08-02-2002 06:47									#31
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Here is a completely different skin and wallpaper:

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	08-02-2002 07:05									#32
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That's not a civ desktop.

That's a bizzaro civilization

	08-02-2002 07:14									#33
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Thanks for the digital blasphemy link! How are you changing the colour of your taskbar like that? And copying your desktop without appreciable loss of quality while reducing size?

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	08-02-2002 07:18									#34
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In Windows XP, you install the Styles XP thing to let you use third party Windows XP themes. http://www.tgtsoft.com

Then you hit google and search for XP themes to download.

	08-02-2002 07:19									#35
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All of your desktops are so... different. Mine is normal win98, but with a different color scheme. Poor conformist me!

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	08-02-2002 07:20									#36
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....or alternatively, you can go download Style XP, then go to http://www.themesxp.com

	08-02-2002 07:20									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Asher In Windows XP, you install the Styles XP thing to let you use third party Windows XP themes. http://www.tgtsoft.com Then you hit google and search for XP themes to download.

Thanks, I shall do that very thing.

	08-02-2002 07:23									#38
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My desktop size is 1280 X 1024 (I think) and I resized using Photoshop 6. The best way is keeping the constraints the same so it doesn't look deformed. You could also try sharpening it too before and after you resize.

	08-02-2002 07:27									#39
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Linux Desktop:

	08-02-2002 07:31									#40
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Hideous!

Your real name is Andrew?

	08-02-2002 07:51									#41
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Matt - what theme is your taskbar?

	08-02-2002 08:53									#42
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My conservative yet egotistical desktop:

Attachment: desk.jpg
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	08-02-2002 09:08									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Zopperoni

Say Zop, it doesn't seem like you use the equaliser, and I think it looks better without the sliders, to get rid, just crop them off the bmp image. For the record, heres my skin and AVS.

	08-02-2002 10:01									#44
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	08-02-2002 12:08									#45
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ah damn. nevermind, you can't see mine. i'd have posted it, but it's too big, and i don't feel like going through the trouble to make it smaller.

	08-02-2002 16:52									#46
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I gave the wrong link before. The place to get all the Style XP themes from is http://www.themexp.org/

	08-02-2002 16:57									#47
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quote: Originally posted by MattHiggs I gave the wrong link before. The place to get all the Style XP themes from is http://www.themexp.org/

Yep, I picked up on that. But what actually is your Visual Style - the taskbar would suit my new wallpaper I think.

	08-02-2002 18:59									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Grrr Say Zop, it doesn't seem like you use the equaliser, and I think it looks better without the sliders, to get rid, just crop them off the bmp image. For the record, heres my skin and AVS.

I mostly make the skins for general purpose, so if someone wants the Eq, they can use it.

But you mean something like this?

	08-02-2002 22:56									#49
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A rather poor pic of my desktop:

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	08-02-2002 23:48									#50
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How have you all managed to keep to < 20 shortcuts?

I have 55

	09-02-2002 00:04									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat How have you all managed to keep to < 20 shortcuts? I have 55

Maybe he's hidden the other 38 behind the Winamp-window

	09-02-2002 00:09									#52
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Where are yours oh Zopper?

Every desktop in this thread has less than 30.

	09-02-2002 00:12									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Where are yours oh Zopper? Every desktop in this thread has less than 30.

I don't use shortcuts, I find them bloody ugly, I use the Quicklaunch-buttons; 24 of them

	09-02-2002 00:19									#54
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I only have 4

	09-02-2002 00:21									#55
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat I only have 4

You can move your shortcuts into the taskbar, they automatically become Quicklaunch-buttons then.

	09-02-2002 00:29									#56
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Um... how? They don't drag-and-drop. I can set up a "Desktop" toolbar...

	09-02-2002 00:36									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Um... how? They don't drag-and-drop. I can set up a "Desktop" toolbar...

1) Right-click on the shortcut(/icon);
2) When still "right-clicked", drag icon towards the taskbar;
3) When having dragged the icon into the taskbar, let go, and you'll get a menu, just select "move here"

	09-02-2002 00:39									#58
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Question: How do you shrink a picture to the maximum size allowed by the "attach file" function of vBB, without the quality dropping?

Also, if you were to shrink the horizontal dimension to 600, what size would the vertical dimension need to avoid distorting the image?

	09-02-2002 00:52									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson Question: How do you shrink a picture to the maximum size allowed by the "attach file" function of vBB, without the quality dropping? Also, if you were to shrink the horizontal dimension to 600, what size would the vertical dimension need to avoid distorting the image?

I use Adobe ImageReady (it comes with PhotoShop). It's ideal for resizing images.

Because the proportion is 4:3, for a width of 600, you get a height of 450

	09-02-2002 01:05									#60
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I see. I'm using some crappy software that came free with my scanner, so that may well explain it.