We are about ready to knock out another month, and I’m very excited about all the skins we have seen throughout the month of June. Summer is typically a slower time as people go on vacation and take off for school, but we have had so many superb skins this month, especially in the WindowBlinds area. Don’t forget we have a Summer contest going on for CursorFX themes. CursorFX is a fun skinning platform and hope to see some exciting skins come out of it. Now...
PaintShop Pro is a longtime favorite of skinners, and they are having a great sale on both the full and upgrade versions of PSP. Full version – $39.99 Upgrade – $34.99 Link
We have a Summer CursorFX contest going on, and I wanted to post some helpful resources for people getting started with both using and creating CursorFX themes. Contest details: https://forums.wincustomize.com/409745 Getting CursorFX CursorFX has both a free and Plus version available. The Plus version adds features such as effects, cursor trails, cursor resizing, coloring, and much more. More information and downloads can be found at the CFX website - htt...
Some people change their skins monthly, weekly, or even more frequently than that! Whatever your preference, change can sometimes be good and we have several new WindowBlinds skins to add to your collection. Inception by theAVMAN Anomaly by navigatsio Mezzanine WB by Xiandi
SkyDrive is a “cloud” service from Microsoft that is part of the Windows Live family. You get 25GB of storage free and has very nice integration with Microsoft Office and Windows Phone 7. Today a new SkyDrive was introduced with support for HTML5 for faster browsing and better navigation. SkyDrive is also a great way to share files, so WC members who are collaborating on skins could use it as well. http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive
The first contest we will kick off this summer is for CursorFX. CursorFX is one of the most popular galleries on WinCustomize and gets quite a bit of page views every month. Being that CursorFX has a free and Plus version, it is also accessible to more people, and even the free version will allow you to create some fantastic cursors. Creating cursor themes is also very easy, I have a tutorial here that will get you started. More info and downloads for CursorFX is here...
Master Skinner vStyler has kicked off the weekend with a new WindowBlinds skin called Frontier. Described as a “futuristic” theme the contrast between the dark and light colors look superb. He also includes a light version of the skin and both are compatible with XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Frontier for 7, Vista, and XP WinCustomize Subscribers get 20% discount!
We want to say a big congrats to the newest Master Skinner here on WinCustomize, Xiandi . She has been with WinCustomize since around 2007 and during that time has made her way up the ranks with beautiful skins in various categories. Using her skin, especially the WindowBlinds ones, you can definitely tell the extreme attention to detail she takes and that no doubt is one of the reasons her skins are always high-quality. Take a look at the latest WB skin, Mezzanine. ...
Happy Friday WinCustomizers! We are at the halfway point of June and just this month alone we have seen some awesome skins including a few top notch WindowBlinds skin. I’m hoping to get a contest started here next week with a summer theme, so stay tuned for updates on that. Now for this weeks picks! Ubuntu 11 x by RedneckDude Last week we featured the Ubuntu 11 WindowBlinds skin which this is based off of. A perfect mat...
With many signs showing that we are headed for another recession or depression, the talking point of the left is that all of this is the fault of Bush. We are 3 years into Obama and every time a new dismal jobs report comes out or something similar, we hear the usual…”well he had to clean up 8 years of Bush”. Really? Bush did have some negative effects on the economy with his spending and support of TARP, I won’t argue he’s in the complete clear. However, what did he do ...
Summer is heating up and some of the popular searches for wallpapers are for things like tropical, beaches, etc. I searched through the galleries and came up with my top 5 Beach wallpapers! 1. Ocean City Beach by teddybearcholla 2. Paradise Beach by boss0190 3. Tropical by amitsaran 4. Love Island Night Scene by DEVJIT 5. Summer’s Over by Island Dog
The 4th of July is rapidly approaching and as with many holidays this is also a good opportunity to customize your desktop a bit. A new WindowBlinds skin from k10w3 called ‘American as Apple Pie’ has been shared with us and gives us a great looking skin with a patriotic feel to it! American as Apple Pie
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CursorFX is one of the most popular galleries on WinCustomize for good reason. The vast selection of cursor themes goes from mild to wild and whatever your style is I’m confident you can find something to match it. These are some of our top CursorFX themes on WinCustomize. Blade by theAVMAN Wulfin by Vampothika ...
Back to the grind as we say! While we catch up with work from the past few days, here are some featured skins from the weekend. Happy Monday! Ubuntu SMX by JuniorCrooks Frontier DX by RedneckDude LIving the Dream by Sosiosh ‘Faenza like’ Folder by c242