Custom Start Menu Button Collection

[saul1991]

How's this?

sweet thanks man thats what i wanted thanks a lot

 

[tom982]

How's this?

sweet thanks man thats what i wanted thanks a lot

No worries, glad I could help. Are they the right size? That's what I was worried about, I had no way of telling apart from trial and error.

 

[saul1991]

How's this?

sweet thanks man thats what i wanted thanks a lot

No worries, glad I could help. Are they the right size? That's what I was worried about, I had no way of telling apart from trial and error.

yeah it looks nice thanks again man

 

[aakshat]

Me to Was

But it took lot time to me.

This was way harder then i thought.
Worried about size

 

[ZaLiTH]

...This was way harder then i thought.
Worried about size...

If it helps, I put a couple tips in this tutorial about the size of the images and distance from the edges of the image.. Mostly it's just trial and error to find the perfect place and size, but keeping within 9px or 10px of the edged works pretty well for most orbs.

 

[Arc]

Yes, that's a great tutorial
I learned the trick by following it. Thanks a huge lot to ZaLiTH for such an wonderful work !!

 

[aakshat]

Oh! thank you so much ZaLiTH that tutorial of you is grate.
Helped a lot. Actually I've made above orb's by taking assistance from your tutorial. (Even i have saved the whole tutorial as PDF for future.)
But still was confused about the distances from the edge's.
I have read it again very carefully and now all doubts are clear.

Thanks for making such grate tutorial.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Haha.. Awesome, thanks you two. Glad I could help..

 

[saul1991]

Me to Was

But it took lot time to me.

This was way harder then i thought.
Worried about size

i tried to apply it with a start button changer but it cant find it. i put it on desktop and tried browsing for it in the start orb changer desktop folder but it doesnt show up...

 

[aakshat]

you have downloded the zip file not the atatched image rite?
coz the orb is in the zip file. try it then tell me if it works or not. then we will look further solutions.

 

[saul1991]

you have downloded the zip file not the atatched image rite?
coz the orb is in the zip file. try it then tell me if it works or not. then we will look further solutions.

yeah i downloaded and extracted the zip but your ribbons have a trasnparent background and the other ones have a black background i tried adding a black layer in ps but it still wouldnt show up....

 

[aakshat]

Strange! that orb is working perfect for me see in the SS.
And don't try to edit or something or the pixels could got
messed up. you can still apply it as a start orb
even it have transparent background that doesn't matter.

What program you are using to apply the orb.?
try this one I've attached.

 

[saul1991]

Strange! that orb is working perfect for me see in the SS.
And don't try to edit or something or the pixels could got
messed up. you can still apply it as a start orb
even it have transparent background that doesn't matter.

What program you are using to apply the orb.?
try this one I've attached.

its called w7sbc. i tried it with the one you posted and it works but after i get a fialed to update BITMAP 6801:24. i did a restart and the orb was still the same and i keep getting the error

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80505191/Untitled.png

 

[tom982]

Strange! that orb is working perfect for me see in the SS.
And don't try to edit or something or the pixels could got
messed up. you can still apply it as a start orb
even it have transparent background that doesn't matter.

What program you are using to apply the orb.?
try this one I've attached.

Strange! that orb is working perfect for me see in the SS.
And don't try to edit or something or the pixels could got
messed up. you can still apply it as a start orb
even it have transparent background that doesn't matter.

What program you are using to apply the orb.?
try this one I've attached.

its called w7sbc. i tried it with the one you posted and it works but after i get a fialed to update BITMAP 6801:24. i did a restart and the orb was still the same and i keep getting the error

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80505191/Untitled.png

The problem isn't with the application that you're using, it's the fact that the start orbs have been saved as PNGs, not BMPs Open up the PSD again but this time save it as a bitmap (.BMP) file.

 

[ZaLiTH]

its called w7sbc. i tried it with the one you posted and it works but after i get a fialed to update BITMAP 6801:24. i did a restart and the orb was still the same and i keep getting the error

Sounds like you're using the right program, but you may need to run it as admin to work properly... Try right-click > Run as Administrator. If you have UAC enabled, you should get a UAC prompt asking for permission first.

The problem isn't with the application that you're using, it's the fact that the start orbs have been saved as PNGs, not BMPs Open up the PSD again but this time save it as a bitmap (.BMP) file.

W7SBC should still work with PNGs, I haven't tried it myself, but I think Kishan did include logic to use PNG files for the source image in the application..

Still, having said that, a 32-bit BMP with all four RGBA channels (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha) would be the best bet.

 

[aakshat]

Hit the small arrow at the bottem right and it will expand. then chuse the second option that says "Replace by editing resorces"
try it and tell if it works.
if it dint just tell i will reply after about 6-8 hours coz i have some impotrant work to to. sory for not helping this time

 

[saul1991]

its called w7sbc. i tried it with the one you posted and it works but after i get a fialed to update BITMAP 6801:24. i did a restart and the orb was still the same and i keep getting the error

Sounds like you're using the right program, but you may need to run it as admin to work properly... Try right-click > Run as Administrator. If you have UAC enabled, you should get a UAC prompt asking for permission first.

The problem isn't with the application that you're using, it's the fact that the start orbs have been saved as PNGs, not BMPs Open up the PSD again but this time save it as a bitmap (.BMP) file.

W7SBC should still work with PNGs, I haven't tried it myself, but I think Kishan did include logic to use PNG files for the source image in the application..

Still, having said that, a 32-bit BMP with all four RGBA channels (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha) would be the best bet.

I renamed to. Bmp but it made the background white and when I applied it, it was off centered I'm just going to use the first one another member posted

 

[saul1991]

Hit the small arrow at the bottem right and it will expand. then chuse the second option that says "Replace by editing resorces"
try it and tell if it works.
if it dint just tell i will reply after about 6-8 hours coz i have some impotrant work to to. sory for not helping this time

I tried it gave me another error and it reboot my laptop and when I sign in all I get is a black screen with just the mouse pointer. Am I going to have to press f11 and erase everything in the laptop? I can sign it but after it just shows a blackscredn

 

[aakshat]

Hay Tom. Hi ZaLiTh .
I am using the app that i have uploded on the above post. and the prb file in png format. i am using it for atleast 8-9 months and i nva face any problm ( it gives error with"replace by memory" but not with "by resorces)
But the main point is if i can apply png files as start orb then why he cant with the same app?
its so strange.

 

[aakshat]

Hit the small arrow at the bottem right and it will expand. then chuse the second option that says "Replace by editing resorces"
try it and tell if it works.
if it dint just tell i will reply after about 6-8 hours coz i have some impotrant work to to. sory for not helping this time

I tried it gave me another error and it reboot my laptop and when I sign in all I get is a black screen with just the mouse pointer

Dude dont try that app because i dont want to be the cause of your system crash down.
i dont know why it is not working for you. for me it is working smoothly with no error.