Creating own theme pack windows 7

[Bongo]

Just post the .png here without using tinypic.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

just post the .png here without using tinypic.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

jerry

 

[Bongo]

You'll never get rid of the blur or the faint line where the taskbar is supposed to be.

Look at these two screenshots sometimes it depends on what background you use it may look better, I also slid the transparency slider to make it as transparent as possible.

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

You'll never get rid of the blur or the faint line where the taskbar is supposed to be.

I am confused because once I applied a custom theme from somewhere which didn't have faint task bar. It was clearly 3d shaped task bar. So, there must be one more image that remains to change in Vista style builder. Except/with

TaskBand > BackgroundBottom

And

TaskBand (SmallIcons) > BackgroundBottom

 

[Bongo]

Post a link to one of those themes and I will look at it.
Look at the screenshot below these are the only locations for the taskbar.

Jerry

 

[Gary]

How to make sharp corners of user picture border?

Location of image in vista style builder ?

That image cannot be edited with Windows style builder.

That user picture frame is bitmap image # 7013 in explorer.exe in C:\Windows you'll need a resource hacker of some kind and extract that image and then edit it with a image editor and then imported back in. Be sure to work on a copy so you do not corrupt the original.

To properly change a system file you need to take ownership give yourself permission and rename the old file and then copy in the new one look at Post #6 of this thread will tell you how to do it http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/179502-basic-networking-information.html#post1525656

Jerry

It can be with the attached simple program. It can at least change it.

 

[amithapase]

Post a link to one of those themes and I will look at it.
Look at the screenshot below these are the only locations for the taskbar.

Jerry
View attachment 271331

I used it many days before so unfortunately I don't remember the name of the theme and from where it was taken. But my another problem is I am unable to make window corners sharp even I made sharp images in VSB.

I send u my modified theme. You please check which image is remained to make sharp.

View attachment theme.zip
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Next problem is when I extend start menu. The border of start menu is totally transparent. Means, icon behind menu can be selected from between the border image of Extended start menu.

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Next is, I applied windows 8 loading spin animation .ani and .cur to my windows 7. They are working perfect. But when I start pc and turn off, the old windows 7 spin animation displayed.

 

[Bongo]

To make the corners more square you need to have at least a two pixel border to make a square corner come out better I did it real quick just to show you, look at the screenshot below.


For the spinning animation at the start up look in the imageres.dll there will be a png and a bitmap folders in there are the images that control that spinning image I don't recall which one it is for sure the bitmap or the png.

Post some screenshots of what you are talking about with the start menu.

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

Post some screenshots of what you are talking about with the start menu.

Jerry

In image below, icons behind menu border are looking blur. So they can not be selected when mouse pointer is on menu border which is blur. This is normal menu.




But in following image, icons behind menu border are not looking blur. So they can be selected even mouse pointer is on menu border. This is extended menu. When we just move pointer on quick program list in normal menu (program list on above "All programs").





The address of the border image of 2nd image of above is Start menu>panels>aero>top>searchview & may be Start menu>panels>aero>top>NSChost too.

But even I made both image transparent as other menu borders, both images are giving the problem shown in 2nd image of above. Check both problem with applying my theme on your pc

 

[amithapase]

One more problem is :

In following image when I open system tray on desktop, corners does look sharp.



But in following image when I open system tray in (personalize>window color) window, corners doesn't look sharp.




Please apply this following corner updated theme and check it.

View attachment updated.zip

 

[Bongo]

I tested and on the start menu I made Start Menu > Panels > Aero > Top > ProgramsList and
Start Menu > Panels > Aero > Top > ProgramsListExtended all transparent but the white part and it removed the blur so you need to work on them 2 images.



The system tray looks OK to me.

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

The system tray looks OK to me.

1st image :

View attachment 271599


2nd image :

View attachment 271600

Jerry

No. In your 2nd image you need to move window near/behind system tray. Means background of "Save changes" and "Cancel" button should be behind of system tray border and window color should be dark for ex. Blue.

