/416236</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 1:14:17 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-23T13:14:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part III</title></item><item><author>Life is a Game</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/150198</comments><description><![CDATA[A week ago I have posted a 4-day series of articles that you describing my progress of creating my 1st WindowBlinds skin. You can view articles  WWW Link  here and download the skin  WWW Link  here. In one of my articles ‘unclerob’ asked me to create a tutorial on how I created the animations for my skin. It seems that this month will have for me more 1st time experiences then just a WindowBlind skin as I decided to post my 1st tutorial on WinCustomize.com.   I used Flash to create the animati...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/150198</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/150198</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 4:17:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-05-17T16:17:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Creating 'Shell Animations' for SkinStudio Part 1</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/415435</comments><description><![CDATA[   &nbsp;  Welcome to Part II of the &#39;One Piece At A Time&#39; tutorial. This thread will be concentrating on the  design  of the Title Bars &amp; Window Frames for the Roan Windowblind. Several skinners are helping me through these threads in an effort to understand and learn how to build Windowblinds. (And they would be     Vampothika    ,     neone6    , and     2of3    ) Along with a lot of other talented skinners, artists, etc, who have participated with this so far, we&#39;re hopin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/415435</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/415435</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 1:58:44 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-03-20T01:58:44-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part II</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/417268</comments><description><![CDATA[   &nbsp;  We&#39;re going to take a break from     One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part III     for just a moment and get into the assembling of the windowblind in SKS. There are a few reasons for this that you may have picked up on if you have been following along.  &nbsp;    We&#39;ve been making sections of the blind without putting them into SkinStudio as we go along. A majority of skinners will go back and forth between their graphics program (Photoshop, Paint, etc.) and S...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/417268</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/417268</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 6:15:09 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-02-28T18:15:09-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part IV</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/415196</comments><description><![CDATA[   &nbsp;  &nbsp;  Okay. This is it. I&#39;ve been sitting on it most of the day after bugging a few folks&nbsp; for their opinions.   2of3  offered to help me with this.  Vampothika &amp; neone6  also offered help and support.  I decided to go with something new to get a fresh start and came up with this. Hopefully, it&#39;s simple enough so as not to be problematic along the way, but stylish enough that a lot of you will like it and it won&#39;t be too easy so I (and you) can learn f...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/415196</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/415196</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 7:48:57 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-01-26T07:48:57-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>One Piece At A Time : Windowblind Tutorial Part I</title></item><item><author>k10w3</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409965</comments><description><![CDATA["Up is down.&nbsp; That&#39;s just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?" -- Captain Jack Sparrow  &nbsp;  I&#39;m starting this thread to post all the tricks and code additions that I can think of, (if I miss any, please add to them in this thread), as a central clearing house grocery list of things gleaned from master skins, that aren&#39;t so obvious to a new WB skinner when they start out in SKS7.  &nbsp;  1.&nbsp; The Show Desktop Button for Windows 7 - add  Backg...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/409965</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409965</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 5:19:27 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-10-26T05:19:27-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>SkinStudio 7 tips and tricks</title></item><item><author>Armymanis</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/406347</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone. I have a really great Idea for a new Windows 7 Skin and want to be able to create it this summer. I want to be able to change the icons, which I know you can do with the Desktop X, and I also want to change a ton of other things.  My main question is before going crazy and purchasing these, will I need Skin Studio AND Windows Blind in order to do what I want to, or will I need all three?  Also, is therir a safe environment where I can create the skin before applying it to my ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/406347</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/406347</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 4:41:43 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-10-14T16:41:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Creating a new skin...Do I need DesktopX, Skin Studio and Windows Blind in order to do it?</title></item><item><author>Ryvermist</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411731</comments><description><![CDATA[Hiyas, all. I just got the full version of OD and WB, but with WB, once the installation was complete, and I rebooted, every start menu is huge. I don&#39;t understand it. I was using Crucible with the trial version and it was fine, but now the start menu is over halfway to top pf screen. It&#39;s the same with every skin I apply? Did I do something wrong, somehow? And if so, what? I&#39;ve tried uninstalling and using Ccleaner a few times (including registry cleaner) to make sure I got a comple...