You have been hearing a lot about WindowBlinds 7 and textures lately. We have also introduced a new UIS0 skin format, which will allow users to easily modify Aero with textures, colors, etc. Using textures is a great way to modify a skin with a texture of your liking, or to just apply a texture to Aero for a simple and subtle change in the default user interface of Windows.
Now I want to show you how to actually do it!
First you need to have a texture image. You can either create your own, or grab one from images searches from Bing or Google. Just make sure the graphics are yours or have permissions if distributing them. It’s hard to say what a good size is for a image file, but one important tip is to make sure the texture file has good seamless edges if you plan on tiling it throughout the skin.
For this tutorial I found a nice texture image of water. I thought that would be an interesting effect.
Now open the WindowBlinds configuration, select the skin you wish to texture, and click the textures tab at the bottom.
Today is the big day! Around the world people are either going to pickup, or waiting for the delivery person to bring theirs to the door. I have talked to many people this morning, and a bunch have received their packages early. Apparently, there are some big lines in London this morning. If you are on Twitter, you can follow many of the events today as well at http://twitter.com/mswindows If you got your Windows 7 box today, post a quick pic and let us know!
Sorry, I just had to do it.
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This White House is crazy.
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