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Watercolor Emico: Blue

So.. almost a year after I've started working on this skin the 1st style is finally done. This version contains the Blue substyles with a "Modern" and a "Classic" taskbar.
This skin is based on the skin called "Watercolor". It's a skin that was being used in the beta's of XP.

I wanted to make my own skin so tornado5 aka em3 told me that I should try and make a new version of Watercolor.
This is the outcome.

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How to install:

Extract the folder called "WE" to "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes".
Right click the desktop > properties > appearance > then from the first drop select "Watercolor Emico"
From the 2nd drop downlist you can make a choice between the "Modern" and the "Classic" taskbar.
In the 3rd drop downlist you can make a choice between a "Normal" or a "Compact" start panel.

To use this theme you need to patch the Windows system file uxtheme.dll. You can read about how to do that here: [link]

"bugs" I know of:
*Some palet frames arent drawn the correct way.(Application bug)
*In some webbrowsers the buttons might be resized the wrong way. (Browser bug)
* Multi row taskbar does not look good. (Theme)

Modification:
For personal use only.

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Bug fixes and updates:

06-06-08:
- Fixed the palet frames
- Fixed the palet caption buttons
- Fixed the black text on the side taskbars to white
- Changed the way the taskbar image is being stretched when using multiple rows.
- New toolbar and placebar images

14-06-08:
- Fixed the toolbar gripper in Blue Classic
- Fixed the vertical toolbar grippers in Blue Modern and Classic
- Fixed the placebar button in Blue Modern

16-04-09:
- Added the shellstyle

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Wallpaper used in the preview is Vplants X3 004 by DJMattRicks

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Contribution:

If you feel like contributing to this skin with application skins then go ahead and make them. All you have to do is ask me for permission by email with a screenshot.
My email address is: makeshift.grey@gmail.com.

For more info about further progress, application skins etc. read the journal that I've made on deviantART: Watercolor Emico: Further progress and info

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Credits:

Credits go out to all the beta testers.
Credits also go out to tornado5 aka em3.
Thanks to Des and Scirwode for helping me out with the shellstyles.
Thanks to euphoricallydead for notifying me about some bugs after the first release.

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Please give me some feedback about the skin.
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:iconarjunsingh:
~ArjunSingh Jun 28, 2010
Owesome
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:iconpziig:
~pziig May 30, 2010
excellent,
you still working on for new themes?:]

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:icongelosea:
~Gelosea May 31, 2010
Yes, later this year I'll be releasing a Novus port for Windows 7.
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*Shatoyarn-MoonGoddes Oct 3, 2009  Student General Artist
this is such an awesome design style

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~Gelosea Oct 4, 2009
Thanks :)
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:iconseawhisper:
=SeaWhisper Sep 26, 2009
absolutely brilliant! :) btw where did you get wallpaper from? :)

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~Gelosea Sep 26, 2009
Thanks. Have you read the info underneath the screenshot?
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:iconseawhisper:
=SeaWhisper Sep 26, 2009
no, there was too much text so I only browsed it ;) but I see the place I missed, thanks :D

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~Gelosea Sep 26, 2009
Read that text next time you see a deviation with it. It's to avoid annoying questions like these.
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:iconseawhisper:
=SeaWhisper Sep 26, 2009
make the text shorter then everybody will read it ;)

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