Shoutbox

He's using a tool which has not been released to the public. It's a program capable of generating MSNRLEs, it is not MSRLE2PNG (becuase that converts MSNRLE to PNG).

Thanks for explaining that "msgvista" part...
But...I've used your Evo skin (very nice, by the way), and I think I've seen some pictures that glow when going to active from inactive, and also there are pictures that change from active from inactive, I've tried worlds of codes to do that...but I still can't get those effects...could you please tell how to do it or how to begin doin' it?

Thanks anyway

Those animations are controlled by messenger, there are tags you can use to call different kinds of animations but they are really bad. Like they do not work on everything as they should.

In some cases you have to restructure a button just to get the effect you want. It's a bit much to explain just like this so yeah. But the easiest way of doing it is like this:

Button[Class="TransparentButton"]
{
Background:rcclr(20017);
ContentAlign:MiddleCenter|EndEllipsis;
Tooltip:True;
Alpha:100;
Animation:Log|Alpha|VerySlow;
}
Button[Class="TransparentButton"][MouseWithin]
{
Background:rcbkd(20201);
Alpha:255;
Animation:Log|Alpha|fast;
}

You set a lower alpha for the state you want to animate and then use the Animation:Log|Alpha|fast; tag to animate it. But yeah the problem is that alpha changing affects child elements (including icons) So its hard to control it properly.

Hmm...i'll try it and see if it stays nice
Thanks a lot!!

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Originally posted by vikke
He's using a tool which has not been released to the public. It's a program capable of generating MSNRLEs, it is not MSRLE2PNG (becuase that converts MSNRLE to PNG).

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Ah oki shame that this is not public this might serve me for my skin "Me To You"

Hey Willz, something to make a Guide about in the near future is the SkinOps Panel, as the documentation doesn't go much in depth about it...and the fact that they're useful in almost every skin

actually nagamasa i started writing a tutorial for the skin options panel a few weeks ago i just hadnt gotten round to finishing it, if it is a popular request i could always send it to willz once completed for him to either include in the skinning guide if he wishes or as a seperate tutorial download on designevolved.net, i will keep you guys posted on this guides developement.

when im in xml and want to start a new skin i go to new then a box pops up and up the top of the box it says create new document and inside the box it says select the type of document you wish to create and there is a list of all the document types which one do i choose?

choose .xml if it has, or all files and type the name of the file with the extension .xml

For the skininfo for example, Save as... SkinInfo.xml
                                              File Type: All Files

Hiya i just have begun o find it had i thought it wld b soo easy as i make skins for other sites but i will carry on tryin until i do it! n thx for this document babs ^-^