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/411731</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411731</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 8:24:03 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-09-05T08:24:03-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Start Menu</title></item><item><author>Ryvermist</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411542</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok, check this. Why would Window Blinds decide, 8 days before my trial ends, to tell me that the trial is outdated, and turn my window blinds off? AND after I follow the link and RE download it, install it, it tells me the same thing? I&#39;m a disabled firefighter (18yrs and THEN a house falls on me) and I live on a fixed income. I have to budget any extras (sometimes months in advance) to be able to stay solvent. So, those extra 8 days are important. I have it budgeted to buy the package or wh...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/411542</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411542</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 1:51:36 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-28T01:51:36-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Trial being rescinded.</title></item><item><author>k10w3</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411294</comments><description><![CDATA[Is there some trick to getting the Edit Explorer/IE Shell Parts--&gt;Edit Vista/7 Explorer parts--&gt;Search Field Background (extra settings) text to take effect in SKS7 for Windows 7?&nbsp; Right now it&#39;s taking the colors from the Normal Toolbar buttons in the Edit Control section.&nbsp; I have a dark toolbar in that section and my address field is light.&nbsp; I&#39;ve changed the text color in the Search Field Background--&gt;Extra Settings, but it&#39;s just not functioning, and I thin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/411294</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411294</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 6:55:16 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-19T18:55:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Need help with address field text</title></item><item><author>joelore</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/410141</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi,  &nbsp;  Is it at all possible to convert Windows theme or themepack files to wba files for WindowBlinds?  &nbsp;  Thanks,  &nbsp;  Joe  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/410141</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/410141</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 3:23:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-07-09T15:23:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>convert themepack to wba</title></item><item><author>yokutstormy</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409241</comments><description><![CDATA[ Hope this is the right place to post this question.    I have WB 7 and love the use of it. But, sometimes i might use a WB from Vampothika "love this work, the reason i bought WB in the first place" but my wallpaper might be from Deviantart and the icons and cursors are from different creators also. Is there a way that i can save this or must i keep adding everything like i has been? Is there a program that does this already from Stardock?   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/409241</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409241</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 7:48:10 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-04T07:48:10-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>saving ny own stuff</title></item><item><author>lsduk08</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/360623</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi,  This is more than likley a noob question, but ive downloaded this theme for windows xp   https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=5758&amp;libid=1   Ive been left with the file Eminence.wba what do i do to actually getting it working?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/360623</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/360623</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 2:44:18 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-30T14:44:18-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Help Installing Themes</title></item><item><author>Coffeebandit</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/345762</comments><description><![CDATA[  I get this error message when&nbsp;I try to open up the WindowBlinds, "WindowBlinds is missing the file WBSrv. Please uninstall WindowBlinds and reboot which I have 2 times.      &nbsp;I'm running Windows XP Pro,219 GHz, 2.00 GB, Dell 2400 Desktop.      &nbsp;Any suggestions would be appreciated. In the meantime, I will uninstall it again. thanks    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/345762</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/345762</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 6:02:16 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-08T18:02:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Uninstalling and Installing WindowBlinds</title></item><item><author>ToxicStylez</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408341</comments><description><![CDATA[hey , im new &nbsp;( never installed a theme/ blind etc )&nbsp;  i&#39;ve got a problem with the toxic blind &nbsp;, if i want to dwnld the file im getting an empty wba file , so even unzipping isnt possible :/&nbsp;  can anyone help me with this ?&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/408341</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408341</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 1:01:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-04T13:01:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>windowblind : toxix</title></item><item><author>Mirsguy</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/361416</comments><description><![CDATA[When I was brand new to skinning WindowBlinds, I wanted to have an animated start button, but did not know how to do it.  I have heard many say that the best way to figure out how to skin is to figure out someone else's skin. I did that in this case, but I figured I'd share what I've learned.  The tools I have used are Photoshop CS4 and SkinStudio 6.  &nbsp;    1. Create your "Normal" start button image.    Do this as a single frame. WindowBlinds reads skin parts in either strips or st...