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  • How to design windows themes/dekstop part 03

    Author: 2009-08-28 22:54:07 From:

    All the design stuff styles(asl) have already designed in part second..

    Recall that once again because we need that setting here also

    Step1:- make a new document of size  1024 X 48 and with help of rectangle tool draw a task bar like shape as in our windows like that

    the setting we applied here for taskbar are same as of the upper tab of previous part..

    Color overlay settings

    Gradient settings

    Stroke settings

    This layer  opacity is 23% in layer platte

    save this image as taskbar.png

    Step 2 –HIDE THE WINDOWS TASKBAR

    For hiding the windows taskbar so that we can put our there go to setting of dektopx “Configure DesktopX”and check  the “HIDE WINDOWS TAKSBAR”

    Step 3:-

    Now we want to place our taskbar which we designed is photoshop ”Taskbar.png”

    make new object in desktopX and browse taskbar.png and place it there and configure it settings like

    as we already know the position setting from previous part go there and locked the position and in windows positioning set “Always on top”

    and give the object id=”taskbar”

    RELATION PROPERTY

    Summary Property

    Step 4:-Now we want to make taskbar miniimize and maximize areas like that

    in windows . we design following object

    For this make a new document in photoshop  of size 145 X40 and  choose same bleniding as above ..

    and place it above taskbar image and set the following setting in desktopX

    General property

    Relation settings

    States setting

    in the stae setting as you see that i add two more staes like ouse overlay and mouse down and for each of these states i change image form appearece tab to get EFFECTS

    Summary settings

    Step 5:-

    Now we also want  a startbutton as in windows so that we can arrannge programme like this

    Design this in photoshop with above blending and settings and set layer mode to “layer”

    we will later configure in last part

    step6:—In this step we made a system graphics as you see in following figure

    for this make  new document in photoshop  of size 197 X 28

    and make a image like this with all those setting from which we made the task bar

    Now makw a new object in DektopX and locate this image and place above lower left taskbar where our normal systemtray reside

    and set following properties

    General

    Relation

    States

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    i hope you like this tutorial this tutorial give you an idea how to made desktop now play around in settings and with above settings,So far we made the following design

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