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May 2, 2003, 04:50 PM
 
I've searched the forum, and versiontracker, but I can't find anything pertaining to actually MAKING themes. What program are you all using to do this ? Does one even exist, or are you just making changes in photoshop or something ? I'd like to start playing around, but I don't have a clue where to begin,

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May 2, 2003, 04:54 PM
 
Originally posted by anim8ing:
I've searched the forum, and versiontracker, but I can't find anything pertaining to actually MAKING themes. What program are you all using to do this ? Does one even exist, or are you just making changes in photoshop or something ? I'd like to start playing around, but I don't have a clue where to begin,

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Anim8r
Check there:
http://www.geekspiff.com/software/
and you'll know everything that you need to know..
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May 2, 2003, 05:18 PM
 
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May 2, 2003, 05:48 PM
 
Originally posted by anim8ing:
I've searched the forum, and versiontracker, but I can't find anything pertaining to actually MAKING themes. What program are you all using to do this ? Does one even exist, or are you just making changes in photoshop or something ? I'd like to start playing around, but I don't have a clue where to begin,

Thanks,
Anim8r
The main thing you'll need is Photoshop (or another paint program with similar pixel-level editing control)... the other thing you'll need is Themepark for editing an Aqua template - simply go through each element in the theme, copy from Themepark, past into Photoshop, edit, then copy from Photoshop and paste over the original element in Themepark, etc.). You'll also want a themeswitcher like Duality for previewing your progress or testing your final theme. This is the abridged version, anyways...
     
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May 2, 2003, 06:21 PM
 
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