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/361416</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/361416</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 7:01:47 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-29T07:01:47-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How to Create an Animated Start Button</title></item><item><author>the_fileassassin</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408054</comments><description><![CDATA[i have fully operational version of window blinds and introducing a new style is quite east and basically self installs but when i do all window frames and fonts change but the taskbar + system tray and start button do not! im not installing styles file (.wba) into the directory i am just dbl click opening right off desktop and windows blinds self installs! What can i do to remedy this as it makes me look n feel novice which i am not in any other technical fashion except windows blinds!! Any hel...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/408054</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408054</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 8:19:14 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-25T08:19:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Start button and taskbar dont change with blinds.....</title></item><item><author>benmanns</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/407792</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi i wanted to know if its possible to add sounds to the 4 state buttons minimize, maximize, restore, and close ? And is it possible to add these sounds directly to a windowblinds in Skinstudio?  I was looking for a tutorial on this but i didnt find one.  I tried changing the main system sounds under windows 7, but i cant find restore and close sounds under system prefences sounds. I know windows Xp had them.&nbsp; Would be cool if someone could help  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/407792</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/407792</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 2:44:14 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-18T14:44:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Windows 7 sounds/ windowblinds</title></item><item><author>Island Dog</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/359820</comments><description><![CDATA[   Master skinner   DanilloOc   has taken the time to write a great guide on the new codes in WindowBlinds 7.&nbsp; This will no doubt be a tremendous help to skinners in creating and updating their skins for Windows 7 and WindowBlinds 7.    This is a quick guide to help you add new Windows 7 features to you skin (WindowBlinds 7).   You'll need the latest WindowBlinds 7 (beta) to have this code working.   The guide is inside a zip and come in two formats, .docx (Microsoft Word) and .htm (F...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/359820</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/359820</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 5:15:23 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-10T05:15:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>WindowBlinds 7 New Code Guide</title></item><item><author>JuniorCrooks</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/404377</comments><description><![CDATA[I need help from the pros. I downloaded Ritchie31 new blind and though its not great its not to bad either. It actually is a big improvement over his previous blinds. The guy is 79 and making skins so i give him a lot of credit for that. Actually one of his sub skins in his new blind Manorbier V looks quite nice with some recoloring and transparency. You will see what I mean in the shot I am posting here.  My problem with the skin is that the text boxes are all screwed up. They have double tex...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/404377</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/404377</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 4:05:51 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-21T16:05:51-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>A problem with a new blind</title></item><item><author>granbjd22</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/404011</comments><description><![CDATA[With the skin I'm using now the color of the text(under all my folders) is White, But the background is also White! I can't read the folder names!  I'm not real computer smart but can someone tell me how I can change it? Is it changeable in the Configurations when I open it? Thank you for any help!    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/404011</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/404011</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 3:23:08 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-14T15:23:08-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>text color help</title></item><item><author>thor_e</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/403767</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi there.  This one might be easy but maybe not.&nbsp; if I wanted to open a current skin that I have in Skin studio and just change the start button....  1. Where is a good place to look for alternate start buttons?  2. Once I have it downloaded what are the steps that I use to go about changing it?  I appreciate any input.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/403767</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/403767</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 1:54:20 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-10T13:54:20-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Changing the Start Button</title></item><item><author>olivia17</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/400081</comments><description><![CDATA[WHY there isn't a CLEAR, CONCISE windowblinds tutorial covering all and everything you need to know about it and above all, tricky parts like perpixel frames for instance ? I would work on perpixel with shadows,, WHERE is the data ?  WHY upon designing a new (and improved) windowblinds skin, one has to go endless posts, where some says perpixel MUST be png format when skins show there are tga's ?  &nbsp;  Why so many skins are so boring, dull and endless clones ? No wonder why, stardock di...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/400081</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/400081</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 1:56:38 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-09T13:56:38-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>WHY ?</title></item></channel></rss>