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! PLEASE DELETE ANY EXISTING VERSION BEFORE INSTALLING !


Simple and ultra-clean black accented pico skin.

[had to recreate, original thread lost by DA, could not update]


ABOUT SCREEN

Top: black tx 50 sub, use-startpanel-size-vista-32px, use-scheme-min-square, use-taskbar-transparent, wall by nuance: [link] , snowE iconpackager

Bottom: white tx, use-taskbar-red-deep-gloss, use-taskbar-font-image-color-white


CUSTOMIZATION

Default is Segoe UI font. If you don't have it, run one of the batch files below.

Double click batch files in c:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds\p-black-beta, then apply your theme. In some cases you may have to switch to another skin, run desired batch files and finally apply your theme.


CHANGE FONT

use-font-tahoma
use-font-verdana
use-font-segoeui

CHANGE SHELLSTYLE

use-shellstyle-right
use-shellstyle-left

CHANGE START PANEL

use-startpanel-size-32px
use-startpanel-size-48px
use-startpanel-size-full
use-startpanel-size-vista-32px
use-startpanel-size-vista-48px


CHANGE TASKBAR

1) Determine which taskbar you want. View taskbar-contact-sheet.jpg (i also put this in my scraps [link])

2) Double click the corresponding use-taskbar-* batch file.

3) Change the font/images on taskbar by double clicking

use-taskbar-font-image-black
use-taskbar-font-image-white

GO BACK TO DEFAULT SETTINGS

use-scheme-default



[since BETA]

+ compact panels:
use-startpanel-size-32px
use-startpanel-size-48px
use-startpanel-size-full

+ black plain sub
+ pico cyan toolbars, with and without address (for those of us who use Alt+D and drag and drop paths from address bar)
* fixed 3 extra pixels showing on bottom of taskbar when quick launch toolbar shown
* bold active window title text for black clip
* workaround for people seeing reversed rounding on taskbars when used on left, top:
use-taskbar-default-flipped

[RC 01]
+ ability to change font
use-font-verdana
use-font-tahoma
use-font-segoeui

[RC 02]
+ added batch to hide startpanel icons similar to vista
use-startpanel-size-vista-32px
use-startpanel-size-vista-48px
+ added min-square scheme from pico gray: use-scheme-min-square

Comments


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:iconsoundlife2:
hey there ... i absolutely love your skins ... however, there is no download link to this one ... is that by design?

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:iconnextmario:
not sure what happened. fixed

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:: mario

simple by design
:iconyamaguchi:
It is wonderful skins!

Good job!

Thank you very much.
:iconprogramer1:
:wow: .
but i guess i'll wait for the final version before i delete pico gray :D ...

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"A truth that's told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent." --William Blake
:iconxoj:
awesome!

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[link] feel free to join us =)
:icontoledo-tony:
This WB is excellent! Although, I think that a lot of people get discouraged because they don't understand how to change the taskbar. I'm not sure if this would work, but here's a suggestion. Put all the batch files INTO a folder and name it: __TaskbarCustomizer (or something). This way, it would appear as the 1'st folder when you open c:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds\p-black-beta . Also, I would include w/in the folder the read me. I know it's stupid to have to tell people to double click on it then go back into WB and apply the skin. But, I'm sure that's why not a lot of people understand your skins.

Anyway, nice skin :+fav: and thanks :)
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:iconr0gue-mac:
Great skin! My only criticism (and its a small one) is that buttons lack the polish of your previous pico releases - in this version they seem to look somewhat flat. Is it possible to interchange them with the buttons from say pico-gray, even if that means doing it manually myself? Other than that this theme is a joy to use. Keep up the good work :)
:icontoledo-tony:
You can easily do that.

1'st: Find the buttons names (i.e. leftbutton.tga) in skinstudio for this skin.
2'nd: Find the buttons names (i.e. leftbutton.tga) in skinstudio for the skin you like the buttons.
3'rd: Copy the buttons from the 2'nd set (the ones you like) and re-name them to the corresponding buttons of the 1'st set.
4'th: Paste those buttons/tga/png/etc. into the pico black RC 02 WB folder.

That's it, viola! Beef strokinoff ~_~
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