Windows Media Player Skinning

Published on April 4, 2004 By Watson In WinCustomize Talk

I downloaded the Sentinel Skin and the Half Life Skin by The Skin Factory, and they're great, but I want them in blue... Any suggestions?>>

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werewolf

on Apr 04, 2004

You could try recoloring the images to your liking. I'm not sure how you could do that easily though, aside from doing them one by one.

Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

I don't know where to find the individual images or I would

joetheblow

on Apr 04, 2004

Can't skin studio import the files and then you could recolor them?

Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

Tried that, I couldn't get it to wrok for some reason, and I have the full version too...

werewolf

on Apr 04, 2004

a wmz file is just a renamed zip file. change the extension to .zip, open it up and you will find the images.

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Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

Ok umm... Not to sound stupid or anything but... How do I do that...?

werewolf

on Apr 04, 2004

right click on the .wmz file, choose rename, change the last three characters to 'zip' (no quotes), hit enter. Then double click on it and your unzipping proggie should appear. Extract all the files to a folder. You must maintain the folder structure of the skin or it won't work when you put it all back together. Make the modifications to the graphics, making sure to keep the names the same. Zip the whole thing back up. Change the extension back to .wmz and you should be good to go.

Oh, and btw, WMP uses color maps (at least it did when I was skinning it) for identifying different parts of the skin for mouseovers, activation, etc. They should be easy to recognize. Don't change any of those colors.

Hope that made sense

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Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

That didn't work... It doesn't say .wmz at the end of it it just say 'The Sentinel' & 'Half-Life_2' and that's all...

werewolf

on Apr 04, 2004

You might need to go to explorer>tools>folder options>view and *uncheck* "hide extensions for known file types"

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Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

YES! that worked! thanks man, want a copy when it's done...?

werewolf

on Apr 04, 2004

No thanks, but I appreciate the offer

Watson

on Apr 04, 2004

Well crap, I had it entirely changed and it doesn't work... Is there anyone out there who would consider maybe skinning it and sending it to me...? I could give ya some exclusive wallpapers or something...

CerebroJD

on Apr 05, 2004

jdcerebro@hotmail.com them over to me and I'll see what I can do for you.

Jafo

on Apr 05, 2004

Modding another's works and redistributing them is a no-no.

Jafo

on Apr 05, 2004

I could give ya some exclusive wallpapers or something...

This phrase raises eyebrows as well.....exclusive to whom?

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