I’m seeing and hearing from tons of new users, many of which are completely new to the world of skinning. It’s great to see new faces around, but I also see some of these users not knowing where to start, or how exactly to use many of the skins found on WinCustomize.com. I wanted to compile a quick list of helpful resources that will be helpful to new users in the quest to make their PC as personal as it can get. WinCustomize Wiki – The WC Wiki is a huge reposito...
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend, and if you haven’t seen already, we had quite a few promotions, including a new master skinner over the weekend. Stop by those threads and give a big congrats to all. Otherwise, take a look at some of my favorite skin picks that came in over the weekend!
We should give a big round of applause to Zoomba, for working so hard on getting all these skins through moderation. The skins in the 2008 GUI Champs just keep rolling in, and everyday it seems we get a bunch of new, and great looking submissions. Here are just a few from the last day or so. See more at www.guichamps.com
A couple of weeks ago we issued a challenge for someone to create a Christmas Holiday version of the WinCustomize mascot, Winky, that we can use for news postings and such. We had some fabulous entries, and now the time to vote is here! #1 – Muckyman #2 - Jouketje #3 - AzDude #4 - 2of3 #5 – nike1me #6 - Libardo #7 - sydneysiders #8 - sydneysiders #9 – sydneysiders #10 - k10w3 #11 - Libardo #12 - Hunter1942 ...
Every month I compile some of the most popular and most downloaded .dreams (animated wallpapers) that were submitted to WinCustomize.com. While every month we get tons of submissions, it’s only possible to feature a few. This should give a good idea of what you might have missed, and what other great .dreams you can find by searching through the galleries. You can find the full article, along with links to all the featured dreams here .
A few days ago, we announced the Most Usable Dream winners, and today we announced the Most Original Dream Winners! The animated wallpapers (.dreams) that were submitted to the 2008 GUI Champs were just spectacular, and congratulations goes out to this round of winners. Link: Most Original Dream Winners
The latest Master Dream on WinCustomize is an especially cool one. Stars by Neil Banfield is a new dynamic .dream featuring a background of “stars” moving toward you. You can adjust many of the setting including the size and speed of the stars, and you can even apply your own background to the stars. Being that this is a dynamic .dream, CPU usage should be very minimal. WinCustomize subscribers get a 20% discount off Master skins, so be sure to ...
Today is the final day to enter an submission into our Christmas Holiday Winky Challenge. The contest is simple. Create a Christmas and/or Winter Holiday version of Winky that we can use for news postings, articles, etc. You can simply take the image above and use that as your base, or design an entire new image. Please note this is not replacing our mascot, it’s just a challenge to “dress him up” a bit for the holidays and have a bit of fun. See this...
Master Skinner Brewman has given a major update to the Relent skin , bringing it up to version 2. This is a great update, and Relent is a very clean and detailed skin. It’s perfect for everyday use, and I highly recommend it. This WindowBlinds skin has substyles for both Windows XP and Vista. The skin also includes wallpapers, ObjectDock background, and a desktop widget. If you are a WinCustomize subscriber , you get a 20% discount off Master skins. ...
A new month means it’s time for our team of excellent moderators to get together, and give their picks of their favorite skin from November. There is a great variety of picks from them this time around. Snowman picks New Circles by madcat21 ”Though madcat21 got off to a rough start, this skin is the perfect example that one should never give up! If he keeps this progress up I predict a bright future for this excellent artist!” WOM ...
The first round of winners for the 2008 GUI Championships have been announced! For a week, users were able to vote for the Most Usable Dreams, and we are happy to announce the winners for this category. Click to see the winners! Winners: Most Usable Dreams
December is here! With that means we have started a new Desktop Screenshots thread in the WinCustomize forums to show off your current desktop. Browsing the thread this morning, I already see quite a few Christmas desktop, and a bunch of skins from the 2008 GUI Champs . Take a screenshot and post it to the thread!
After a short break, we have a bunch of new submissions in the 2008 GUI Champs. I am especially amazed at the level of detail that is going into some of these icon packs. I’d really be interested in finding out how long it’s taking some of these artists to make these icons. Here are a few of the latest additions, and you can see more icons, along with .dreams and WindowBlinds skins at www.guichamps.com . ...
Zubaz has labored over the holiday weekend to come up with a tutorials on the rrecently updated Theme Manager 3 . This tutorial covers one of the coolest aspects of this application, which is the ability to create suites that are compiled via “links” to the skins on WinCustomize. You can get Theme Manager 3 now by becoming an Object Desktop subscriber. Link: A call to the ScreenShotters
The latest Master Skin on WinCustomize is Nightlit by Master skinner starone . This WindowBlinds skin has a darker touch to it, with beautiful color accents throughout. There is also an XP and Vista version available, and matching icons and cursor themes as well. WinCustomize subscribers get a 20% discount on Master skins, so don’t miss out on another fantastic work from one of our highly experienced master skinners. Link: Nightlit by starone