 

[amithapase]

View attachment 271600

Jerry

Your desktop clock, calender, wheather gadgets are looking cool. Can you please attatch and share with me ?

Please check this post too :

http://www.sevenforums.com/gadgets/293068-win-8-digital-desktop-clock-win-7-a.html

 

[Bongo]

To add text glow go to Start Menu > Menus > Aero > PlaceList:ListView and change TEXTGLOWSIZE:INT to 2 or 3 and test. To change glow color add GLOWCOLOR:COLOR propertie and select color you want.

You are going to have to work on those images at Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > Dwm Window > Frames > Normal top, bottom, left, right, as you can see from my screenshots there still a little bit too much transparency in the corners.


Original image for the bottom.


Your image for the bottom.


Here is an overlay of your image on top of the original.


The clock and the calendar and the weather is Rainmeter, desktop customization tool

Put the skin folders in C:User\YOUR USER NAME\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins folder

I am using VClouds Weather 2 - 1Days skin for the weather, change out the .ini file, there is a background folder that I edited some images so it is inclosed

I cannot find a link to the clock so it is inclosed also.


LuaCalendar 4.1 by ~smurfier on deviantART change out the .ini file.

VClouds Weather 2 by ~VClouds on deviantART change out the .ini file.

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

You are going to have to work on those images at Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > Dwm Window > Frames > Normal top, bottom, left, right, as you can see from my screenshots there still a little bit too much transparency in the corners.

Jerry

I already did make corner sharp in Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > Dwm Window > Frames > Normal top, bottom, left, right. But, it didn't work. You can check sharp corners image in my last attached theme.

 

[Bongo]

I did see that you have sharp corners but there is still too much transparency(there is no color there at all) in those corners they need to have some kind of color there even if it's just a black color that you have the transparency turned down to 10% just as a guess on the percentage.
Look at the image I have below and where the red squares are you need some color their to eliminate that bleed through on the corners.

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

Hi bongo,

Can I edit Original Aero from resource/theme folder ?
If yes then after editing it, if i do sfc scan then will the modified Aero will go back to it's original look ?
Thanks

 

[Bongo]

Hi bongo,

Can I edit Original Aero from resource/theme folder ?
If yes then after editing it, if i do sfc scan then will the modified Aero will go back to it's original look ?
Thanks

You can if you want to but I would not recommend it, the sfc scan may go back to the default but I'm not sure.
Why do you want to edit the original and not create a new theme based off the original?

Jerry

 

[amithapase]

Hi bongo,

Can I edit Original Aero from resource/theme folder ?
If yes then after editing it, if i do sfc scan then will the modified Aero will go back to it's original look ?
Thanks

You can if you want to but I would not recommend it, the sfc scan may go back to the default but I'm not sure.
Why do you want to edit the original and not create a new theme based off the original?

Jerry

Because universal theme patcher affecets (modifies) system files and if i do sfc scan, patch goes back.

so if i edit the original aero, and if sfc scan doesn't affect it, then I can do sfc scan anytime and theme and system files will not need to face universal theme patcher's patches and sfc scan's repairing everytime.

 

[Bongo]

Hi bongo,

Can I edit Original Aero from resource/theme folder ?
If yes then after editing it, if i do sfc scan then will the modified Aero will go back to it's original look ?
Thanks

You can if you want to but I would not recommend it, the sfc scan may go back to the default but I'm not sure.
Why do you want to edit the original and not create a new theme based off the original?

Jerry

Because universal theme patcher affecets (modifies) system files and if i do sfc scan, patch goes back.

so if i edit the original aero, and if sfc scan doesn't affect it, then I can do sfc scan anytime and theme and system files will not need to face universal theme patcher's patches and sfc scan's repairing everytime.

If you edit the original aero you will still need to use universal theme patcher or UxStyle Core, UxStyle Core is a service and is not effected when you use SFC scan.
Here is a tutorial on how to use UxStyle Core make sure that you are not using universal theme patcher at the same time, run the SFC scan first and then follow the tutorial.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html

Jerry